Azure DevOps variable empty between steps - azure-devops

Question

I am trying to read a text file using bash in a AZDO pipeline template, but for some reason the variable containing the name of the file is empty:
##deploy-to-env.yml
parameters:
- name: env
type: string
default: ""
- name: envLong
type: string
default: ""
stages:
- stage: "deployTo${{ parameters.envLong }}"
displayName: "Deploy to ${{ parameters.env }}"
variables:
- name: releasesFile
value: ""
jobs:
- deployment:
environment: "${{ parameters.env }}"
displayName: "Deploy to ${{ parameters.env }}"
strategy:
runOnce:
deploy:
steps:
- task: Bash#3
name: FindReleaseFile
displayName: "Find the releases.txt file"
inputs:
targetType: 'inline'
script: |
echo "##vso[task.setvariable variable=releasesFile;isOutput=true]$(find $(Build.SourcesDirectory) -name releases.txt -maxdepth 1 -type f 2>/dev/null)"
- task: Bash#3
name: DownloadUsingArtifactTool
displayName: "Download Using Artifact Tool"
inputs:
targetType: 'inline'
script: |
echo "$(FindReleaseFile.releasesFile)"
The pipeline looks like this:
trigger:
branches:
include:
- azure-pipelines
paths:
include:
- "releases.txt"
stages:
- template: deploy-to-env.yml
parameters:
env: "tst"
envLong: "Test"
How can I pass the releasesFile variable to the 2nd task in deploy-to-env.yml template?

Answer 1

The problem was the the repository was not cloned, adding checkout: self in the steps fixed it