GH Actions - Activity types and Event filters

Available Events

• There are many supported events.
• Most are repository related (Example: push, pull_request)
• But some are more general (Example: schedule)

Activity Types

• The exact type of event that should trigger a workflow.
• Example: Opening or editing a pull request should trigger the workflow

Event Filters

• For push and pull_request: Add filters to avoid some executions like deployment
• Filter based on target branch and/or affected file paths

Pull Requests and Forks

• Initial approval needed from maintainer for pull requests from forked repositories to trigger a workflow.
• Avoids spam from untrusted contributors.

Cancelling and Skipping

• Workflows get cancelled automatically when a job fails.
• You can manually cancel a workflow.
• You can skip a workflow to execute by having [skip ci] etc in commit message.

Example of workflow

• Workflow Example