Use CI_COMMIT_BRANCH branch name as a file path

Question

I'm trying to setup a pipeline where the output will be written to a location based on the branch on which the pipeline was triggered.

Example: If branch was topic/124579, then output must be written to D:/Artifacts/topic/124579.

But when I use this on my .gitlab-ci.yml, the runner creates a directory with the name CI_COMMIT_BRANCH literally: D:/Artifacts/CI_COMMIT_BRANCH.

Here are a few things that I've tried

md D:/Artifacts/CI_COMMIT_BRANCH results in D:/Artifacts/CI_COMMIT_BRANCH as before

md D:/Artifacts/$CI_COMMIT_BRANCH results in D:/Artifacts/$CI_COMMIT_BRANCH

md D:/Artifacts/"$CI_COMMIT_BRANCH" also results in D:/Artifacts/$CI_COMMIT_BRANCH

How do I do this ?

I'm running my jobs on a self-hosted Windows runner, using cmd as the shell.

VonC_6309 · Answer

Check first what kind of shell you have set in your gitlab-ci

The default one would be PowerShell Core, in which case variable substitution should use $CI_COMMIT_BRANCH.
Try first $env:CI_COMMIT_BRANCH=$CI_COMMIT_BRANCH

But just in case you are using a deprecated CMD shell, try "%CI_COMMIT_BRANCH%"

The OP rranjik confirms in the comments:

md D:/Artifacts/"%CI_COMMIT_BRANCH%" worked.

Use CI_COMMIT_BRANCH branch name as a file path

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