From 006dc34a89211958e037df53f2770944b6459605 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tim Siebert <tim.siebert96@outlook.com>
Date: Mon, 28 Oct 2024 20:39:54 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] add reusable strings

---
 .github/workflows/tests.yml | 7 +++++++
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/tests.yml b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
index 6eb246fa..2e90b145 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
@@ -11,6 +11,13 @@ jobs:
         runs-on: ubuntu-latest
         steps:
         - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        - name: Set reusable strings
+          # Turn repeated input strings (such as the build output directory) into step outputs. These step outputs can be used throughout the workflow file.
+          id: strings
+          shell: bash
+          run: |
+            echo "build-output-dir=${{ github.workspace }}/build" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+  
         - name: Build ADOL-C
           run: >  
             cmake -B ${{ steps.strings.outputs.build-output-dir }}