Steps defined inside steps are scoped to the step they were created in (even if you used the`export` command). In order to allow using variables across steps, we provide a shared file that facilitates variables importing and exporting. There are two ways to add variables to this file:

Inside every freestyle step there's a command called`cf_export` that allows you to export variables across steps (by writing to the shared variables file).

Within every freestyle step, the`cf_export` command allows you to export variables across steps (by writing to the shared variables file).

You can either:

- Explicitly state a VAR=VAL pair