Load configuration via sonar-project.properties file

action.yml

@@ -57,11 +57,6 @@ inputs:
     required: false
     description: Whether to skip the checkout step, sometimes some setup- action needs to run between checkout & analysis
     default: false
-
-  extra_args:
-    type: string
-    requires: false
-    description: Additional args to pass to SonarSource/sonarcloud-github-action as `args`
 runs:
   using: composite
   steps:
@@ -97,7 +92,7 @@ runs:
       shell: bash
       run: |
         version=$(${{ inputs.version_cmd }})
-        echo "version=$version" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+        echo "sonar.projectVersion=$version" >> sonar-project.properties
 
     # Fetch base branch from the upstream repo so that Sonar can identify new code in PR builds
     - name: "📕 Fetch base branch"
@@ -123,16 +118,20 @@ runs:
         name: ${{ inputs.coverage_artifact_name }}
         path: ${{ inputs.coverage_extract_path }}
 
+    - name: "🔧 Load configuration"
+      run: |
+        echo "sonar.scm.revision=$REVISION" >> sonar-project.properties
+        echo "sonar.pullrequest.key=$PR_ID" >> sonar-project.properties
+        echo "sonar.pullrequest.branch=$HEAD_BRANCH" >> sonar-project.properties
+        echo "sonar.pullrequest.base=$BASE_BRANCH" >> sonar-project.properties
+      env:
+          REVISION: ${{ inputs.revision }}
+          PR_ID: ${{ steps.prdetails.outputs.pr_id }}
+          HEAD_BRANCH: ${{ steps.prdetails.outputs.pr_id && steps.prdetails.outputs.head_branch }}
+          BASE_BRANCH: ${{ steps.prdetails.outputs.pr_id && steps.prdetails.outputs.base_branch }}
+
     - name: "🩻 SonarCloud Scan"
       uses: SonarSource/sonarcloud-github-action@c25d2e7e3def96d0d1781000d3c429da22cd6252 # v2.0.2
-      with:
-        args: >
-          -Dsonar.projectVersion=${{ steps.version.outputs.version }}
-          -Dsonar.scm.revision=${{ inputs.revision }}
-          -Dsonar.pullrequest.key=${{ steps.prdetails.outputs.pr_id }}
-          -Dsonar.pullrequest.branch=${{ steps.prdetails.outputs.pr_id && steps.prdetails.outputs.head_branch }}
-          -Dsonar.pullrequest.base=${{ steps.prdetails.outputs.pr_id && steps.prdetails.outputs.base_branch }}
-          ${{ inputs.extra_args }}
       env:
         GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }} # Needed to get PR information, if any
         SONAR_TOKEN: ${{ inputs.token }}