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Run on events

Summary​

events-that-trigger-workflows are the available workflow events in GitHub

  • How to specify the event to run in workflow
    • on action
    • on a list of actions
    • on event-configuration map
      • run on schedules
      • restricts the execution of a workflow to specific files, tags, or branch changes

Content​

how to Specify the Event to Run in Workflow​

  • In following example, the workflow will run on push action
name: A workflow for my Hello World file
on: push
  • In following, we can pass a list of events to trigger the workflow. As a result, any one of these events will trigger the workflow
on: [push, pull_request]
  • In following, on is a type of event-configuration map. Here, we can schedule, or add extra constraints to the workflow that should be met before running the workflow.
on:
  # Trigger the workflow on push or pull request,
  # but only for the main branch
  push:
    branches:
      - main
  pull_request:
    branches:
      - main
  # Also trigger on page_build, as well as release created events
  page_build:
  release:
    types:
      - created