Github Actions: Is there a way to run actions on Pull Requests opened from specific branches?

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I'm trying to create an action whose workflow runs when Pull Requests from specific branches are opened against master. What I currently have runs the workflow on all Pull requests opened against master from all branches.

name: Auto Approve Pull Request
on:
  pull_request:
    branches:
      - 'master'
      - 'skip-*'

jobs:
  build:
    name: Approve PR
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - name: Fetch out code
        uses: username/my-github-repo@master
        with:
          token: ******
        env:
          BRANCH_PREFIX: "skip-*"
          PULL_REQUEST_BRANCH: "master"

I wanted to have the workflow to run on just branches named skip-*.

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1 Answers

The solution I found was to use an if statement to check that the head-ref branch name matches (starts with) skip-.

Here's my solution:

name: Auto Approve Pull Request
on:
  pull_request:
    branches:
      - 'master'

jobs:
  build:
    name: Approve PR
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    if: startsWith(github.head_ref, 'skip-') == true
    steps:
      - name: Fetch out code
        uses: username/my-github-repo@master
        with:
          token: ******
        env:
          BRANCH_PREFIX: "skip-*"
          PULL_REQUEST_BRANCH: "master"

Notes:

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