My build_and_test.yml file in .github/workflows is as follows:
name: CI on: push: branches: - main - name-of-my-branch pull_request: branches: - main jobs: build: # Code to build However, when I push to any branch other than the main branch, the build doesn't trigger. Any ideas why this might be?
I realized that this Github Actions file was on the main branch, and Github uses the actions that are configured for the branch that is getting pushed. It doesn't do anything if name-of-my-branch has different on: push: branches: specified in its .github/workflows/build_and_test.yml. So branches: name-of-my-branch in the main branch is a bit deceptive - a build-on-push will only occur if that branch is specified under push in its own .yml.
I pulled from main to name-of-my-branch to update the build_and_test.yml, pushed, and the build was triggered.
.github/ was inside the terraform folder. I just moved to the root folder of the repo and it workedBased on experience, another possibility is that the .github directory and the yaml file in it have not been staged even when doing git add *. So no action was triggered when you pushed.
I had to do git add .github/workflows/myaction.yml specifically to have it staged.
This worked for me - https://github.com/actions/checkout/discussions/277#discussioncomment-1522374 e.g. - feature/branch_name
My branches names are feature/my_branch
