From 71e1bcc626b1caee7027e940c5290764cd8a0ae9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kwame Mintah <37197235+kwame-mintah@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 2 Aug 2023 08:43:19 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] feat(general): allow `--var-file` to be passed as environment
 variable (#5406)

feat(ext_argument_parser): allow `--var-file` to be passed as environment variable

allow for terraform var file to be sourced via environment variable `CKV_VAR_FILE`.

Refs #5240
---
 checkov/common/util/ext_argument_parser.py | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/checkov/common/util/ext_argument_parser.py b/checkov/common/util/ext_argument_parser.py
index f36d4641e75..6007f088995 100644
--- a/checkov/common/util/ext_argument_parser.py
+++ b/checkov/common/util/ext_argument_parser.py
@@ -391,6 +391,7 @@ def add_parser_args(self) -> None:
                  "https://www.terraform.io/docs/language/values/variables.html#variable-definitions-tfvars-files)."
                  "Currently only supported for source Terraform (.tf file), and Helm chart scans."
                  "Requires using --directory, not --file.",
+            env_var="CKV_VAR_FILE",
         )
         self.add(
             "--external-modules-download-path",