I would like to conditionally execute a Github Action according to a previous job (Format). If the code needed to be formatted, I would like to execute the following job (create_commit), otherwise skip it and do nothing.
Unfortunately at the moment the second job never gets triggered, no matter what is the output of the first job.
My action:
name: Format on: push jobs: format: name: Code formatting in Black runs-on: ubuntu-latest outputs: trigger_commit: ${{ steps.changes_present.outputs.changes_detected }} steps: - name: Checkout repository uses: actions/checkout@v3 - name: Install package run: pip install 'black[d]' - name: Run black formatter run: black . - name: Check diff for changes id: changes_present run: | outputs=$(git diff) if ! [ -z "$outputs" ] then echo '::set-output name=changes_detected::true' fi create_commit: runs-on: ubuntu-latest <- Job never executed needs: format if: needs.format.outputs.changes_detected == true steps: - name: Commit run: | git config user.name 'github-actions[bot]' git config user.email 'github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com' git commit -am "Files updated after formatting" git push 
