Intermediate environment variable usage in workflows (#2617)

intermediate environment variable usage

Co-authored-by: Samet Akcay <samet.akcay@intel.com>

Author: AlexanderBarabanov

.github/workflows/_reusable-rc-release-process.yaml

@@ -234,8 +234,10 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Record approval
+        env:
+          APPROVER: ${{ github.actor }}
         run: |
           echo "RC Approval Record:"
           echo "- Version: ${{ inputs.version }}"
           echo "- Timestamp: $(date -u +"%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ")"
-          echo "- Approver: ${{ github.actor }}"
+          echo "- Approver: $APPROVER"

.github/workflows/_reusable-version-check.yaml

@@ -83,9 +83,10 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - name: Validate version
         id: get-version
+        env:
+          VERSION: ${{ inputs.version || github.ref_name }}
         run: |
-          VERSION="${{ inputs.version || github.ref_name }}"
-          if ! [[ $VERSION =~ ^v[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+(-rc[0-9]+)?$ ]]; then
+          if ! [[ "$VERSION" =~ ^v[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+(-rc[0-9]+)?$ ]]; then
             echo "::error::Invalid version format. Must be vX.Y.Z or vX.Y.Z-rcN"
             exit 1
           fi