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Make the "short_token" value of a trigger token accessible as a CI variable

Problem to solve

As reported by a customer in a recent ticket, the "short token" value of a trigger token (of four digits) is currently only rendered in the UI when viewing a job:

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The customer has expressed interest in this short value being accessible from within the CI job through a variable (e.g. CI_TRIGGER_SHORT_TOKEN)

This could be useful where multiple trigger tokens are used, and for administrative/auditing purposes it should be identifiable through means other than the UI.

Proposal

We should expand the ability to grab the "short_token" value, and make this accessible in job itself.

Intended users

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