How to commit and push to a protected branch

[fredericbahr]

Hi,

first of all great github actions.

I would like to commit and push to a protected branch (e.g. development). But can not get it working, even using the push configuration:

Currently my github actions looks like this:

      - name: Extract branch name
        shell: bash
        run: echo "branch=${GITHUB_REF#refs/heads/}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
        id: extract_branch
      - name: Commit Server Dist
        uses: EndBug/add-and-commit@v9 # You can change this to use a specific version.
        with:
          add: "apps/server/dist --force"
          default_author: user_info
          message: "[deployment] add server dist"
          push: origin ${{ steps.extract_branch.outputs.branch }} --force

It fails and says it cannot push to protected branch.
In the logs i cannot see that my custom push command is used.

I would appreciate some help or hints

[EndBug]

Hi 👋🏻, can you post a link to the action run or, if in a private repo, a copy of the relevant logs?
Also, what protection rules did you apply to the branch? If the branch is protected against force pushes, for example, your only option to bypass that would be using your own PAT, provided that you can bypass that rule yourself.

[mirii1994]

Hi @EndBug ,
I am currently facing the same situation.
In my case, it is a branch that has required status checks.
Is there a way to bypass it with the action? 🙂

[EndBug]

Hi @mirii1994, you can edit the git push command using the push input of the action.
If you're able to push and bypass branch protection rules from your machine on the terminal, using the same command + your PAT will do the trick.

[GreasyAvocado]

I had the same issue, and was able to workaround by migrating the GitHub repo from Branch Protection Rules to Repository Rules.

More details here:
https://github.com/orgs/community/discussions/43460
https://github.blog/changelog/2023-04-17-introducing-repository-rules-public-beta/