I'm working on GitHub actions that only get triggered by pull_request events.
Wondering if there is a better "dev experience" than what I'm currently doing.
My understanding is that the workflow file must be in the base branch. So in order to test workflow changes, I gotta push code to the base branch, then trigger the workflow via the head branch.
Assume I've already got my-base and my-head branches, with a pull request set up. I trigger the workflow via syncronization events, by pushing to the head branch:
git checkout my-base
git add . && git commit -m "plx work" && git push
git checkout my-head
git merge my-base --no-edit && git push
Is there a better way?
That's not true for the trigger pull_request. It is enough for this trigger to be on the branch associated with your pull request -- no need to put it in the base branch.
pull_request_target, however, needs to be in the base branch to name an example. –