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…-121) Scheduled and workflow_dispatch triggers always run from the default branch (main). Checkout of develop happens at step level, but GITHUB_REF_NAME still reflects 'main'. Guard step now checks GITHUB_REF_NAME: - Not 'develop': emit notice and skip all subsequent steps - 'develop' with missing template: fail with error (unchanged behaviour) - 'develop' with template present: proceed normally
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Problem
The
Sync TryGhost Compose Imagesworkflow runs onscheduleandworkflow_dispatch, both of which always run from the default branch (main). Even though the workflow checks outdevelopat step level,GITHUB_REF_NAMEis stillmain— so any step that checked for the template file on the checked-outdevelopcontent was the wrong signal.Previously the workflow had no guard at all, so it would fail when run from
mainif the template was absent on that branch.Fix
Add a guard step immediately after checkout that checks
GITHUB_REF_NAME:GITHUB_REF_NAME != 'develop'::notice::, setskip=true, all subsequent steps are skippedGITHUB_REF_NAME == 'develop'and template missing::error::,exit 1— this is a real failureGITHUB_REF_NAME == 'develop'and template presentskip=false, sync proceeds normallyAll subsequent steps are conditioned on
steps.verify.outputs.skip != 'true'(in addition to their existinghas_changes == 'true'guards).Closes GHO-121