Ce site est optimisé pour être consulté depuis un navigateur moderne dans lequel JavaScript est activé.

Only exécuter job sur specific branch avec GitHub Actions

ayi

I’m relatively new to GitHub Actions and I have 2 jobs–one that runs my tests, and one that deploys my project onto a server.
Obviously I want the tests to run on every branch, but deploying should only happen when something gets pushed to master.
I’m struggling to find a way to run a job on a specific branch. I know it’s possible to only run entire workflows on a specific branch, however that would mean I would have a “test” workflow and a “deploy” workflow.
This sounds like a solution, however they would run parallel. In an ideal world, the tests would run first, and only if they succeed, then the deploy job would start. This isn’t the case when using 2 separate workflows.
How would I be able to achieve this? Is it possible to run jobs on a specific branch?
<hr>
Source : [Stack Overflow](<a href="https://docs.github.com/en/actions/reference/workflow-syntax-for-github-actions#jobsjob_idif" class="inline-onebox" rel="noopener nofollow ugc">Workflow syntax for GitHub Actions - GitHub Docs</a>](<a href="https://docs.github.com/en/actions/reference/workflow-syntax-for-github-actions#jobsjob_idif" class="inline-onebox" rel="noopener nofollow ugc">Workflow syntax for GitHub Actions - GitHub Docs</a>)

ayi_2

In a recent update you can now put <code>if</code> conditionals at <code>job</code> level. See the documentation here. <a href="https://docs.github.com/en/actions/reference/workflow-syntax-for-github-actions#jobsjob_idif">https://docs.github.com/en/actions/reference/workflow-syntax-for-github-actions#jobsjob_idif</a>
I tested this workflow which runs the job <code>test</code> on every push, but only runs <code>deploy</code> on the master branch.
<pre><code class="lang-auto">name: my workflow
on: push
jobs:
test:
runs-on: ubuntu-latest
steps:
- name: Execute tests
run: exit 0
deploy:
runs-on: ubuntu-latest
needs: test
if: github.ref == 'refs/heads/master'
steps:
- name: Deploy app
run: exit 0

</code></pre>
What follows is my original answer, and an alternative solution if you prefer to have separate workflows.
The first workflow runs for every branch except <code>master</code>. In this workflow you run tests only.
<pre><code class="lang-auto">on:
push:
branches:
- '*'
- '!master'

</code></pre>
The second workflow runs for just <code>master</code> and runs both your tests and deploys if the tests were successfully passed.
<pre><code class="lang-auto">on:
push:
branches:
- master

</code></pre>