branch-names

Get branch or tag information without the /ref/* prefix

Supported Platforms

• ubuntu-*
• macos-*
• windows-*

Outputs

Output	type	Example	Description
is_default	boolean	true OR false	Detects wheter the workflow is running on a default branch
is_tag	boolean	true OR false	Detects wheter the workflow is running on a tag branch
current_branch	string	main OR feature/test	Always returns a valid branch name for a triggered workflow run.
base_ref_branch	string	main	The target branch of a pull request
head_ref_branch	string	feature/test	The source branch of a pull request
ref_branch	string	1/merge OR main	The branch that triggered the workflow run
tag	string	v0.0.1 OR 0.0.1	The tag that triggered the workflow run

Inputs

Input	type	default	Description
strip_tag_prefix	string	''	The tag prefix to strip i.e v0.0.1 -> v -> 0.0.1

Usage

on:
  push:
    branches:
      - main
  pull_request:
    branches:
      - main
      
...
    steps:
      - name: Get branch names
        id: branch-name
        uses: tj-actions/branch-names@v4.3
        
      - name: Running on the default branch.
        if: steps.branch-name.outputs.is_default == 'true'
        run: |
          echo "Running on default: ${{ steps.branch-name.outputs.current_branch }}"          
        # Outputs: "Running on default: main".
      
      - name: Running on a pull request branch.
        if: steps.branch-name.outputs.is_default == 'false'
        run: |
          echo "Running on pr: ${{ steps.branch-name.outputs.current_branch }}"          
        # Outputs: "Running on pr: feature/test".

Examples

...
    steps:
      - name: Get branch names
        id: branch-name
        uses: tj-actions/branch-names@v4.3

      - name: Running on the default branch.
        if: steps.branch-name.outputs.is_default == 'true'
        run: |
          echo "Running on default: ${{ steps.branch-name.outputs.current_branch }}"          
        # Outputs: "Running on default: main".
      
      - name: Running on a pull request branch.
        if: steps.branch-name.outputs.is_default == 'false'
        run: |
          echo "Running on pr: ${{ steps.branch-name.outputs.current_branch }}"          
        # Outputs: "Running on pr: feature/test".
     
      - name: Running on a tag branch.
        if: steps.branch-name.outputs.is_tag == 'true'
        run: |
          echo "Running on tag: ${{ steps.branch-name.outputs.tag }}"          
        # Outputs: "Running on tag: v0.0.1".
      
      - name: Running on a non tag based branch and the default branch.
        if: steps.branch-name.outputs.is_tag == 'false' && steps.branch-name.outputs.is_default == 'true'
        run: |
          echo "Running on branch: ${{ steps.branch-name.outputs.current_branch }}"          
        # Outputs: "Running on branch: main".
        
      - name: Running on a non tag based branch and a PR branch.
        if: steps.branch-name.outputs.is_tag == 'false' && steps.branch-name.outputs.is_default == 'false'
        run: |
          echo "Running on branch: ${{ steps.branch-name.outputs.current_branch }}"          
        # Outputs: "Running on branch: feature/test".
      
      - name: Current branch name
        if: github.event_name == 'pull_request'
        run: |
          echo "${{ steps.branch-name.outputs.current_branch }}"          
        # Outputs: "feature/test" current PR branch.
      
      - name: Current branch name
        if: github.event_name == 'push'
        run: |
          echo "${{ steps.branch-name.outputs.current_branch }}"          
        # Outputs: "main" the branch that triggered the push event.
      
      - name: Get Ref brach name
        run: |
          echo "${{ steps.branch-name.outputs.ref_branch }}"          
        #  Outputs: "main" for non PR branches | "1/merge" for a PR branch

      - name: Get Head Ref branch name
        if: github.event_name == 'pull_request'
        run: |
          echo "${{ steps.branch-name.outputs.head_ref_branch }}"          
        # Outputs: "feature/test" current PR branch.

      - name: Get Base Ref branch name
        if: github.event_name == 'pull_request'
        run: |
          echo "${{ steps.branch-name.outputs.base_ref_branch }}"          
        # Outputs: "main" for main <- PR branch.
        
      - name: Get the current tag
        if: startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/')
        run: |
          echo "${{ steps.branch-name.outputs.tag }}"          
        # Outputs: "v0.0.1" OR "0.0.1"

Possible usage with actions/checkout@v2:

on:
  pull_request:
    branches:
      - develop
    
 jobs:
  test:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - name: Get branch names.
        id: branch-names
        uses: tj-actions/branch-names@v4.3
      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
        with:
          ref: ${{ steps.branch-names.outputs.head_ref_branch }}

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Report bugs at https://github.com/tj-actions/branch-names/issues.

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