Read Properties

This is a GitHub action to read from java .properties files.

Note: It will work for all file-types that follow the key=value pattern.

If you are also looking for an action that enables you to write values to .properties files use Write Properties action

Inputs

path

Required The path to properties file to read.

properties

Required The properties you want to read. Space separated

Outputs

For each provided property, one output of the same name exists. Because the names of outputs can only contain alphanumeric characters, - and _, any other character is replaced by a -.

Example usage

- name: Read value from Properties-file
  id: read_property
  uses: christian-draeger/read-properties@1.1.1
  with:
    path: './src/main/resources/application.properties'
    properties: 'the.key.of.a.property the.key.of.another.property'
- name: Do something with your bumped release version
  run: echo ${{ steps.read_property.outputs.the-key-of-a-property }}
  # will print "the value of 'the.key.of.a.property'"

License

The scripts and documentation in this project are released under the MIT License