From 1a66d5fd21a80c08483009941a81a8206656fe43 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jordan Stephens <jordan@stephens.io>
Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2026 18:01:48 -0800
Subject: [PATCH 1/3] print a url to set missing config vars

---
 action.yaml | 18 ++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+)

diff --git a/action.yaml b/action.yaml
index ecfb0ef..3a317bc 100644
--- a/action.yaml
+++ b/action.yaml
@@ -77,6 +77,24 @@ runs:
             params+=("-f")
             params+=("$filename")
         done
+        empty=()
+        for source in $CONFIG_ENV_VARS; do
+          if [ -z "${!source}" ]; then
+            empty+=("$source")
+          fi
+        done
+
+        # if there are any empty variables, print instructions on how to update
+        # the github environment variables
+        if [ ${#empty[@]} -gt 0 ]; then
+          echo "Some Defang config vars do not have values. To use Github Secrets, add"
+          echo "these variables to your environment:"
+          for source in "${empty[@]}"; do
+            echo "- $source"
+          done
+          echo "Here is a link to your repository environments settings:"
+          echo "https://github.com/${GITHUB_REPOSITORY}/settings/environments"
+        fi
         for source in $CONFIG_ENV_VARS; do
           echo "Updating $source"
           echo defang config "${params[@]}" set -e $source

From de9ba3e7f54bbfbebb5cc4af862bb499a8dd51ef Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: muddysound <jordan+muddysound@stephens.io>
Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2026 14:54:06 -0800
Subject: [PATCH 2/3] teardown with project name

---
 .github/workflows/test.yaml | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yaml b/.github/workflows/test.yaml
index dbf7e82..7aaa06a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yaml
@@ -51,4 +51,4 @@ jobs:
           command: "compose up --dry-run --project-name github-action-test"
 
       - name: Teardown
-        run: defang config rm DEFANG_GH_ACTION_TEST_MESSAGE
+        run: defang config rm --project-name github-action-test DEFANG_GH_ACTION_TEST_MESSAGE

From 503d67cd809b5701b866a2efabf8b340a187f194 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jordan Stephens <jordan@stephens.io>
Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2026 16:21:47 -0800
Subject: [PATCH 3/3] Apply suggestion from @edwardrf

Co-authored-by: Hao Jiang <edwardrf@gmail.com>
---
 action.yaml | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/action.yaml b/action.yaml
index 3a317bc..c653d23 100644
--- a/action.yaml
+++ b/action.yaml
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ runs:
         # the github environment variables
         if [ ${#empty[@]} -gt 0 ]; then
           echo "Some Defang config vars do not have values. To use Github Secrets, add"
-          echo "these variables to your environment:"
+          echo "these variables to your environment secrets:"
           for source in "${empty[@]}"; do
             echo "- $source"
           done