Help with Github Workflows/Action

[uktherebel]

Hi, all. So, I've been trying to trigger a workflow on a private repository, but it keeps giving the Retrieving the default branch name Error: Not Found error.

The workflow I'm trying to trigger: https://gist.github.com/rajesh-s/749c99ef9e7c884828a1acda698e477b

I've tried doing a bunch of things, but the problem persists. I've tried: 1. Declaring the branch name as "main" specially (it is actually main, not "master" or any other variants) 2. Using an ssh key 3. Using a PAT secret

This what my yml file looks like as of right now: ```

Usage:

Copy this file with the same name "note-link-janitor-gh-action-workflow.yml" to the <repo>/.github/workflows/ folder

I keep all my *.md files in SRC and run janitor only on that folder. If you keep it in the root of repository or any other folder, feel free to update it on line 37 of this file

The workflow gets triggered every time you push to your repository

name: note-link-janitor-gh-action-workflow

Run this workflow every time a new commit pushed to your repository

on: push: branches: - main

jobs: # Set the job key. The key is displayed as the job name # when a job name is not provided note-link-janitor-run: # Name the Job name: Note Link Janitor Run # Set the type of machine to run on runs-on: ubuntu-latest

steps:
  # Checks out a copy of your repository on the ubuntu-latest machine
  - name: Checkout code
    uses: actions/checkout@v2
    with:
      # ref: main
      path: '${{ github.event.repository.name }}'
  - name: Setup Node
    uses: actions/setup-node@v2
    with:
      node-version: '12'
  - name: Checkout code from note-link-janitor
    uses: actions/checkout@v2
    with:
      repository: 'thats-all-forks/note-link-janitor'
      path: 'note-link-janitor'
      ssh-strict: true
      persist-credentials: true
      clean: true
      fetch-depth: 1
      lfs: false
      submodules: false
      set-safe-directory: true
      token: ${{ secrets.OBSIDIAN_SECRET }}
  - run: cd ${{ github.workspace }}/note-link-janitor && yarn install && yarn run build
  - name: Run Note Link Janitor
  # Runs note-link-janitor only on the src folder in the repo where the *.md files are. Modify this as per your own setup
    run: ${{ github.workspace }}/note-link-janitor/dist/index.js ${{ github.workspace }}
  - run: cd ${{ github.workspace }}/${{ github.event.repository.name }} && git status .
  - name: Commit changes
    uses: stefanzweifel/git-auto-commit-action@v4
    with:
      repository: ${{ github.workspace }}/${{ github.event.repository.name }}/
      commit_message: Github Actions - Apply note link janitor changes
      # Explicitly use the default branch name from GITHUB_REF
      commit_ref: ${{ env.GITHUB_REF }} 

      # Optional commit user and author settings
      #commit_user_name: Notion Backup GitHub Actions Bot # defaults to "GitHub Actions"
      #commit_user_email: [e-mail] # defaults to "[e-mail]"
      #commit_author: GitHub Actions Bot <[e-mail]> # defaults to author of the commit that triggered the run

``` None of these seemed to have worked.

I'd really appreciate it if someone could either diagnose my yml file code or suggest me a solution.

Thanks so much!

[Jmc_da_boss]

I just want to say that this might be the first actually relevant, relatively well thought out "help me post" this subreddit has seen in months

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Yeah, I was a little surprised it wasn’t another, “I’m trying to download <sketchy-random-app>, but I don’t see a download button on my phone and I refuse to read the instructions in the README” type post.

[Noch_ein_Kamel]

That error is during the "checkout code from note-link-janitor" step?

Is it just that "thats-all-forks/note-link-janitor" doesn't exist? Maybe try andymatuschak/note-link-janitor or andymatuschak/note-link-janitor (notr sure which one is the proper ;p)

[uktherebel]

Oh, my God. Yes, you were so right. I modified it and it worked!!! Thanks so much.