GitHub Actions: Testing, Build, Release, and Deploy Pipelines/Deploy only from main after tests

Gate deployments on successful CI from the main branch.

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Section: Release and deployment workflows

Deploy only from main after tests

yaml

yaml

jobs:
  test:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - run: echo "run tests here"

  deploy:
    needs: test
    if: github.ref == 'refs/heads/main'
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    environment: production
    steps:
      - run: ./scripts/deploy.sh

Explanation

This pattern keeps deployment logic explicit and easy to reason about.

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