From 22c372ab3df46099d1bdc3c115b0268a8b83c7a5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Franziska Wegner <57569315+franziska-wegner@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 5 Dec 2023 06:58:48 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] Add build directory string to codeql.yml

---
 .github/workflows/codeql.yml | 7 +++++++
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/codeql.yml b/.github/workflows/codeql.yml
index ca947ea1..e95170ba 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/codeql.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/codeql.yml
@@ -58,6 +58,13 @@ jobs:
         cache-key-prefix: ${{ runner.os }}-Qt-Cache-${{ env.QT_VERSION }}
         dir: ${{ github.workspace }}/Qt
 
+    - name: Set reusable strings
+      # Turn repeated input strings (such as the build output directory) into step outputs. These step outputs can be used throughout the workflow file.
+      id: strings
+      shell: bash
+      run: |
+        echo "build-output-dir=${{ github.workspace }}/build" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+
     - name: Configure CMake
       env:
         CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH: ${{env.Qt6_DIR}}