Specify branch name

[onilton]

On scheduled workflow it is not possible to run add-and-commit against a specific branch since it relies on ${GITHUB_REF}.

schedule always use the last commit on default branch.

on:
  schedule:
    - cron: "50 10,17,20,23 * * *"

jobs:
  build:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
    - uses: actions/checkout@v2
      with:
        ref: gh-pages # a custom branch

    - name: Commit changes
      uses: EndBug/add-and-commit@v4
      with:
        message: "Updated file"
        add: "file.csv"
      env:
        GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}

I tried passing GITHUB_REF: refs/heads/gh-pages in env, but it didn't work

[EndBug]

Hi, thanks for the issue! Could you add a link to a workflow run that fails because of this? Just so that I can look at the logs...

[onilton]

Sure.

https://github.com/onilton/deck-covid19/blob/fc968c33dedd4ef46b35921f52e6b8e38ed1fadd/.github/workflows/main.yml

But the one described above in the issue description is reduced and will probably also cause the issue.

[RobinWijnant]

I see you are trying to deploy to Github pages. Other actions are more suitable for this.
This is a popular one for example: https://github.com/marketplace/actions/github-pages-action

[EndBug]

Sure.

https://github.com/onilton/deck-covid19/blob/fc968c33dedd4ef46b35921f52e6b8e38ed1fadd/.github/workflows/main.yml

But the one described above in the issue description is reduced and will probably also cause the issue.

Ok, I see where the problem is: I'll add a ref option where you can put the branch name, just like in actions/checkout

[EndBug]

This should be fixed in version v4.1.0 (which you can also get via the v4 and latest tags)
You now have a ref option that you can use to select the branch you want to commit to.
Thanks for the issue!

[onilton]

Cool! Nice work. Thanks! 👏

[EndBug]

@all-contributors please add @onilton for ideas

[allcontributors]

@EndBug

I've put up a pull request to add @onilton! 🎉