Incorrect example payload for `push` webhooks

[timrogers]

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https://docs.github.com/en/developers/webhooks-and-events/webhooks/webhook-events-and-payloads#push

What part(s) of the article would you like to see updated?

The example event payload for push events has a base_ref property (refs/heads/main in the example). This property doesn't seem to exist when I have push triggers in my workflows.

Additional information

This issue was reported by @LayZeeDK.

[cmwilson21]

@timrogers Thanks so much for opening an issue! I'll triage this for the team to take a look 👀

[LayZeeDK]

Samples from push trigger to a branch called ci/use-nx-based-ci-workflow in a repo callled ngworker/lumberjack-next.

github.event:

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  "after": "a0af265db106bee738848bb1fdcca2be60335c4d",
  "base_ref": null,
  "before": "9ee6b638d833580d3960e0caa4d0520f5059f264",
  "commits": [
    {
      "author": {
        "email": "larsbrinknielsen@gmail.com",
        "name": "Lars Gyrup Brink Nielsen",
        "username": "LayZeeDK"
      },
      "committer": {
        "email": "larsbrinknielsen@gmail.com",
        "name": "Lars Gyrup Brink Nielsen",
        "username": "LayZeeDK"
      },
      "distinct": true,
      "id": "a0af265db106bee738848bb1fdcca2be60335c4d",
      "message": "ci: debug context and event",
      "timestamp": "[202](https://github.com/ngworker/lumberjack-next/runs/6809267189?check_suite_focus=true#step:2:203)2-06-09T10:58:37+02:00",
      "tree_id": "1559c46627bf23a5df814ec42bb22d6ef4b6b1cd",
      "url": "https://github.com/ngworker/lumberjack-next/commit/a0af265db106bee738848bb1fdcca2be60335c4d"
    }
  ],
  "compare": "https://github.com/ngworker/lumberjack-next/compare/9ee6b638d833...a0af265db106",
  "created": false,
  "deleted": false,
  "forced": true,
  "head_commit": {
    "author": {
      "email": "larsbrinknielsen@gmail.com",
      "name": "Lars Gyrup Brink Nielsen",
      "username": "LayZeeDK"
    },
    "committer": {
      "email": "larsbrinknielsen@gmail.com",
      "name": "Lars Gyrup Brink Nielsen",
      "username": "LayZeeDK"
    },
    "distinct": true,
    "id": "a0af265db106bee738848bb1fdcca2be60335c4d",
    "message": "ci: debug context and event",
    "timestamp": "2022-06-09T10:58:37+02:00",
    "tree_id": "1559c46627bf23a5df814ec42bb22d6ef4b6b1cd",
    "url": "https://github.com/ngworker/lumberjack-next/commit/a0af265db106bee738848bb1fdcca2be60335c4d"
  },
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    "description": "The ngworkers FOSS group.",
    "events_url": "https://api.github.com/orgs/ngworker/events",
    "hooks_url": "https://api.github.com/orgs/ngworker/hooks",
    "id": 68399422,
    "issues_url": "https://api.github.com/orgs/ngworker/issues",
    "login": "ngworker",
    "members_url": "[https://api.github.com/orgs/ngworker/members{/member}](https://api.github.com/orgs/ngworker/members%7B/member%7D)",
    "node_id": "MDEyOk9yZ2FuaXphdGlvbjY4Mzk5NDIy",
    "public_members_url": "[https://api.github.com/orgs/ngworker/public_members{/member}](https://api.github.com/orgs/ngworker/public_members%7B/member%7D)",
    "repos_url": "https://api.github.com/orgs/ngworker/repos",
    "url": "https://api.github.com/orgs/ngworker"
  },
  "pusher": {
    "email": "layzee.dk@gmail.com",
    "name": "LayZeeDK"
  },
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    "archive_url": "[https://api.github.com/repos/ngworker/lumberjack-next/{archive_format}{/ref}](https://api.github.com/repos/ngworker/lumberjack-next/%7Barchive_format%7D%7B/ref%7D)",
    "archived": false,
    "assignees_url": "[https://api.github.com/repos/ngworker/lumberjack-next/assignees{/user}](https://api.github.com/repos/ngworker/lumberjack-next/assignees%7B/user%7D)",
    "blobs_url": "[https://api.github.com/repos/ngworker/lumberjack-next/git/blobs{/sha}](https://api.github.com/repos/ngworker/lumberjack-next/git/blobs%7B/sha%7D)",
    "branches_url": "[https://api.github.com/repos/ngworker/lumberjack-next/branches{/branch}](https://api.github.com/repos/ngworker/lumberjack-next/branches%7B/branch%7D)",
    "clone_url": "https://github.com/ngworker/lumberjack-next.git",
    "collaborators_url": "[https://api.github.com/repos/ngworker/lumberjack-next/collaborators{/collaborator}](https://api.github.com/repos/ngworker/lumberjack-next/collaborators%7B/collaborator%7D)",
    "comments_url": "[https://api.github.com/repos/ngworker/lumberjack-next/comments{/number}](https://api.github.com/repos/ngworker/lumberjack-next/comments%7B/number%7D)",
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    "contents_url": "[https://api.github.com/repos/ngworker/lumberjack-next/contents/{+path}](https://api.github.com/repos/ngworker/lumberjack-next/contents/%7B+path%7D)",
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    "issues_url": "[https://api.github.com/repos/ngworker/lumberjack-next/issues{/number}](https://api.github.com/repos/ngworker/lumberjack-next/issues%7B/number%7D)",
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    "labels_url": "[https://api.github.com/repos/ngworker/lumberjack-next/labels{/name}](https://api.github.com/repos/ngworker/lumberjack-next/labels%7B/name%7D)",
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    "milestones_url": "[https://api.github.com/repos/ngworker/lumberjack-next/milestones{/number}](https://api.github.com/repos/ngworker/lumberjack-next/milestones%7B/number%7D)",
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      "email": "nachovc1410@gmail.com",
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      "following_url": "[https://api.github.com/users/ngworker/following{/other_user}](https://api.github.com/users/ngworker/following%7B/other_user%7D)",
      "gists_url": "[https://api.github.com/users/ngworker/gists{/gist_id}](https://api.github.com/users/ngworker/gists%7B/gist_id%7D)",
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      "starred_url": "[https://api.github.com/users/ngworker/starred{/owner}{/repo}](https://api.github.com/users/ngworker/starred%7B/owner%7D%7B/repo%7D)",
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    "teams_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/ngworker/lumberjack-next/teams",
    "topics": [],
    "trees_url": "[https://api.github.com/repos/ngworker/lumberjack-next/git/trees{/sha}](https://api.github.com/repos/ngworker/lumberjack-next/git/trees%7B/sha%7D)",
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github:

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      "repos_url": "https://api.github.com/users/LayZeeDK/repos",
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      "starred_url": "https://api.github.com/users/LayZeeDK/starred{/owner}{/repo}",
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      "type": "User",
      "url": "https://api.github.com/users/LayZeeDK"
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  "server_url": "https://github.com",
  "api_url": "https://api.github.com",
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  "ref_type": "branch",
  "secret_source": "Actions",
  "workspace": "/home/runner/work/lumberjack-next/lumberjack-next",
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  "env": "/home/runner/work/_temp/_runner_file_commands/set_env_a39ddf08-bebf-4def-be5a-128[353](https://github.com/ngworker/lumberjack-next/runs/6809267189?check_suite_focus=true#step:3:354)e47890",
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}

[LayZeeDK]

So there's a base_ref property in github.event but its value is null. There's also the github.base_ref property, but its value is "" (the empty string).

[LayZeeDK]

The documentation's Webhook payload example has:

{
  "base_ref": "refs/heads/main",
  "ref": "refs/tags/simple-tag",
  "//": "(...)"
}

The sample event I posted above has:

{
  "base_ref": null,
  "ref": "refs/heads/ci/use-nx-based-ci-workflow",
  "//": "(...)"
}

[skedwards88]

Thanks for raising this issue! From this article it sounds like base_ref is only populated when the workflow trigger is pull_request or pull_request_target. I agree that the example payload in the webhook docs should be null. I'll need to fix this internally, and I'll close this issue once it is resolved.