How can I set a default for GIT_COMMIT when running locally?

[kaos]

I use environment variables in my configuration that is provided by our CI job. How can I make sure these are set properly when running locally?

[kaos]

By using a .pants.bootstrap shell script, it will be sourced before invoking your Pants command so any environment variables that needs to be set or other functionality you need to happen for each call to ./pants may be placed into that file.

Example:

# .pants.bootstrap

# Ensure GIT_COMMIT is set and exported
: ${GIT_COMMIT:=$(git rev-parse HEAD)}
export GIT_COMMIT
# ...

Make sure you have these lines in your ./pants script. If not you need to update your local ./pants script first ;)

[kaos]

See #16351 (comment) for an example how to apply this to customize the docker_image tagging.