Prow shared context functions

[ccardenosa]

To cope with shared context conditions among Prow steps in a organized manner

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[eifrach]

hey I'm a bit confused what is this for?
where we need to use it ?

[ccardenosa]

This script provides functions for managing shared context data among Prow steps in JSON format, like set values using dot notation for nested keys:

update_prow_share_context "deployment.ocp.version" "4.15"
update_prow_share_context "tests.unit.status" "passed"

Then get specific values back from any other Prow step where it might be needed:

version=$(get_prow_share_context_value "deployment.ocp.version")
echo "OCP Version: $version"  # Output: OCP Version: 4.15

status=$(get_prow_share_context_value "tests.unit.status")
echo "Unit test status: $status"  # Output: Unit test status: passed

This is a orderly manner to share info among steps as the whole context is in a single places for all the steps. To view the complete context after updates at any step, just call:

get_prow_share_context
# Output example:
# {
#   "deployment": {
#     "ocp": {
#       "version": "4.15"
#     }
#   },
#   "tests": {
#     "unit": {
#       "status": "passed",
#     }
#   }
# }