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shellcheck SC2154 for `gh_aw_exit_code` in the agent execution step

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Assessment

Difficulty
2/5
Estimated time
1-3 hours
Newbie friendliness
82/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Clearly specified
Activity status
Active
Tech stack
github-actions, go
Domain
ci-cd

Research direction

Read pkg/workflow/engine_helpers.go, focusing on buildAgentExecutionExitCodeTrapWithCleanup. Check how its generated trap affects shellcheck's handling of gh_aw_exit_code; verify the generated script for an agent job with shellcheck 0.11.0. Done means the generated script no longer reports SC2154.

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Description

ai-inspected
Summary

shellcheck 0.11.0 reports SC2154 (gh_aw_exit_code is referenced but not assigned) in Execute GitHub Copilot CLI in every compiled lock file with an agent job. The variable is assigned inside the single-quoted trap '...' EXIT string from buildAgentExecutionExitCodeTrapWithCleanup (pkg/workflow/engine_helpers.go), which shellcheck does not parse.

Version

gh-aw v0.89.21; shellcheck 0.11.0.

Expected

The generated script is shellcheck-clean. For example, move the trap body into a function, or declare gh_aw_exit_code before the trap.

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