Output only. The email address of the service account identity that will be used for a build by default.
This is returned in the format projects/{project}/serviceAccounts/{serviceAccount} where {serviceAccount} could be the legacy Cloud Build SA, in the format [PROJECT_NUMBER]@cloudbuild.gserviceaccount.com or the Compute SA, in the format [PROJECT_NUMBER]-compute@developer.gserviceaccount.com.
If no service account will be used by default, this will be empty.
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