name¶

The name definition-attribute changes the environment variable name that would otherwise come from the definition key.

Set name: null to calculate a value without emitting an export for the calling shell. The value remains available to later definitions and child exec processes during the same generator run, which makes it useful for intermediate paths and secrets.

Example - simple¶

env-alias:
    DEFINITION_01:
        name: "MYPROJECT_ENV_VAR_01"
        value: "hello world a"

    DEFINITION_02:
        name: "MYPROJECT_ENV_VAR_02"
        value: "Hello World B"

Example - hidden variable¶

The example below keeps MYPROJECT_HIDDEN_ENV_VAR out of the calling shell while making it available to the subsequent MYPROJECT_ENV_VAR definition.

env-alias:
    MYPROJECT_HIDDEN_ENV_VAR:
        name: null
        exec: "date +%s.%N"

    MYPROJECT_ENV_VAR:
        value: "env:MYPROJECT_HIDDEN_ENV_VAR"