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:octocat: Github action to retrieve branch or tag names with support for all events.
https://github.com/tj-actions/branch-names

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:octocat: Github action to retrieve branch or tag names with support for all events.

Host: GitHub
URL: https://github.com/tj-actions/branch-names
Owner: tj-actions
License: mit
Created: 2020-12-10T21:35:58.000Z (about 4 years ago)
Default Branch: main
Last Pushed: 2024-11-21T13:15:21.000Z (3 months ago)
Last Synced: 2025-02-02T21:29:01.854Z (8 days ago)
Topics: actions, branch, branches, branching, cd, ci, ci-cd, git-branch, github, github-actions, github-actions-ci, github-branch-test, github-branches, workflows
Homepage:
Size: 610 KB
Stars: 215
Watchers: 4
Forks: 27
Open Issues: 2
Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
- Changelog: HISTORY.md
- Contributing: CONTRIBUTING.md
- License: LICENSE
- Code of conduct: CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md
- Security: SECURITY.md

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README

        ## branch-names

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Get a branch or tag name without the `/ref/*` prefix.

## Table of Contents

*   [Features](#features)

*   [Usage](#usage)

*   [Inputs](#inputs)

*   [Outputs](#outputs)

*   [Events](#events)

    *   [`push*`](#push)

    *   [`pull_request*`](#pull_request)

    *   [`tag*`](#tag)

    *   [Other supported events](#other-supported-events)

    *   [Possible usage with actions/checkout](#possible-usage-with-actionscheckout)

*   [Credits](#credits)

*   [Report Bugs](#report-bugs)

*   [Contributors ✨](#contributors-)

## Features

*   Retrieve the current branch name without any prefix. (e.g. `'refs/heads/main'` -> `'main'`)

*   Retrieve the current tag with an option to strip the prefix (e.g. `v0.0.1` -> `v` -> `0.0.1`)

*   Detect actions triggered by non default branches

*   Detect actions triggered by the default branch

*   Supports all valid [git branch names](https://wincent.com/wiki/Legal_Git_branch_names)

## Usage

```yaml

...

    steps:

      - name: Get branch names.

        id: branch-names

        uses: tj-actions/branch-names@v8

        

      - name: Running on the default branch.

        if: steps.branch-names.outputs.is_default == 'true'

        run: |

          echo "Running on default: ${{ steps.branch-names.outputs.current_branch }}" 

        # Outputs: "Running on default: main"

      

      - name: Running on a pull request branch.

        if: steps.branch-names.outputs.is_default == 'false'

        run: |

          echo "Running on pr: ${{ steps.branch-names.outputs.current_branch }}"

        # Outputs: "Running on pr: feature/test"

      

      - name: Running on a pull request branch.

        if: steps.branch-names.outputs.is_default == 'false'

        run: |

          echo "Base branch: ${{ steps.branch-names.outputs.base_ref_branch }}"

        # Outputs: "Base branch: main"

        

      - name: Running on any event.

        run: |

          echo "Default branch: ${{ steps.branch-names.outputs.default_branch }}"

        # Outputs: "Default branch: main"

```

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## Inputs

```yaml

- uses: tj-actions/branch-names@v8

  id: branch-names

  with:

    # The prefix that should be 

    # stripped from the tag e.g 

    # `v` -> with a tag 

    # `v0.0.1` -> returns `0.0.1` 

    # Type: string

    strip_tag_prefix: ''

```

## Outputs

|                                     OUTPUT                                      |  TYPE  |                                   DESCRIPTION                                    |

|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

| [base\_ref\_branch](#output_base_ref_branch) | string |          The target branch of a 
pull request or tag e.g 
`main`           |

|  [current\_branch](#output_current_branch)   | string | The current branch name regardless 
of event\_type e.g `main`, `feature/test`  |

|  [default\_branch](#output_default_branch)   | string |               The default branch name e.g 
`main` OR `master`                 |

| [head\_ref\_branch](#output_head_ref_branch) | string |           The source branch of a 
pull request e.g `feature/test`             |

|        [is\_default](#output_is_default)         | string |  Returns `"true"` if the current 
branch is the default else 
`"false"`.   |

|              [is\_tag](#output_is_tag)               | string |     Returns `"true"` if the current 
branch is a tag else 
`"false"`.      |

|        [ref\_branch](#output_ref_branch)         | string |      The branch that triggered the 
workflow run. e.g `1/merge`, `main`       |

|                   [tag](#output_tag)                   | string |       The tag that triggered the 
workflow run. e.g `v0.0.1`, `0.0.1`         |

## Events

### `push*`

```yaml

on:

  push:

    branches:

      - main

...

    steps:

      - name: Get branch names

        id: branch-names

        uses: tj-actions/branch-names@v8

      - name: Current branch names

        run: |

          echo "${{ steps.branch-names.outputs.current_branch }}"

        # Outputs: "main" the branch that triggered the push event.

      - name: Running on the default branch.

        if: steps.branch-names.outputs.is_default == 'true'

        run: |

          echo "Running on default: ${{ steps.branch-names.outputs.current_branch }}"

        # Outputs: "Running on default: main".

      

      - name: Running on the default branch (i.e non tag based branch).

        if: steps.branch-names.outputs.is_tag == 'false' && steps.branch-names.outputs.is_default == 'true'

        run: |

          echo "Running on branch: ${{ steps.branch-names.outputs.current_branch }}"

        # Outputs: "Running on branch: main".

      

      - name: Get Ref brach name

        run: |

          echo "${{ steps.branch-names.outputs.ref_branch }}"

        #  Outputs: "main"

      

      - name: Default branch name

        run: |

          echo "${{ steps.branch-names.outputs.default_branch }}"

        # Outputs: "main" the default branch.

```

### `pull_request*`

```yaml

on:

  pull_request:

    branches:

      - main

...

    steps:

      - name: Get branch names

        id: branch-names

        uses: tj-actions/branch-names@v8

      

      - name: Current branch names

        run: |

          echo "${{ steps.branch-names.outputs.current_branch }}"

        # Outputs: "feature/test" current PR branch.

      - name: Running on a non tag based branch and a PR branch.

        if: steps.branch-names.outputs.is_default == 'false'

        run: |

          echo "Running on branch: ${{ steps.branch-names.outputs.current_branch }}"

        # Outputs: "Running on branch: feature/test".

      

      - name: Running on a pull request (i.e non tag based branch).

        if: steps.branch-names.outputs.is_tag == 'false' && steps.branch-names.outputs.is_default == 'false'

        run: |

          echo "Running on branch: ${{ steps.branch-names.outputs.current_branch }}"

        # Outputs: "Running on branch: feature/test".

      

      - name: Get Ref branch name

        run: |

          echo "${{ steps.branch-names.outputs.ref_branch }}"

        #  Outputs: "1/merge"

      - name: Get Head Ref branch names (i.e The current pull request branch)

        run: |

          echo "${{ steps.branch-names.outputs.head_ref_branch }}"

        # Outputs: "feature/test" current PR branch.

      - name: Get Base Ref branch names (i.e The target of a pull request.)

        run: |

          echo "${{ steps.branch-names.outputs.base_ref_branch }}"

        # Outputs: "main".

      

      - name: Default branch names

        run: |

          echo "${{ steps.branch-names.outputs.default_branch }}"

        # Outputs: "main" the default branch.

```

### `tag*`

```yaml

on:

  push:

    tags:

      - '*'

...

    steps:

      - name: Get branch names

        id: branch-names

        uses: tj-actions/branch-names@v8

        with:

          strip_tag_prefix: v # Optionally strip the leading `v` from the tag.

     

      - name: Running on a tag branch.

        if: steps.branch-names.outputs.is_tag == 'true'

        run: |

          echo "Running on: ${{ steps.branch-names.outputs.tag }}"

        # Outputs: "Running on: 0.0.1".

        

      - name: Get the current tag

        if: steps.branch-names.outputs.is_tag == 'true'  # Replaces: startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/')

        run: |

          echo "${{ steps.branch-names.outputs.tag }}"

        # Outputs: "0.0.1"

```

### Other supported events

See [.github/workflows/test.yml](https://github.com/tj-actions/branch-names/blob/main/.github/workflows/test.yml) for more examples.

### Possible usage with [actions/checkout](https://github.com/actions/checkout)

```yaml

on:

  pull_request:

    branches:

      - develop

    

 jobs:

  test:

    runs-on: ubuntu-latest

    steps:

      - name: Get branch names.

        id: branch-names

        uses: tj-actions/branch-names@v8

      - uses: actions/checkout@v4

        with:

          ref: ${{ steps.branch-names.outputs.head_ref_branch }}

```

*   Free software: [MIT license](LICENSE)

## Credits

This package was created with [Cookiecutter](https://github.com/cookiecutter/cookiecutter).

## Report Bugs

Report bugs at https://github.com/tj-actions/branch-names/issues.

If you are reporting a bug, please include:

*   Your operating system name and version.

*   Any details about your workflow that might be helpful in troubleshooting.

*   Detailed steps to reproduce the bug.

## Contributors ✨

Thanks goes to these wonderful people ([emoji key](https://allcontributors.org/docs/en/emoji-key)):

  

    

      
_{Alejandro Loarca}
💻

      
_{Ian Woodard}
📖

      
_{Raphael Boidol}
📖

    

  

This project follows the [all-contributors](https://github.com/all-contributors/all-contributors) specification. Contributions of any kind welcome!