[ Variables ] - Add missing documentation for repository variables (#2032)

* docs: 📝 add vars instructions by cli and file loading

* docs: 📝 adjust varibles instructions
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@ -315,6 +315,14 @@ To run `act` with secrets, you can enter them interactively, supply them as envi
- `act --secret-file my.secrets` - load secrets values from `my.secrets` file.
- secrets file format is the same as `.env` format
# Vars
To run `act` with repository variables that are acessible inside the workflow via ${{ vars.VARIABLE }}, you can enter them interactively or load them from a file. The following options are available for providing github repository variables:
- `act --var VARIABLE=somevalue` - use `somevalue` as the value for `VARIABLE`.
- `act --var-file my.variables` - load variables values from `my.variables` file.
- variables file format is the same as `.env` format
# Configuration
You can provide default configuration flags to `act` by either creating a `./.actrc` or a `~/.actrc` file. Any flags in the files will be applied before any flags provided directly on the command line. For example, a file like below will always use the `nektos/act-environments-ubuntu:18.04` image for the `ubuntu-latest` runner: