Regex matches within YML configuration

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Hi there,

Within circle.yml, I use regular expressions to match tag names in the format “v1.2.3”.

deployment:
  production:
    tag: /(v[0-9]\.[0-9]\.[0-9])/
    commands:
      - ./deploy.sh production $tag

I need the deploy.sh script to know what tag is currently matched, but referring to it as $tag doesn’t pass the tag name to the script. Is there a way to do this?

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Try CIRCLE_TAG as mentioned here: https://circleci.com/docs/1.0/environment-variables/#build-details

Hopefully that meets your needs. :slight_smile:

3

Ah, ok, so instead of trying to match the regex I just need to switch between CIRCLE_BRANCH and CIRCLE_TAG.

Thanks for pointing that out to me… looks like I was barking up the wrong tree!

Cheers,
Greg.

4

Well you still need to regex part if you want the deploy section to trigger based on tags. I’m saying that instead of passing $tag to the deploy script, pass $CIRCLE_TAG.