NO-ISSUE Remove test execution step from publish workflow and set environment variables for build - #49

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Submitted dependency-graph-reports/dynamicdependency-graphauto-submission-submit-gradle.json: The snapshot was accepted, but it is not for the default branch. It will not update dependency results for the repository.