Section: Contexts and expressions

Check if a label is present

yaml
yaml
if: contains(github.event.pull_request.labels.*.name, 'deploy-preview')
Explanation

Functions like `contains`, `startsWith`, `endsWith`, and `format` are commonly used in conditions.

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