Use environment variables in GitHub workflows #8500
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Currently we use the GitHub Actions expression syntax directly in the scripts, which means that bad input could break the workflows or result in extra code being run. This pull request switches to using environment variables instead, that way they can be read securely inside the scripts (quoted in shell scripts, using
strenv()inyqcommands and withprocess.envin theactions/github-scriptaction). Other changes include switching from using themikefarah/yqaction to using theyqbinary that is preinstalled on the GitHub Actions runner and using step outputs with explicitenv:declarations instead of $GITHUB_ENV.Desktop