GH Workflows: Sharing step output variables across jobs using artifacts

share_variables_with_artifacts.yaml

name: "test"

on:
  [workflow_dispatch]

jobs:
  first:
    name: First Job
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - name: Get Date
        id: step_date
        run: |
          echo "TODAY=$(date +%Y-%m-%d-%H-%M-%S)" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT

      - name: Print date
        run: |
          echo "TODAY IS ${{ steps.step_date.outputs.TODAY }}"
          echo "" > NOTES.txt
          echo "DATE_TODAY=${{ steps.step_date.outputs.TODAY }}" >> NOTES.txt
          echo "HELLO=WORLD" >> NOTES.txt
          ls NOTES.txt
          cat NOTES.txt

      - name: Upload Notes
        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
        with:
          name: "NOTES"
          if-no-files-found: error
          path: "NOTES.txt"

  second:
    name: Second Job
    needs: [first]
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - name: Download Notes
        uses: actions/download-artifact@v3
        with:
          name: "NOTES"
      - name: Check notes and save content
        id: step_notes
        run: |
          echo "contents of the NOTES.txt file"
          cat NOTES.txt
          cat NOTES.txt >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT

      - name: Print Notes contents
        run: |
          echo "TODAY IS ${{ steps.step_notes.outputs.DATE_TODAY }}"
          echo "HI THERE ${{ steps.step_notes.outputs.HELLO }}"