From 48cc4db08c4586dee386c094986912af1409ecf6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: los0220 <62251722+los0220@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 9 Feb 2026 22:28:09 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] fix: env variable passed to the python container action
 (#134)

---
 .../python-container-action/action.yaml                  | 9 +++++++--
 .../python-container-action/entrypoint.py                | 4 ++--
 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/06-authoring-actions/container-actions/python-container-action/action.yaml b/06-authoring-actions/container-actions/python-container-action/action.yaml
index f4a38ee4..e454daad 100644
--- a/06-authoring-actions/container-actions/python-container-action/action.yaml
+++ b/06-authoring-actions/container-actions/python-container-action/action.yaml
@@ -14,5 +14,10 @@ runs:
   image: Dockerfile
   # Option B – use a pre-built image to avoid rebuilds:
   # image: docker://ghcr.io/your-org/hello-python-action:v1
-  args:
-    - ${{ inputs.who-to-greet }}
+
+  # Passing the input as an environmental variable
+  env:
+    INPUT_WHO_TO_GREET: ${{ inputs.who-to-greet }}
+  # Passing the value in the args list
+  # args:
+  #   - ${{ inputs.who-to-greet }}
diff --git a/06-authoring-actions/container-actions/python-container-action/entrypoint.py b/06-authoring-actions/container-actions/python-container-action/entrypoint.py
index 579fec3a..55c2561f 100644
--- a/06-authoring-actions/container-actions/python-container-action/entrypoint.py
+++ b/06-authoring-actions/container-actions/python-container-action/entrypoint.py
@@ -2,11 +2,11 @@
 import os, datetime as dt
 
 
-# GitHub injects INPUT_WHO_TO_GREET based on the input name
+# Read the input from the passed environmental variable
 name = os.getenv("INPUT_WHO_TO_GREET", "World")
 
 # Alternatively, you could read it from the args list using its position
-# (you would need to import sys package above)
+# (you would need to import sys package above, and uncomment the args in action.yaml)
 # name = sys.argv[1] if len(sys.argv) > 1 else "World"
 
 greeting = f"Hello, {name}! Time is {dt.datetime.now(dt.timezone.utc):%H:%M:%S} UTC."

From 633676b91f4e1aca4e0c24f9b626bb5851be143e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: los0220 <62251722+los0220@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2026 12:52:17 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] fix: github injects INPUT_WHO-TO-GREET, hyphens are not
 replaced by underscores (#135)

---
 .../python-container-action/action.yaml                  | 9 ++-------
 .../python-container-action/entrypoint.py                | 6 +++---
 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/06-authoring-actions/container-actions/python-container-action/action.yaml b/06-authoring-actions/container-actions/python-container-action/action.yaml
index e454daad..f4a38ee4 100644
--- a/06-authoring-actions/container-actions/python-container-action/action.yaml
+++ b/06-authoring-actions/container-actions/python-container-action/action.yaml
@@ -14,10 +14,5 @@ runs:
   image: Dockerfile
   # Option B – use a pre-built image to avoid rebuilds:
   # image: docker://ghcr.io/your-org/hello-python-action:v1
-
-  # Passing the input as an environmental variable
-  env:
-    INPUT_WHO_TO_GREET: ${{ inputs.who-to-greet }}
-  # Passing the value in the args list
-  # args:
-  #   - ${{ inputs.who-to-greet }}
+  args:
+    - ${{ inputs.who-to-greet }}
diff --git a/06-authoring-actions/container-actions/python-container-action/entrypoint.py b/06-authoring-actions/container-actions/python-container-action/entrypoint.py
index 55c2561f..2b2a24df 100644
--- a/06-authoring-actions/container-actions/python-container-action/entrypoint.py
+++ b/06-authoring-actions/container-actions/python-container-action/entrypoint.py
@@ -2,11 +2,11 @@
 import os, datetime as dt
 
 
-# Read the input from the passed environmental variable
-name = os.getenv("INPUT_WHO_TO_GREET", "World")
+# GitHub injects INPUT_WHO-TO-GREET based on the input name (only spaces get replaced with underscores, not hyphens)
+name = os.getenv("INPUT_WHO-TO-GREET", "World")
 
 # Alternatively, you could read it from the args list using its position
-# (you would need to import sys package above, and uncomment the args in action.yaml)
+# (you would need to import sys package above)
 # name = sys.argv[1] if len(sys.argv) > 1 else "World"
 
 greeting = f"Hello, {name}! Time is {dt.datetime.now(dt.timezone.utc):%H:%M:%S} UTC."