GitHub Action workflow not running

Question

I have a GitHub action workflow file @ myrepo/.github/workflows/Build Webpage.yml it contains this:

name: Webpage Build  on:   push:     branches:       - webpage   jobs:   build:     runs-on: ubuntu-latest     steps:     - uses: actions/checkout@v2     - name: setup node       uses: actions/setup-node@v2-beta       with:         node-version: '12'     - name: install deps and predeploy       run: |         npm ci         npm run predeploy     - name: Deploy        uses: JamesIves/[email protected]       with:         GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN}}         BRANCH: gh-pages         FOLDER: build 

When I push to the webpage branch nothing happens in the actions tab at all I can't tell if I have a syntax error or if something is completely not set up correctly, I have in past on this repo had errors relating to syntax like every step must define a 'uses' or 'run' key which to me shows Github does recognize the workflow

Answer 1

Is your branch master or main?

It might be silly in the future but as for October 2020 just keep in mind that the default GitHub branch has been renamed from master to main (source)

So if you are copypasting actions from elsewhere, make sure that you are targeting the correct branch (for new repos this means most of the time to replace master with main in the .yml workflow files).

If you are targeting the wrong branch, the name of the action will appear on GitHub but no actions will actually run.

Hope this helps someone during this transition!