Reusing github actions workflow

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Here I want to create branch deployment pipeline. Deployment will be done on every pull request and we need to get a branch name, so that we call a workflow with that branch name. I have tried to do it in the following way, But it is giving an error.

on:
  pull_request:
    types: [opened, synchronize, reopened]
env:
  WORKFLOW: 'bigelio/todo/.github/workflows/branch-deployment-serverless-deploy.yml@${{ github.head_ref }}'

deploy:
    needs: [terraform]

    uses: $WORKFLOW
    secrets:
      TF_API_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.TF_API_TOKEN }}

The error I am getting in github is this

    Invalid workflow file: .github/workflows/branch-deployment-workflow.yml#L198
invalid value workflow reference: no version specified
github-actions workflow
1 Answers

It doesn't work because env context is available on a runner, while uses is evaluated outside that context, before runner is scheduled/created.

You can try using gh cli with something like: gh workflow run triage.yml --ref my-branch.

Alternatively, you could see if Environments would suite your needs.

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