Try to set variables within the script

    - .rules-merge-request

  variables:

    ARTIFACT_BASE_NAME: "mr-$CI_MERGE_REQUEST_IID--sha-$CI_COMMIT_SHORT_SHA--formatting-fix"

    INSTRUCTIONS_GITLAB: 'To fix formatting issues:\n

      - download the diff patch available as artifact of this job\n

      - unzip the artifact and place the patch file in the root directory of your local IVAS repo\n

      - run: git apply "$ARTIFACT_BASE_NAME".patch\n

      - commit new changes'

    INSTRUCTIONS_README: 'To fix formatting issues:\n

      - place the patch file in the root directory of your local IVAS repo\n

      - run: git apply "$ARTIFACT_BASE_NAME".patch\n

      - commit new changes'

  stage: validate

  needs: []

  timeout: "5 minutes"

  script:

    # Set up variables. This can't be done in the "variables" section because variables are not expanded properly there

    - PATCH_FILE_NAME="$ARTIFACT_BASE_NAME".patch

    - >

      INSTRUCTIONS_GITLAB="To fix formatting issues:

      - download the diff patch available as artifact of this job

      - unzip the artifact and place the patch file in the root directory of your local IVAS repo

      - run: git apply $PATCH_FILE_NAME

      - commit new changes"

    - >

      INSTRUCTIONS_README="To fix formatting issues:

      - place the patch file in the root directory of your local IVAS repo

      - run: git apply $PATCH_FILE_NAME

      - commit new changes"

    - scripts/check-format.sh -af -p 8 || format_problems=$?

    - if [ $format_problems == 0 ] ; then exit 0; fi

    - mkdir tmp-formatting-fix

    - git diff > "tmp-formatting-fix/$ARTIFACT_BASE_NAME.patch"

    - git diff > "tmp-formatting-fix/$PATCH_FILE_NAME"

    # Print instructions to job output

    - echo -e "$INSTRUCTIONS_GITLAB"