variables exported in before_script unavailable in after_script
Summary:
- If you set a variable in the "before_script" of a job it is not available when calling the "after_script"
I can't see anything in the README (https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/ci/yaml/README.html) that suggests this is the expected behaviour.
Example:
stages:
- demo
demo_job:
stage: demo
before_script:
- export TEST_VAR=test_variable
- echo $TEST_VAR is present
script:
- echo $TEST_VAR is present
after_script:
- echo $TEST_VAR is not present
Expected result:
- Any variables exported in the before script should be available in both the script and after_script
Possible related tickets/posts:
- https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/issues/32931 (this appears to be conflated with using variables within variables)
- https://forum.gitlab.com/t/after-script-and-variables/3480 (forum post, hasn't been updated in a while)