Github Actions only triggers on default branch.

[MerNat]

Is there a way Github actions can trigger an event on a specific action (example push/pull request) to a non-default branch?

[peaceiris]

We can switch to another branch with the ref input.

Here is an example workflow:

• default branch: master
• target branch: develop

- uses: actions/checkout@v2
  with:
    # The branch, tag or SHA to checkout. When checking out the repository that
    # triggered a workflow, this defaults to the reference or SHA for that event.
    # Otherwise, defaults to `master`.
    ref: 'develop'

- uses: actions/your-action@v1

[MerNat]

@peaceiris I tried similar Github action YAML. Unfortunately, I couldn't tell whether it's a bug or what. Github actions can only trigger on master or the default branch.

[okozachenko1203]

I am facing the same thing.
Is this a bug?

[annashcherbina]

Same issue -- is there a resolution for this?

[rigazilla]

let me join the band. same for me

[rigazilla]

After a better reading of https://docs.github.com/en/actions/reference/events-that-trigger-workflows specially the last part, seems that the ./github/workflows/* must be present in all the involved branches in order to make things work as I expected

[stajilov]

What would be a walkaround for this then?

[manasesjesus]

You need to specify the events and branches that will trigger your action:

on:
  # Set your workflow to run on push events to the develop and all feature branches
  push:
    branches:
      - develop
      - feature/*
  # Set your workflow to run on pull request events that target the main branch
  pull_request:
    branches: 
      - main