Branch protection?

[akielaries]

I am noticing while trying to use this workflow in my repo, that it essentially requires no branch protection rules in place. At first it gave me errors with my rule for requiring a review before pushing to main:

Upon disabling that and verified commits, I get an issue with pushes to main being required through a pull request:

Is there a way to use this workflow while keeping branch protection rules in place?

[MShawon]

I'm not sure why this is happening

but can you create a master branch and put the yml file there?

[RinoReyns]

I have the same issue and I can create yml file on github and push the main branch. I tried with different token setting. After all I decided to trigger this action once a week and generate PR. It is good enough for me.

[akielaries]

I remember doing something similar but disliked the idea of having to manually intervene on a workflow. I ended up using a different action that's able to create a badge and update it based on the *.yml file. It requires a few steps but is worth not having to manually intervene on automated pieces.

[MShawon]

@akielaries @RinoReyns
can you let me know if adding branch: ${{ github.head_ref }} at the end of yml file resolves the issue?

name: GitHub Clone Count Update Everyday

on:
  schedule:
    - cron: "0 */24 * * *"
  workflow_dispatch:

jobs:
  build:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest

    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
      
      - name: gh login
        run: echo "${{ secrets.SECRET_TOKEN }}" | gh auth login --with-token

      - name: parse latest clone count
        run: |
          curl --user "${{ github.actor }}:${{ secrets.SECRET_TOKEN }}" \
            -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json" \
            https://api.github.com/repos/${{ github.repository }}/traffic/clones \
            > clone.json
      - name: create gist and download previous count
        id: set_id
        run: |
          if gh secret list | grep -q "GIST_ID"
          then
              echo "GIST_ID found"
              echo ::set-output name=GIST::${{ secrets.GIST_ID }}
              curl https://gist.githubusercontent.com/${{ github.actor }}/${{ secrets.GIST_ID }}/raw/clone.json > clone_before.json
              if cat clone_before.json | grep '404: Not Found'; then
                echo "GIST_ID not valid anymore. Creating another gist..."
                gist_id=$(gh gist create clone.json | awk -F / '{print $NF}')
                echo $gist_id | gh secret set GIST_ID
                echo ::set-output name=GIST::$gist_id
                cp clone.json clone_before.json
                git rm --ignore-unmatch  CLONE.md
              fi
          else
              echo "GIST_ID not found. Creating a gist..."
              gist_id=$(gh gist create clone.json | awk -F / '{print $NF}')
              echo $gist_id | gh secret set GIST_ID
              echo ::set-output name=GIST::$gist_id
              cp clone.json clone_before.json
          fi
      - name: update clone.json
        run: |
          curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/MShawon/github-clone-count-badge/master/main.py > main.py
          python3 main.py
      - name: Update gist with latest count
        run: |
          content=$(sed -e 's/\\/\\\\/g' -e 's/\t/\\t/g' -e 's/\"/\\"/g' -e 's/\r//g' "clone.json" | sed -E ':a;N;$!ba;s/\r{0,1}\n/\\n/g')
          echo '{"description": "${{ github.repository }} clone statistics", "files": {"clone.json": {"content": "'"$content"'"}}}' > post_clone.json
          curl -s -X PATCH \
            --user "${{ github.actor }}:${{ secrets.SECRET_TOKEN }}" \
            -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
            -d @post_clone.json https://api.github.com/gists/${{ steps.set_id.outputs.GIST }} > /dev/null 2>&1
          if [ ! -f CLONE.md ]; then
            shields="https://img.shields.io/badge/dynamic/json?color=success&label=Clone&query=count&url="
            url="https://gist.githubusercontent.com/${{ github.actor }}/${{ steps.set_id.outputs.GIST }}/raw/clone.json"
            repo="https://github.com/MShawon/github-clone-count-badge"
            echo ''> CLONE.md
            echo '
            **Markdown**
            ```markdown' >> CLONE.md
            echo "[![GitHub Clones]($shields$url&logo=github)]($repo)" >> CLONE.md
            echo '
            ```
            **HTML**
            ```html' >> CLONE.md
            echo "<a href='$repo'><img alt='GitHub Clones' src='$shields$url&logo=github'></a>" >> CLONE.md
            echo '```' >> CLONE.md
            
            git add CLONE.md
            git config --global user.name "GitHub Action"
            git config --global user.email "action@github.com"
            git commit -m "create clone count badge"
          fi
      - name: Push
        uses: ad-m/github-push-action@master
        with:
          github_token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
          branch: ${{ github.head_ref }}

[victory316]

I faced a simliar issue.

After I added this block on bottom,

      - name: Push
        uses: ad-m/github-push-action@master
        with:
          github_token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
          branch: ${{ github.head_ref }}

And also adding checkout with reference solved the issue.

      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
        with:
          ref: ${{ github.head_ref }}
          token: ${{ secrets.SECRET_TOKEN}} 
      - name: gh login
        run: echo "${{ secrets.SECRET_TOKEN }}" | gh auth login --with-token