Instead of writing github.event_name == "push" || github.event_name == "pull_request", you can use contains() with fromJSON() to check if an array of strings contains an item. For example, …

Jan 10, 2021 · Returns true if search contains item. If search is an array, this function returns true if the item is an element in the array. If search is a string, this function returns true if the item is a …

Mar 9, 2022 · I saw a post on a forum saying that you don’t actually need to use $ { { }} in if because it just knows it’s an expression and access context variables, so I tried both with and without curly …

The github context contains information about the workflow run and the event that triggered the run. You can also read most of the github context data in environment variables.

Apr 16, 2020 · Using "set-env" has been deprecated by Github. The set-env command is disabled. Please upgrade to using Environment Files or opt into unsecure command execution by setting …

Dec 4, 2023 · GitHub offers a set of built-in functions that you can use in expressions. Returns true if search contains item. Example: contains('welcome', 'co') returns true. Returns true when …

Jun 22, 2020 · After staring at the GitHub API docs, labels is an array, which means contains seems to be looking for a “full string” (as it were) not just something in the string.

Mar 31, 2025 · GitHub's documentation has caught up with the provided features and became a lot better: https://docs.github.com/en/actions. Reference: …

In some parts of the workflow you cannot use environment variables. Instead you can use contexts to access the value of an environment variable. For more information, see Store information in …

May 3, 2022 · Building a GitHub action based on the commit message I'm trying to base a step on whether the commit message contains a particular string, set it to a variable and then in the next …