add note about restarting the runner service after changing the .env …

[christianspecht]

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Why:

Because I spent about half an hour scratching my head why my script defined in the .env file was not executed, until I had the idea to restart the runner service.
I assumed that the runner read the file before each job run, IMO it's not obvious that it only happens after restarting.

IMO it's not obvious that the runner only reads the file after restarting, I assumed that it happens before each job run.

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[nguyenalex836]

@christianspecht Thanks so much for opening a PR! I'll get this triaged for review ✨

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[nguyenalex836]

@christianspecht Thank you so much for your patience while our SME team reviewed! 💛 They thanked you for the PR, and offered the following guidance -

Might be better to consider adding just a sentence to the paragraph on line 52 or a new line before the note on 58 to remind users that any change to the .env file will require restarting the runner.

Please let us know if you'd be willing to update your PR to match this guidance - thank you ✨