still evaluating variable expansion

.gitlab-ci.yml

@@ -22,12 +22,12 @@ default:
 Build:
   stage: build
   variables:
-    LABEL_VERSION: ${CI_COMMIT_TAG:-$CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME}
+    LABEL_VERSION: "${CI_COMMIT_TAG:-$CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME}"
     IMAGE_TAG: $CI_COMMIT_REF_SLUG
   script:
   - export LABEL_BUILD_DATE="$(date -u +"%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ")"
-  - echo "lv:$LABEL_VERSION it:$IMAGE_TAG cct:$CI_COMMIT_TAG ccrn:$CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME"
-  - set -x
+  - 'eval echo $LABEL_VERSION'
+  - export
   - . .env
   - docker build --pull
       --build-arg BUILDKIT_INLINE_CACHE=1