fix check-in-docker

Author: jeffkala

.github/workflows/ntc-ci.yml

@@ -26,14 +26,9 @@ on:  # yamllint disable-line rule:truthy rule:comments
         required: true
         type: "string"
       project_name:
-        description: "Distribution / image name (e.g. nautobot-golden-config, pyntc, netutils)."
+        description: "Distribution / image name (e.g. nautobot-golden-config, pyntc, netutils). INVOKE_<NAME>_* env vars use it upper-cased with '-' replaced by '_'."
         required: true
         type: "string"
-      invoke_context_name:
-        description: "Invoke context name used for INVOKE_<NAME>_* env vars. Defaults to project_name upper-cased with '-' replaced by '_'."
-        required: false
-        type: "string"
-        default: ""
       min_nautobot_version:
         description: "nautobot-app only (required): lowest supported Nautobot version, used for the docker checks and the minimum unit test run."
         required: false
@@ -135,7 +130,6 @@ jobs:
       - name: "Resolve invoke context, matrices and PR type"
         id: "resolve"
         env:
-          INVOKE_CONTEXT_NAME: "${{ inputs.invoke_context_name }}"
           MIN_NAUTOBOT_VERSION: "${{ inputs.min_nautobot_version }}"
           MIN_PYTHON_VERSION: "${{ inputs.min_python_version }}"
           MAX_PYTHON_VERSION: "${{ inputs.max_python_version }}"
@@ -163,9 +157,7 @@ jobs:
             *) echo "::error::project_type must be 'nautobot-app' or 'python-library' (got '$PROJECT_TYPE')"; exit 1 ;;
           esac
 
-          if [ -z "$INVOKE_CONTEXT_NAME" ]; then
-            INVOKE_CONTEXT_NAME=$(echo "$PROJECT_NAME" | tr '[:lower:]-' '[:upper:]_')
-          fi
+          INVOKE_CONTEXT_NAME=$(echo "$PROJECT_NAME" | tr '[:lower:]-' '[:upper:]_')
 
           if [ -z "$REGENERATE_LOCKFILE" ]; then
             [ "$PROJECT_TYPE" = "nautobot-app" ] && REGENERATE_LOCKFILE="true" || REGENERATE_LOCKFILE="false"
@@ -368,7 +360,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: "Constrain Nautobot version and regenerate lock file"
         if: "inputs.project_type == 'nautobot-app'"
         run: >-
-          INVOKE_${INVOKE_CONTEXT_NAME}_LOCAL=true
+          env "INVOKE_${INVOKE_CONTEXT_NAME}_LOCAL=true"
           poetry run invoke lock --constrain-nautobot-ver --constrain-python-ver="$PYTHON_VERSION"
       - name: "Set up Docker Buildx"
         id: "buildx"

.github/workflows/ntc-nautobot-upstream-testing.yml

@@ -9,14 +9,9 @@ on:  # yamllint disable-line rule:truthy rule:comments
   workflow_call:
     inputs:
       project_name:
-        description: "Distribution name of the app (e.g. nautobot-golden-config)."
+        description: "Distribution name of the app (e.g. nautobot-golden-config). INVOKE_<NAME>_* env vars use it upper-cased with '-' replaced by '_'."
         required: true
         type: "string"
-      invoke_context_name:
-        description: "Invoke context name used for INVOKE_<NAME>_* env vars. Defaults to project_name upper-cased with '-' replaced by '_'."
-        required: false
-        type: "string"
-        default: ""
       matrix:
         description: "JSON list of {nautobot_branch, app_branch} pairs to test."
         required: false
@@ -38,11 +33,8 @@ jobs:
         id: "resolve"
         env:
           PROJECT_NAME: "${{ inputs.project_name }}"
-          INVOKE_CONTEXT_NAME: "${{ inputs.invoke_context_name }}"
         run: |
-          if [ -z "$INVOKE_CONTEXT_NAME" ]; then
-            INVOKE_CONTEXT_NAME=$(echo "$PROJECT_NAME" | tr '[:lower:]-' '[:upper:]_')
-          fi
+          INVOKE_CONTEXT_NAME=$(echo "$PROJECT_NAME" | tr '[:lower:]-' '[:upper:]_')
           echo "invoke_context_name=$INVOKE_CONTEXT_NAME" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
 
   upstream-test:

README.md

@@ -96,8 +96,7 @@ What `project_type` changes:
 | Input | Default | Purpose |
 | --- | --- | --- |
 | `project_type` | required | `nautobot-app` or `python-library`. |
-| `project_name` | required | Distribution / image name, e.g. `nautobot-golden-config`, `pyntc`. |
-| `invoke_context_name` | derived | `INVOKE_<NAME>_*` env var prefix. Defaults to `project_name` upper-cased with `-` replaced by `_`. |
+| `project_name` | required | Distribution / image name, e.g. `nautobot-golden-config`, `pyntc`. The `INVOKE_<NAME>_*` env var prefix is `project_name` upper-cased with `-` replaced by `_`. |
 | `min_nautobot_version` | `""` | Apps (required): lowest supported Nautobot version. |
 | `min_python_version` | `"3.10"` | Lowest supported Python. |
 | `max_python_version` | `"3.14"` | Highest supported Python. |
@@ -176,8 +175,7 @@ so the matrix and the pinned Nautobot workflow ref live in one place.
 
 | Input | Default | Purpose |
 | --- | --- | --- |
-| `project_name` | required | Distribution name of the app. |
-| `invoke_context_name` | derived | As in the CI workflow. |
+| `project_name` | required | Distribution name of the app; the `INVOKE_<NAME>_*` prefix is derived from it as in the CI workflow. |
 | `matrix` | develop/main and next/main | JSON list of `{"nautobot_branch": ..., "app_branch": ...}` pairs. |
 
 ## Composite actions

examples/nautobot-app/ci.yml

@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ jobs:
       changelog_base_branches: >-
         ["develop", "ltm-1.6"]
       # Optional overrides (defaults shown):
-      # invoke_context_name: "NAUTOBOT_GOLDEN_CONFIG"
       # min_python_version: "3.10"
       # max_python_version: "3.14"
       # poetry_version: "2.1.3"

examples/python-library/ci.yml

@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ jobs:
       project_type: "python-library"
       project_name: "netutils"
       # Optional overrides (defaults shown):
-      # invoke_context_name: "NETUTILS"
       # min_python_version: "3.10"
       # max_python_version: "3.14"
       # python_versions: '["3.10", "3.14"]'