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[GH-ISSUE #636] Enhancement: Secrets Exec Support #416

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opened 2026-03-01 21:43:10 +03:00 by kerem · 2 comments

kerem commented

2026-03-01 21:43:10 +03:00

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Originally created by @RichiCoder1 on GitHub (Apr 25, 2021).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/nektos/act/issues/636

Describe feature

Support for the ability specify a command to exec, who's stdout is then read as if it was a .secrets file.

We use a lot of dynamic tools to upsert some special values into GitHub Secrets by reading a special file in the repo. It'd be super helpful to be able to just execute a script as part of the act run like below to dynamically retrieve and populate those secrets.

# .actrc
--secret-exec .github/get_secrets

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Just run

.github/get_secrets > .secrets
act
# rm .secrets

Originally created by @RichiCoder1 on GitHub (Apr 25, 2021). Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/nektos/act/issues/636 ## Describe feature Support for the ability specify a command to exec, who's stdout is then read as if it was a `.secrets` file. We use a lot of dynamic tools to upsert some special values into GitHub Secrets by reading a special file in the repo. It'd be super helpful to be able to just execute a script as part of the `act` run like below to dynamically retrieve and populate those secrets. ```bash # .actrc --secret-exec .github/get_secrets ``` #### Alternatives Just run ```bash .github/get_secrets > .secrets act # rm .secrets ```

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kerem commented

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@github-actions[bot] commented on GitHub (May 26, 2021):

Issue is stale and will be closed in 14 days unless there is new activity

@github-actions[bot] commented on GitHub (May 26, 2021): Issue is stale and will be closed in 14 days unless there is new activity

kerem commented

2026-03-01 21:43:11 +03:00

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@catthehacker commented on GitHub (Jun 10, 2021):

sh/bash/zsh:

act -s SOMETHING="$(.github/get_secrets)"

fish:

act -s SOMETHING=(.github/get_secrets)

@catthehacker commented on GitHub (Jun 10, 2021): `sh`/`bash`/`zsh`: ```bash act -s SOMETHING="$(.github/get_secrets)" ``` `fish`: ```fish act -s SOMETHING=(.github/get_secrets) ```

kerem referenced this issue

2026-03-01 21:51:12 +03:00

[PR #423] [MERGED] Change setupEnv to return an ExpressionEvaluator #1443

kerem referenced this issue

2026-03-01 21:51:12 +03:00

[PR #419] [CLOSED] If env take3 #1444

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