branch-name

Get branch information without the /ref/* prefix

...
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
      - name: Get branch names
        uses: tj-actions/branch-names@v1
        id: branch-names
      - name: Get Ref brach name
        run: |
          echo "${{ steps.branch-name.outputs.ref_branch }}"  #  Outputs: "main"          

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

      - name: Get Base Ref branch name
        if: github.event_name == 'pull_request'
        run: |
          echo "${{ steps.branch-name.outputs.base_ref_branch }}"  # Outputs: "1/merge"          

Inputs

Input	type	required	default
token	string	false	${{ github.token }}

Outputs

Output	type	Example	Description
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	The branch that triggered the workflow run

• Free software: MIT license

Credits

This package was created with Cookiecutter.

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

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