Propagate $GITHUB_PATH into chroot PATH for setup-* action support#1359
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Propagate $GITHUB_PATH into chroot PATH for setup-* action support#1359
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Co-authored-by: Mossaka <5447827+Mossaka@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: Mossaka <5447827+Mossaka@users.noreply.github.com>
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[WIP] Fix tools installed by pre-AWF setup steps visibility in chroot
Propagate $GITHUB_PATH into chroot PATH for setup-* action support
Mar 18, 2026
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Tools installed by pre-AWF setup steps (
setup-ruby,setup-dart, etc.) aren't visible inside the chroot because$GITHUB_PATHentries may be lost whensudoresets PATH, and the fallback PATH only hardcoded Node/Python/Go from hostedtoolcache.Note:
/opt/hostedtoolcacheis already bind-mounted (/opt:/host/opt:ro) — the binaries exist on disk, they're just not in PATH.src/docker-manager.tsreadGitHubPathEntries()— reads the$GITHUB_PATHfile written by setup-* actionsmergeGitHubPathEntries()— prepends those entries into PATH with deduplicationAWF_HOST_PATHnow merges$GITHUB_PATHfile contents withprocess.env.PATHcontainers/agent/entrypoint.shAWF_HOST_PATHis unset) now dynamically scans all/opt/hostedtoolcache/*/tool directories instead of hardcoding only three toolsTests
readGitHubPathEntries,mergeGitHubPathEntries, andgenerateDockerComposeintegration with$GITHUB_PATH💡 You can make Copilot smarter by setting up custom instructions, customizing its development environment and configuring Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers. Learn more Copilot coding agent tips in the docs.