I would like to prevent GitHub Action’s workflow dispatch to only work on the main branch. I’ve tried the following, but it doesn’t work:
on:
workflow_dispatch:
branches:
- main
When I go to the Github actions screen to run the pipeline manually, I can also try to run it on the other branches. Ideally, I would like to forbid running this job (publishing) on any non-main branch.
Is there any way I can enforce this?
For reference, the pipeline is part of this YML. You can also see the publish job running on Test branch on the Actions screen.
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You can add a if: github.ref == 'refs/heads/master' to your job that’ll prevent it from running on a given branch.
Or like if: startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/heads/release') if you want to only run on your release branches
Example:
jobs:
Setup:
runs-on: ubuntu-latest
if: github.ref == 'refs/heads/main'
steps:
...
Alternatively you might also be able to use the workflow_run syntax, see https://docs.github.com/en/actions/writing-workflows/choosing-when-your-workflow-runs/events-that-trigger-workflows#limiting-your-workflow-to-run-based-on-branches
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