export env variable

README.md

@@ -20,6 +20,9 @@ jobs:
       - run: echo $SHA
         env: 
           SHA: ${{ steps.short-sha.outputs.sha }}
+      - run: echo $SHA
+        env: 
+          SHA: ${{ env.SHA }}
 ```
 
 ## Options

__tests__/main.test.ts

@@ -12,4 +12,5 @@ test('test runs', () => {
   }
   const output = cp.execSync(`node ${ip}`, options).toString()
   expect(output).toContain('::set-output name=sha::6e8dcc')
+  expect(output).toContain('::set-env name=SHA::6e8dcc')
 })

action.yml

@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 name: 'short-sha'
 description: 'Provide a description here'
 author: 'benjlevesque'
+branding:
+  color: orange
+  icon: git-pull-request
 inputs:
   length:      
     description: 'length of the sha1'

dist/index.js

@@ -2031,6 +2031,7 @@ function run() {
             const shortSha = shorten_1.shorten(sha, length);
             core.debug(`Output: ${shortSha}`);
             core.setOutput('sha', shortSha);
+            core.exportVariable('SHA', shortSha);
         }
         catch (error) {
             core.setFailed(error.message);

src/main.ts

@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ async function run(): Promise<void> {
     core.debug(`Output: ${shortSha}`)
 
     core.setOutput('sha', shortSha)
+    core.exportVariable('SHA', shortSha)
   } catch (error) {
     core.setFailed(error.message)
   }