GitHub has its own contexts that you could use while working with GitHub actions which you could use in certain scenarios. The most confusing thing I stumble upon was choosing between github.head_refand github.ref_name. Which one is it?
Prerequisites
- GitHub
Solution
github.ref_name: points to the branch or the tag that triggered the workflow run.github.head_ref: points to the source branch of the PR. This only works for pull requests and that’s the key point.
Conclusion
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