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 > This example will run **all jobs** named `test` in **all workflows** that trigger on `push` event
 
+# Vars
+
+To run `act` with repository variables that are acessible inside the workflow via ${{ vars.VARIABLE }}, you can enter them interactively or load them from a file. The following options are available for providing github repository variables:
+
+- `act --var VARIABLE=somevalue` - use `somevalue` as the value for `VARIABLE`.
+- `act --var-file my.variables` - load variables values from `my.variables` file.
+- The variables file format is the same as `.env` format
+
 ## Secrets
 
 To run `act` with secrets, you can enter them interactively, supply them as environment variables or load them from a file. The following options are available for providing secrets: