Provide alternative for $GITHUB_PATH inside MSYS2 with path-type: minimal
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Description
I want to use path-type: minimal (the default), but I want to be able to add things to PATH like appending to $GITHUB_PATH does. I don't want to inherit $env:PATH entirely.
Currently, a workaround I use is to do echo 'export PATH=$PATH:/blabla' >> .bashrc, which I don't think is as elegant as the $GITHUB_PATH solution. I propose $MSYS2_PATH as the equivalent to $GITHUB_PATH in MSYS2.
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Research direction
Start by reading the action's handling of path-type: minimal and how $GITHUB_PATH is processed in MSYS2 shells. Compare that behavior with the .bashrc workaround described here, then determine the expected scope and tests for an $MSYS2_PATH alternative. Done means the proposed path additions work without inheriting the entire $env:PATH.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- javascript
- Domain
- ci-cd, devops
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100