GitHub Retrieve Encoded Secret

gistfile1.txt

name: Retrieve Encoded Secret

on:
  workflow_dispatch: # Allows manual trigger of the workflow

jobs:
  print-encoded-secret:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - name: Encode Secret in Hex
        env:
          MY_SECRET: ${{ secrets.MY_SECRET }}
        run: |
          ENCODED_SECRET=$(echo -n "$MY_SECRET" | xxd -p)
          echo "Hex-encoded secret: $ENCODED_SECRET"

          # decode locally with:
          # echo "HEX_ENCODED_SECRET_VALUE" | xxd -r -p