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Multiline variable gets truncated with cf_export

Exporting multiline variables to subsequent pipeline steps

Issue

Exporting a multi-line variable with cf_export within a pipeline truncates the variable.

Running the pipeline in the example below, in the step test the value of the variable is truncated and only line1 will appear.

version: "1.0"
steps:
  assign:
    image: alpine
    commands:
      - export TEST=`echo "line1" && echo "line2" && echo "line3"`
      - echo $TEST
      - cf_export TEST
  test:
    image: alpine
    commands:
      - echo $TEST

Every Codefresh pipeline has access to the that allows you to pass environment variables from [one step to the next].

Solution

Encode the variable with base64 to handle all special characters in the exported variable.

version: "1.0"
steps:
  assign:
    image: alpine
    commands:
      - apk add --update coreutils
      - export TEST=`echo "line1" && echo "line2" && echo "line3"`
      - echo $TEST
      - cf_export TEST=`echo $TEST | base64 -w 0`
  test:
    image: alpine
    commands:
      - echo $TEST
      - echo `echo $TEST | base64 -d`

If you run this pipeline, the test step will correctly print line1 line2 line3

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