Fix shell injection in update-changelog workflow for PR titles with backticks#897
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[WIP] Fix changelog entry failing action due to the PR title
Fix shell injection in update-changelog workflow for PR titles with backticks
Mar 17, 2026
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…injection Move variable assignments from run: block to env: block to prevent bash from interpreting backticks in PR titles as command substitution. Fixes issue where PR titles like "Remove `v` prefix..." would fail with "v: command not found" error. Co-authored-by: DannyvdSluijs <618940+DannyvdSluijs@users.noreply.github.com>
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PR titles containing backticks (e.g., "Remove
vprefix from release tags") cause the changelog workflow to fail withv: command not foundbecause bash interprets backticks as command substitution.Changes
run:toenv:block in the "Update CHANGELOG.md" stepBefore
After
Using the
env:block ensures GitHub Actions sets environment variables before the shell executes, preventing interpretation of special characters.📱 Kick off Copilot coding agent tasks wherever you are with GitHub Mobile, available on iOS and Android.