Hello,

I’m trying to set a variable that has the value of another variable or a default value in the ci.

The defaulting mechanism seems to work fine with : ${MY_VAR:-my-value}

But when trying to store the result at the pipeline (or workflow?) level, I can’t acces the new variable

here’s the smallest way to reproduce: .gitlab-ci.yml · main · Xavier Bouvard / bug-in-ci · GitLab

variables:
  MY_VAR: ${CI_COMMIT_TAG:-0.0.0}

test:
    script:
        - echo ${CI_COMMIT_TAG:-0.0.0}
        - echo ${MY_VAR}

and the corresponding pipeline : test (#2802576383) · Jobs · Xavier Bouvard / bug-in-ci · GitLab

$ echo ${CI_COMMIT_TAG:-0.0.0}
1.0.0
$ echo ${MY_VAR}
Cleaning up project directory and file based variables 00:01
Job succeeded

I might be missing something either in the documentation or solutions from the forum so dont hesitate to send me the fine manual, I’ll read it

regards