using .env file messed with the env variables in the CI, reverting to old way...

using .env file messed with the env variables in the CI, reverting to old way of doing things in a more readable fashion

.gitlab-ci.yml

@@ -280,16 +280,15 @@ pages:
 deploy:
     stage: deploy
     script:
-        - export
         # Docker doesn't allow variable interpolation when declaring Docker Secret names
         # This sed command finds and replaces "dsoc_ENV_secrets:" with "dsoc_${DEPLOY_ENV}_secrets:"
         - sed -i "s/dsoc_ENV_secrets:/dsoc_${DEPLOY_ENV}_secrets:/g" docker-compose.dev.yml
-        # setting env variables with .env https://docs.docker.com/compose/environment-variables/
-        - echo "ENV=$DEPLOY_ENV" >> .env
-        - echo "TAG=$IMAGE_TAG" >> .env
-        - echo "DL_HOST=$DL_HOST" >> .env
-        - echo "ENV_HOST=$ENV_HOST" >> .env
-        - docker stack deploy --compose-file docker-compose.dev.yml workspaces-${DEPLOY_ENV}
+        - |
+            ENV=$DEPLOY_ENV \
+            TAG=$IMAGE_TAG \ 
+            DL_HOST=$DL_HOST \
+            ENV_HOST=$ENV_HOST \
+            docker stack deploy --compose-file docker-compose.dev.yml workspaces-${DEPLOY_ENV}
     rules:
         - if: $CI_COMMIT_BRANCH == $CI_DEFAULT_BRANCH
           variables: