# \[Chapel Merge\] Use inputs to reduce uses of hardcoded CI image name

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Branch: refs/heads/main  
Revision: a2c8189c3f9e07c40e9e055cfd9aec80350f758a  
Author: arifthpe  
Link: [Use inputs to reduce uses of hardcoded CI image name by arifthpe · Pull Request #29467 · chapel-lang/chapel · GitHub](https://github.com/chapel-lang/chapel/pull/29467)  
Log Message:  
Use inputs to reduce uses of hardcoded CI image name (#29467)

Replace occurrences of the explicit CI image name  
`ghcr.io/chapel-lang/chapel-github-ci:latest` (including those with some  
parts interpolated) in reusable workflows with a defaulted  
`inputs.CHAPEL_CI_IMAGE`.

We could reduce the number of times this is hardcoded further by only  
setting it in our top-level triggering workflows, then passing that  
value into called workflows, but that would increase the amount of  
boilerplate needed at each call site, so I didn't do it.

[reviewed by @jabraham17 , thanks!]

Compare: [Comparing 55daccfeee949dfca60952ff1f2dc200798f4f1b...2a0f97597bb7b44e3ac3dd70de22b296a843e1f5 · chapel-lang/chapel · GitHub](https://github.com/chapel-lang/chapel/compare/55daccfeee949dfca60952ff1f2dc200798f4f1b...2a0f97597bb7b44e3ac3dd70de22b296a843e1f5)

Diff:  
M .github/workflows/arkouda-smoke-test.yml  
M .github/workflows/build-CI-container.yml  
M .github/workflows/core-ci-checks.yml  
M .github/workflows/extended-ci-checks.yml  
M .github/workflows/full-ci-checks.yml  
M .github/workflows/ga-paratest.yml  
M .github/workflows/package-builds.yml  
M .github/workflows/release-tarball.yml  
[https://github.com/chapel-lang/chapel/pull/29467.diff](https://github.com/chapel-lang/chapel/pull/29467.diff)