From 867fee7815c206db16c4c5ced27fae7cafe4d861 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Volodymyr Zotov <volodymyr.zotov@agilebits.com>
Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2025 17:03:58 -0500
Subject: [PATCH 1/4] Set `export-env` input to false by default

---
 action.yml | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/action.yml b/action.yml
index 4e815e4..fac55de 100644
--- a/action.yml
+++ b/action.yml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ inputs:
     default: "false"
   export-env:
     description: Export the secrets as environment variables
-    default: "true"
+    default: "false"
   version:
     description: Specify which 1Password CLI version to install. Defaults to "latest".
     default: "latest"

From 1c443d83daee9c36c582d1548c1d4adac890d1fe Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Volodymyr Zotov <volodymyr.zotov@agilebits.com>
Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2025 17:35:23 -0500
Subject: [PATCH 2/4] Update README.md to show examples of using as step
 outputs and env vars

---
 README.md | 30 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 26 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index bfec9d7..ea2c374 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -23,19 +23,41 @@ Read more on the [1Password Developer Portal](https://developer.1password.com/do
 
 ## ✨ Quickstart
 
+### Use secrets from step output (recommended)
 ```yml
 on: push
 jobs:
   hello-world:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
       - name: Load secret
-        uses: 1password/load-secrets-action@v2
+        id: load_secret
+        uses: 1password/load-secrets-action@v3
+        env:
+          OP_SERVICE_ACCOUNT_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.OP_SERVICE_ACCOUNT_TOKEN }}
+          SECRET: op://app-cicd/hello-world/secret
+
+      - name: Print masked secret
+        run: 'echo "Secret: ${{ steps.load_secrets.outputs.SECRET }}"'
+        # Prints: Secret: ***
+```
+
+### Export secrets as env variables
+```yml
+on: push
+jobs:
+  hello-world:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Load secret
+        id: load_secret
+        uses: 1password/load-secrets-action@v3
         with:
-          # Export loaded secrets as environment variables
-          export-env: true
+          export-env: 'true'
         env:
           OP_SERVICE_ACCOUNT_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.OP_SERVICE_ACCOUNT_TOKEN }}
           SECRET: op://app-cicd/hello-world/secret

From 909c7e01f1252f4ba205ce9a1b89ddc6c2df1e59 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Volodymyr Zotov <volodymyr.zotov@agilebits.com>
Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2025 17:41:42 -0500
Subject: [PATCH 3/4] Fix formatting

---
 README.md | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index ea2c374..9fe05b6 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ Read more on the [1Password Developer Portal](https://developer.1password.com/do
 ## ✨ Quickstart
 
 ### Use secrets from step output (recommended)
+
 ```yml
 on: push
 jobs:
@@ -45,6 +46,7 @@ jobs:
 ```
 
 ### Export secrets as env variables
+
 ```yml
 on: push
 jobs:
@@ -57,7 +59,7 @@ jobs:
         id: load_secret
         uses: 1password/load-secrets-action@v3
         with:
-          export-env: 'true'
+          export-env: "true"
         env:
           OP_SERVICE_ACCOUNT_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.OP_SERVICE_ACCOUNT_TOKEN }}
           SECRET: op://app-cicd/hello-world/secret

From ba891d4bf215e8c04b85d9de2364325ba7b9a0d0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Volodymyr Zotov <volodymyr.zotov@agilebits.com>
Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2025 09:59:24 -0500
Subject: [PATCH 4/4] Update readme

---
 README.md | 6 +++---
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 9fe05b6..b4e7c76 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ Read more on the [1Password Developer Portal](https://developer.1password.com/do
 
 ## ✨ Quickstart
 
-### Use secrets from step output (recommended)
+### Export secrets as a step's output (recommended)
 
 ```yml
 on: push
@@ -56,10 +56,10 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
       - name: Load secret
-        id: load_secret
         uses: 1password/load-secrets-action@v3
         with:
-          export-env: "true"
+          # Export loaded secrets as environment variables
+          export-env: true
         env:
           OP_SERVICE_ACCOUNT_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.OP_SERVICE_ACCOUNT_TOKEN }}
           SECRET: op://app-cicd/hello-world/secret