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This section contains real world and common examples of how you could use this Action

Note: In all examples, we will be using uses: github/branch-deploy@vX.X.X. Replace X.X.X with the latest version of this Action

Table of Contents

Quick links below to jump to a specific branch-deploy example:

Simple Example

This is the simplest possible example of how you could use the branch-deploy Action for reference

  • .noop will run the noop deploy step only (you can configure noop deployments however you like, this is just an example)
  • .deploy will deploy the current branch via the deploy step only (you can configure deployments however you like, this is just an example)
name: branch-deploy

on:
  issue_comment:
    types: [created]

# Permissions needed for reacting and adding comments for IssueOps commands
permissions:
  pull-requests: write
  deployments: write
  contents: write
  checks: read
  statuses: read

jobs:
  deploy:
    name: deploy
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    if: ${{ github.event.issue.pull_request }} # only run on pull request comments

    steps:
      # The branch-deploy Action
      - name: branch-deploy
        id: branch-deploy
        uses: github/branch-deploy@vX.X.X

        # If the branch-deploy Action was triggered, checkout our branch
      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
        with:
          ref: ${{ steps.branch-deploy.outputs.sha }}

        # If the branch-deploy Action was triggered, run the noop deployment (i.e. '.noop')
      - name: noop deploy
        if: ${{ steps.branch-deploy.outputs.continue == 'true' && steps.branch-deploy.outputs.noop == 'true' }}
        run: <do-your-noop-deployment> # this could be anything you want

        # If the branch-deploy Action was triggered, run the real deployment (i.e. '.deploy')
      - name: deploy
        if: ${{ steps.branch-deploy.outputs.continue == 'true' && steps.branch-deploy.outputs.noop != 'true' }}
        run: <do-your-deployment> # this could be anything you want

Terraform

This example shows how you could use this Action with Terraform

  • .noop triggers a Terraform plan
  • .deploy triggers a Terraform apply

All deployment results get posted as a comment in the branch deploy output on your pull request

A live example can be found here

name: branch-deploy

on:
  issue_comment:
    types: [created]

# The working directory where our Terraform files are located
env:
  WORKING_DIR: terraform/

# Permissions needed for reacting and adding comments for IssueOps commands
permissions:
  pull-requests: write
  deployments: write
  contents: write
  checks: read
  statuses: read

jobs:
  deploy:
    name: deploy
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    if: ${{ github.event.issue.pull_request }} # only run on pull request comments
    environment: production-secrets # the locked down environment we pull secrets from
    defaults:
      run:
        working-directory: ${{ env.WORKING_DIR }} # the directory we use where all our TF files are stored

    steps:
      # The branch-deploy Action
      - name: branch-deploy
        id: branch-deploy
        uses: github/branch-deploy@vX.X.X

        # If the branch-deploy Action was triggered, checkout our branch
      - name: Checkout
        if: steps.branch-deploy.outputs.continue == 'true'
        uses: actions/checkout@v6
        with:
          ref: ${{ steps.branch-deploy.outputs.sha }}

        # Setup Terraform on our Actions runner
      - uses: hashicorp/setup-terraform@ed3a0531877aca392eb870f440d9ae7aba83a6bd # pin@v1
        if: steps.branch-deploy.outputs.continue == 'true'
        with:
          terraform_version: 1.1.7 # use the version of Terraform your project uses here
          cli_config_credentials_token: ${{ secrets.TF_API_TOKEN }}

        # Run Terraform init in our working directory
      - name: Terraform init
        if: steps.branch-deploy.outputs.continue == 'true'
        run: terraform init

        # If '.noop' was used, run a Terraform plan
      - name: Terraform plan
        if: ${{ steps.branch-deploy.outputs.continue == 'true' && steps.branch-deploy.outputs.noop == 'true' }}
        id: plan
        run: terraform plan -no-color
        continue-on-error: true # continue on error as we will handle errors later on

        # If '.deploy' was used, run a Terraform apply
      - name: Terraform apply
        if: ${{ steps.branch-deploy.outputs.continue == 'true' && steps.branch-deploy.outputs.noop != 'true' }}
        id: apply
        run: terraform apply -no-color -auto-approve
        continue-on-error: true # continue on error as we will handle errors later on

        # This step writes the TF plan/apply output to $GITHUB_ENV which the branch-deploy Action will read from and post as a comment on the pull request
      - name: Terraform plan output
        if: ${{ steps.branch-deploy.outputs.continue == 'true' && steps.branch-deploy.outputs.noop == 'true' }}
        env:
          TF_STDOUT: ${{ steps.plan.outputs.stdout }}
        run: |
          TF_OUTPUT="\`\`\`terraform\n${TF_STDOUT}\n\`\`\`"
          echo 'DEPLOY_MESSAGE<<EOF' >> $GITHUB_ENV
          echo "$TF_OUTPUT" >> $GITHUB_ENV
          echo 'EOF' >> $GITHUB_ENV

      - name: Terraform apply output
        if: ${{ steps.branch-deploy.outputs.continue == 'true' && steps.branch-deploy.outputs.noop != 'true' }}
        env:
          TF_STDOUT: ${{ steps.apply.outputs.stdout }}
        run: |
          TF_OUTPUT="\`\`\`terraform\n${TF_STDOUT}\n\`\`\`"
          echo 'DEPLOY_MESSAGE<<EOF' >> $GITHUB_ENV
          echo "$TF_OUTPUT" >> $GITHUB_ENV
          echo 'EOF' >> $GITHUB_ENV

        # Here we handle any errors that might have occurred during the Terraform plan/apply and exit accordingly
      - name: Check Terraform plan output
        if: ${{ steps.branch-deploy.outputs.continue == 'true' && steps.branch-deploy.outputs.noop == 'true' && steps.plan.outcome == 'failure' }}
        run: exit 1
      - name: Check Terraform apply output
        if: ${{ steps.branch-deploy.outputs.continue == 'true' && steps.branch-deploy.outputs.noop != 'true' && steps.apply.outcome == 'failure' }}
        run: exit 1

Heroku

This example shows how you could use this Action with Heroku

  • .noop has no effect here (but you could change that)
  • .deploy takes your current branch and deploys it to Heroku

A live example can be found here

name: branch-deploy

on:
  issue_comment:
    types: [created]

permissions:
  pull-requests: write
  deployments: write
  contents: write
  checks: read
  statuses: read

jobs:
  deploy:
    name: deploy
    if: ${{ github.event.issue.pull_request }} # only run on pull request comments
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    environment: production-secrets # the locked down environment we pull secrets from

    steps:
      # The branch-deploy Action
      - name: branch-deploy
        id: branch-deploy
        uses: github/branch-deploy@vX.X.X

        # If the branch-deploy Action was triggered, checkout our branch
      - name: Checkout
        if: steps.branch-deploy.outputs.continue == 'true'
        uses: actions/checkout@v6
        with:
          ref: ${{ steps.branch-deploy.outputs.sha }}

        # Deploy our branch to Heroku
      - name: Deploy to Heroku
        if: steps.branch-deploy.outputs.continue == 'true'
        uses: AkhileshNS/heroku-deploy@79ef2ae4ff9b897010907016b268fd0f88561820 # pin@v3.12.12
        with:
          heroku_app_name: <your-heroku-app-name-here>
          heroku_email: ${{ secrets.HEROKU_EMAIL }}
          heroku_api_key: ${{ secrets.HEROKU_API_KEY }}

Railway

This example shows how you could use this Action with Railway

  • .noop has no effect here (but you could change that)
  • .deploy takes your current branch and deploys it to Railway

A live example can be found here that has some slight modifications to the example below

name: branch-deploy

on:
  issue_comment:
    types: [created]

permissions:
  pull-requests: write
  deployments: write
  contents: write
  checks: read
  statuses: read

jobs:
  deploy:
    name: deploy
    if: ${{ github.event.issue.pull_request }} # only run on pull request comments
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    environment: production-secrets # the locked down environment we pull secrets from

    steps:
      # The branch-deploy Action
      - name: branch-deploy
        id: branch-deploy
        uses: github/branch-deploy@vX.X.X

        # If the branch-deploy Action was triggered, checkout our branch
      - name: Checkout
        if: steps.branch-deploy.outputs.continue == 'true'
        uses: actions/checkout@v6
        with:
          ref: ${{ steps.branch-deploy.outputs.sha }}

        # Install the Railway CLI through npm
      - name: Install Railway
        run: npm i -g @railway/cli

        # Deploy our branch to Railway
      - name: Deploy to Railway
        if: steps.branch-deploy.outputs.continue == 'true'
        env:
          RAILWAY_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.RAILWAY_TOKEN }}
        run: railway up

SSH

This example shows how you could use this Action with SSH

You can define any commands you want to be run in your SSH Action and they would be gated by the branch-deploy Action.

  • .noop has no effect here (but you could change that)
  • .deploy runs the SSH action with your branch

A live example can be found here

name: branch-deploy

on:
  issue_comment:
    types: [created]

# Permissions needed for reacting and adding comments for IssueOps commands
permissions:
  pull-requests: write
  deployments: write
  contents: write
  checks: read
  statuses: read

jobs:
  deploy:
    environment: production-secrets # the locked down environment we pull secrets from
    if: ${{ github.event.issue.pull_request }} # only run on pull request comments
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest

    steps:
      # The branch-deploy Action
      - uses: github/branch-deploy@vX.X.X
        id: branch-deploy

        # If the branch-deploy Action was triggered, checkout our branch
      - name: Checkout
        if: ${{ steps.branch-deploy.outputs.continue == 'true' }}
        uses: actions/checkout@v6
        with:
          ref: ${{ steps.branch-deploy.outputs.sha }}

        # Deploy our branch via SSH remote commands
      - name: SSH Remote Deploy
        if: ${{ steps.branch-deploy.outputs.continue == 'true' && steps.branch-deploy.outputs.noop != 'true' }}
        uses: appleboy/ssh-action@4a03da89e5c43da56e502053be4bbcb293411883 # pin@v0.1.6
        with:
          host: ${{ secrets.SSH_HOST }}
          username: ${{ secrets.SSH_USERNAME }}
          key: ${{ secrets.SSH_KEY }}
          port: ${{ secrets.SSH_PORT }}
          script_stop: true
          script: <run-some-ssh-commands-here> # this could be whatever you want

Cloudflare Pages

This example shows how you could use this Action with Cloudflare Pages

  • .deploy to development deploys your branch to the development environment
  • .deploy deploys your branch to the production environment

A live example can be found here

name: branch-deploy

on:
  issue_comment:
    types: [created]

# Permissions needed for reacting and adding comments for IssueOps commands
permissions:
  pull-requests: write
  deployments: write
  contents: write
  checks: read
  statuses: read

jobs:
  deploy:
    environment: secrets # the locked down environment we pull secrets from
    if: ${{ github.event.issue.pull_request }} # only run on pull request comments
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest

    steps:
      # The branch-deploy Action
      - uses: github/branch-deploy@vX.X.X
        id: branch-deploy

        # If the branch-deploy Action was triggered, checkout our branch
      - name: Checkout
        if: ${{ steps.branch-deploy.outputs.continue == 'true' }}
        uses: actions/checkout@v6
        with:
          ref: ${{ steps.branch-deploy.outputs.sha }}

        # setup node
      - uses: actions/setup-node@v4
        if: ${{ steps.branch-deploy.outputs.continue == 'true' }}
        with:
          node-version: '18'
          cache: 'npm'

        # Install the npm dependencies to build our cloudflare pages site
      - name: Install
        if: ${{ steps.branch-deploy.outputs.continue == 'true' }}
        run: npm ci

        # Build our cloudflare pages site
      - name: Build
        if: ${{ steps.branch-deploy.outputs.continue == 'true' }}
        run: npm run build

        # If '.deploy to development' was used, branch deploy to the development environment
      - name: deploy - dev
        id: dev-deploy
        if: ${{ steps.branch-deploy.outputs.continue == 'true' && steps.branch-deploy.outputs.noop != 'true' && steps.branch-deploy.outputs.environment == 'development' }}
        uses: cloudflare/wrangler-action@4b3eae832ab5113c67958be31ca062ad46c593b6 # pin@3.3.1
        with:
          wranglerVersion: '2.13.0' # this can be any version of wrangler you want
          apiToken: ${{ secrets.CF_API_TOKEN }}
          accountId: ${{ secrets.CF_ACCOUNT_ID }}
          command: pages publish build/ --project-name=<your-cloudflare-project-name> --branch=preview

        # If '.deploy' was used, branch deploy to the production environment
      - name: deploy - prod
        id: prod-deploy
        if: ${{ steps.branch-deploy.outputs.continue == 'true' && steps.branch-deploy.outputs.noop != 'true' && steps.branch-deploy.outputs.environment == 'production' }}
        uses: cloudflare/wrangler-action@4b3eae832ab5113c67958be31ca062ad46c593b6 # pin@3.3.1
        with:
          wranglerVersion: '2.13.0' # this can be any version of wrangler you want
          apiToken: ${{ secrets.CF_API_TOKEN }}
          accountId: ${{ secrets.CF_ACCOUNT_ID }}
          command: pages publish build/ --project-name=<your-cloudflare-project-name> --branch=main

Cloudflare Workers

This example shows how you could use this Action with Cloudflare Workers

  • .deploy to development deploys your branch to the development environment (if you have one with your Cloudflare workers)
  • .deploy deploys your branch to the production environment

A live example can be found here

name: branch-deploy

on:
  issue_comment:
    types: [created]

# Permissions needed for reacting and adding comments for IssueOps commands
permissions:
  pull-requests: write
  deployments: write
  contents: write
  checks: read
  statuses: read

jobs:
  deploy:
    environment: secrets # the locked down environment we pull secrets from
    if: ${{ github.event.issue.pull_request }} # only run on pull request comments
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest

    steps:
      # The branch-deploy Action
      - uses: github/branch-deploy@vX.X.X
        id: branch-deploy

        # If the branch-deploy Action was triggered, checkout our branch
      - name: Checkout
        if: ${{ steps.branch-deploy.outputs.continue == 'true' }}
        uses: actions/checkout@v6
        with:
          ref: ${{ steps.branch-deploy.outputs.sha }}

        # Install the npm dependencies for your cloudflare workers project
        # Most importantly, we need to install @cloudflare/wrangler
      - name: Install dependencies
        if: ${{ steps.branch-deploy.outputs.continue == 'true' }}
        run: npm ci

        # If '.deploy to development' was used, branch deploy to the development environment
      - name: Publish - Development
        if: ${{ steps.branch-deploy.outputs.environment == 'development' &&
          steps.branch-deploy.outputs.noop != 'true' &&
          steps.branch-deploy.outputs.continue == 'true' }}
        uses: cloudflare/wrangler-action@4c10c1822abba527d820b29e6333e7f5dac2cabd # pin@2.0.0
        with:
          wranglerVersion: '2.17.0' # this can be any version of wrangler you want
          apiToken: ${{ secrets.CF_API_TOKEN }}
          environment: 'development' # here we use development

        # If '.deploy' was used, branch deploy to the production environment
      - name: Publish - Production
        if: ${{ steps.branch-deploy.outputs.continue == 'true' &&
          steps.branch-deploy.outputs.noop != 'true' &&
          steps.branch-deploy.outputs.environment == 'production' }}
        uses: cloudflare/wrangler-action@4c10c1822abba527d820b29e6333e7f5dac2cabd # pin@2.0.0
        with:
          wranglerVersion: '2.17.0' # this can be any version of wrangler you want
          apiToken: ${{ secrets.CF_API_TOKEN }}

Multiple Jobs

If you need a complex deployment workflow, you can create a deployment status manually in a separate step. This gives you full control over when and how comments, deployment statuses, and reactions are added to your pull request. See here for more details.

This is a more advanced example

name: deploy

on:
  issue_comment:
    types: [created]

permissions:
  pull-requests: write
  deployments: write
  contents: write
  checks: read
  statuses: read

jobs:
  trigger:
    if: ${{ github.event.issue.pull_request }} # only run on pull request comments
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    outputs:
      continue: ${{ steps.branch-deploy.outputs.continue }}
      noop: ${{ steps.branch-deploy.outputs.noop }}
      deployment_id: ${{ steps.branch-deploy.outputs.deployment_id }}
      environment: ${{ steps.branch-deploy.outputs.environment }}
      sha: ${{ steps.branch-deploy.outputs.sha }}
      comment_id: ${{ steps.branch-deploy.outputs.comment_id }}
      initial_reaction_id: ${{ steps.branch-deploy.outputs.initial_reaction_id }}
      actor_handle: ${{ steps.branch-deploy.outputs.actor_handle }}

    steps:
      - uses: github/branch-deploy@vX.X.X
        id: branch-deploy
        with:
          trigger: ".deploy"
          skip_completing: 'true' # we will complete the deployment manually

  deploy:
    needs: trigger
    if: ${{ needs.trigger.outputs.continue == 'true' && needs.trigger.outputs.noop != 'true' }}
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest

    steps:
      # checkout the project's repository based on the commit SHA provided by the branch-deploy step
      - name: checkout
        uses: actions/checkout@v6
        with:
          ref: ${{ needs.trigger.outputs.sha }}

      # You will do your own deployment here
      - name: fake regular deploy
        run: echo "I am doing a fake regular deploy"

  # update the deployment result - manually complete the deployment that was created by the branch-deploy action
  result:
    needs: [trigger, deploy]
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    # run even on failures but only if the trigger job set continue to true
    if: ${{ always() && needs.trigger.outputs.continue == 'true' }}

    steps:
      # if a previous step failed, set a variable to use as the deployment status
      - name: set deployment status
        id: deploy-status
        if: ${{ needs.trigger.result == 'failure' || needs.deploy.result == 'failure' }}
        run: |
          echo "DEPLOY_STATUS=failure" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT

      # use the GitHub CLI to update the deployment status that was initiated by the branch-deploy action
      - name: Create a deployment status
        env:
          GH_REPO: ${{ github.repository }}
          GH_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
          DEPLOY_STATUS: ${{ steps.deploy-status.outputs.DEPLOY_STATUS }}
        run: |
          if [ -z "${DEPLOY_STATUS}" ]; then
            DEPLOY_STATUS="success"
          fi

          gh api \
            --method POST \
            repos/{owner}/{repo}/deployments/${{ needs.trigger.outputs.deployment_id }}/statuses \
            -f environment='${{ needs.trigger.outputs.environment }}' \
            -f state=${DEPLOY_STATUS}

      # use the GitHub CLI to remove the non-sticky lock that was created by the branch-deploy action
      - name: Remove a non-sticky lock
        env:
          GH_REPO: ${{ github.repository }}
          GH_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
        run: |
          # Fetch the lock.json file from the branch
          gh api \
            --method GET \
            repos/{owner}/{repo}/contents/lock.json?ref=${{ needs.trigger.outputs.environment }}-branch-deploy-lock \
            --jq '.content' \
            | base64 --decode \
            > lock.json

          # Check if the sticky value is true
          if [ "$(jq -r '.sticky' lock.json)" = "true" ]; then
            echo "The lock is sticky, skipping the delete step"
          else
            # use the GitHub CLI to remove the non-sticky lock that was created by the branch-deploy action
            echo "The lock is not sticky, deleting the lock"
            gh api \
              --method DELETE \
              repos/{owner}/{repo}/git/refs/heads/${{ needs.trigger.outputs.environment }}-branch-deploy-lock
          fi

          rm lock.json

      # remove the default 'eyes' reaction from the comment that triggered the deployment
      # this reaction is added by the branch-deploy action by default
      - name: remove eyes reaction
        env:
          GH_REPO: ${{ github.repository }}
          GH_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
        run: |
          gh api \
            --method DELETE \
            repos/{owner}/{repo}/issues/comments/${{ needs.trigger.outputs.comment_id }}/reactions/${{ needs.trigger.outputs.initial_reaction_id }}

      # if the deployment was successful, add a 'rocket' reaction to the comment that triggered the deployment
      - name: rocket reaction
        if: ${{ steps.deploy-status.outputs.DEPLOY_STATUS != 'failure' }}
        uses: GrantBirki/comment@e6bf4bc177996c9572b4ddb98b25eb1a80f9abc9 # pin@v2.0.7
        with:
          comment-id: ${{ needs.trigger.outputs.comment_id }}
          reactions: rocket

      # if the deployment failed, add a '-1' (thumbs down) reaction to the comment that triggered the deployment
      - name: failure reaction
        if: ${{ steps.deploy-status.outputs.DEPLOY_STATUS == 'failure' }}
        uses: GrantBirki/comment@e6bf4bc177996c9572b4ddb98b25eb1a80f9abc9 # pin@v2.0.7
        with:
          comment-id: ${{ needs.trigger.outputs.comment_id }}
          reactions: '-1'

      # if the deployment was successful, add a 'success' comment
      - name: success comment
        if: ${{ steps.deploy-status.outputs.DEPLOY_STATUS != 'failure' }}
        uses: peter-evans/create-or-update-comment@67dcc547d311b736a8e6c5c236542148a47adc3d # pin@v2.1.1
        with:
          issue-number: ${{ github.event.issue.number }}
          body: |
            ### Deployment Results ✅

            **${{ needs.trigger.outputs.actor_handle }}** successfully deployed `${{ needs.trigger.outputs.sha }}` to **${{ needs.trigger.outputs.environment }}**

      # if the deployment was not successful, add a 'failure' comment
      - name: failure comment
        if: ${{ steps.deploy-status.outputs.DEPLOY_STATUS == 'failure' }}
        uses: peter-evans/create-or-update-comment@67dcc547d311b736a8e6c5c236542148a47adc3d # pin@v2.1.1
        with:
          issue-number: ${{ github.event.issue.number }}
          body: |
            ### Deployment Results ❌

            **${{ needs.trigger.outputs.actor_handle }}** had a failure when deploying `${{ needs.trigger.outputs.sha }}` to **${{ needs.trigger.outputs.environment }}**

Multiple Jobs with GitHub Pages and Hugo

A detailed example using multiple jobs, custom deployment status creation, non-sticky lock removal, and comments. This example showcases building a static site with hugo and deploying it to GitHub Pages.

This live example can be found here

name: branch deploy

# The workflow to execute on is comments that are newly created
on:
  issue_comment:
    types: [created]

# Permissions needed for reacting and adding comments for IssueOps commands
permissions:
  pull-requests: write
  deployments: write
  contents: write
  checks: read
  statuses: read

# set an environment variable for use in the jobs pointing to my blog
env:
  blog_url: https://test.example.com # <--- CHANGE THIS TO YOUR BLOG URL

jobs:
  # branch-deploy trigger job
  trigger:
    if: # only run on pull request comments and very specific comment body string as defined in our branch-deploy settings
      ${{ github.event.issue.pull_request &&
      (contains(github.event.comment.body, '.deploy') ||
      contains(github.event.comment.body, '.lock') ||
      contains(github.event.comment.body, '.noop') ||
      contains(github.event.comment.body, '.help') ||
      contains(github.event.comment.body, '.wcid') ||
      contains(github.event.comment.body, '.unlock')) }}
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    outputs: # set outputs for use in downstream jobs
      continue: ${{ steps.branch-deploy.outputs.continue }}
      noop: ${{ steps.branch-deploy.outputs.noop }}
      deployment_id: ${{ steps.branch-deploy.outputs.deployment_id }}
      environment: ${{ steps.branch-deploy.outputs.environment }}
      sha: ${{ steps.branch-deploy.outputs.sha }}
      comment_id: ${{ steps.branch-deploy.outputs.comment_id }}
      initial_reaction_id: ${{ steps.branch-deploy.outputs.initial_reaction_id }}
      actor_handle: ${{ steps.branch-deploy.outputs.actor_handle }}

    steps:
      # execute the branch-deploy action
      - uses: github/branch-deploy@vX.X.X
        id: branch-deploy
        with:
          trigger: '.deploy'
          environment: 'github-pages'
          production_environments: 'github-pages'
          skip_completing: 'true' # we will complete the deployment manually in the 'result' job
          admins: 'false' # <--- add your GitHub username here (if you want to use the admins feature)

  # build the github-pages site with hugo
  build:
    needs: trigger
    if: ${{ needs.trigger.outputs.continue == 'true' }} # only run if the trigger job set continue to true
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest

    steps:
      # checkout the project's repository based on the commit SHA provided by the branch-deploy step
      - name: checkout
        uses: actions/checkout@v6
        with:
          ref: ${{ needs.trigger.outputs.sha }}

      # read the hugo version from the .hugo-version file in this repository
      - name: set hugo version
        id: hugo-version
        run: |
          HUGO_VERSION=$(cat .hugo-version)
          echo "HUGO_VERSION=${HUGO_VERSION}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT

      # install the hugo cli using the version detected in the previous step
      - name: install hugo cli
        env:
          HUGO_VERSION: ${{ steps.hugo-version.outputs.HUGO_VERSION }}
        run: |
          wget -O ${{ runner.temp }}/hugo.deb https://github.com/gohugoio/hugo/releases/download/v${HUGO_VERSION}/hugo_${HUGO_VERSION}_linux-amd64.deb \
          && sudo dpkg -i ${{ runner.temp }}/hugo.deb

      # configure the GitHub Pages action
      - name: setup pages
        id: pages
        uses: actions/configure-pages@c5a3e1159e0cbdf0845eb8811bd39e39fc3099c2 # pin@v2.1.3

      # build the site with hugo
      - name: build with hugo
        run: |
          hugo --gc --verbose \
            --baseURL ${{ steps.pages.outputs.base_url }}

      # this step is custom to my blog and adds a 'commit' version to the site
      - name: write build version
        run: echo ${GITHUB_SHA} > ./public/version.txt

      # upload the built site as an artifact for the deploy step
      - name: upload artifact
        uses: actions/upload-pages-artifact@253fd476ed429e83b7aae64a92a75b4ceb1a17cf # pin@v1.0.7
        with:
          path: ./public

  # deploy to GitHub Pages
  deploy:
    needs: [trigger, build]
    if: ${{ needs.trigger.outputs.continue == 'true' }} # only run if the trigger job set continue to true
    environment:
      name: github-pages
      url: ${{ steps.deployment.outputs.page_url }}
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest

    steps:
      # deploy the site to GitHub Pages
      - name: deploy
        id: deployment
        uses: actions/deploy-pages@20a4baa1095bad40ba7d6ca0d9abbc220b76603f # pin@v1.2.3

  # update the deployment result - manually complete the deployment that was created by the branch-deploy action
  result:
    needs: [trigger, build, deploy]
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    # run even on failures but only if the trigger job set continue to true
    if: ${{ always() && needs.trigger.outputs.continue == 'true' }}

    steps:
      # if a previous step failed, set a variable to use as the deployment status
      - name: set deployment status
        id: deploy-status
        if:
          ${{ needs.trigger.result == 'failure' || needs.build.result == 'failure' ||
          needs.deploy.result == 'failure' }}
        run: |
          echo "DEPLOY_STATUS=failure" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT

      # use the GitHub CLI to update the deployment status that was initiated by the branch-deploy action
      - name: Create a deployment status
        env:
          GH_REPO: ${{ github.repository }}
          GH_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
          DEPLOY_STATUS: ${{ steps.deploy-status.outputs.DEPLOY_STATUS }}
        run: |
          if [ -z "${DEPLOY_STATUS}" ]; then
            DEPLOY_STATUS="success"
          fi

          gh api \
            --method POST \
            repos/{owner}/{repo}/deployments/${{ needs.trigger.outputs.deployment_id }}/statuses \
            -f environment='${{ needs.trigger.outputs.environment }}' \
            -f state=${DEPLOY_STATUS}

      # use the GitHub CLI to remove the non-sticky lock that was created by the branch-deploy action
      - name: Remove a non-sticky lock
        env:
          GH_REPO: ${{ github.repository }}
          GH_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
        run: |
          # Fetch the lock.json file from the branch
          gh api \
            --method GET \
            repos/{owner}/{repo}/contents/lock.json?ref=${{ needs.trigger.outputs.environment }}-branch-deploy-lock \
            --jq '.content' \
            | base64 --decode \
            > lock.json

          # Check if the sticky value is true
          if [ "$(jq -r '.sticky' lock.json)" = "true" ]; then
            echo "The lock is sticky, skipping the delete step"
          else
            # use the GitHub CLI to remove the non-sticky lock that was created by the branch-deploy action
            echo "The lock is not sticky, deleting the lock"
            gh api \
              --method DELETE \
              repos/{owner}/{repo}/git/refs/heads/${{ needs.trigger.outputs.environment }}-branch-deploy-lock
          fi

          rm lock.json

      # remove the default 'eyes' reaction from the comment that triggered the deployment
      # this reaction is added by the branch-deploy action by default
      - name: remove eyes reaction
        env:
          GH_REPO: ${{ github.repository }}
          GH_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
        run: |
          gh api \
            --method DELETE \
            repos/{owner}/{repo}/issues/comments/${{ needs.trigger.outputs.comment_id }}/reactions/${{ needs.trigger.outputs.initial_reaction_id }}

      # if the deployment was successful, add a 'rocket' reaction to the comment that triggered the deployment
      - name: rocket reaction
        if: ${{ steps.deploy-status.outputs.DEPLOY_STATUS != 'failure' }}
        uses: GrantBirki/comment@e6bf4bc177996c9572b4ddb98b25eb1a80f9abc9 # pin@v2.0.7
        with:
          comment-id: ${{ needs.trigger.outputs.comment_id }}
          reactions: rocket

      # if the deployment failed, add a '-1' (thumbs down) reaction to the comment that triggered the deployment
      - name: failure reaction
        if: ${{ steps.deploy-status.outputs.DEPLOY_STATUS == 'failure' }}
        uses: GrantBirki/comment@e6bf4bc177996c9572b4ddb98b25eb1a80f9abc9 # pin@v2.0.7
        with:
          comment-id: ${{ needs.trigger.outputs.comment_id }}
          reactions: '-1'

      # if the deployment was successful, add a 'success' comment
      - name: success comment
        if: ${{ steps.deploy-status.outputs.DEPLOY_STATUS != 'failure' }}
        uses: peter-evans/create-or-update-comment@67dcc547d311b736a8e6c5c236542148a47adc3d # pin@v2.1.1
        with:
          issue-number: ${{ github.event.issue.number }}
          body: |
            ### Deployment Results ✅

            **${{ needs.trigger.outputs.actor_handle }}** successfully deployed `${{ needs.trigger.outputs.sha }}` to **${{ needs.trigger.outputs.environment }}**

            > [View Live Deployment](${{ env.blog_url }}) :link:

      # if the deployment was not successful, add a 'failure' comment
      - name: failure comment
        if: ${{ steps.deploy-status.outputs.DEPLOY_STATUS == 'failure' }}
        uses: peter-evans/create-or-update-comment@67dcc547d311b736a8e6c5c236542148a47adc3d # pin@v2.1.1
        with:
          issue-number: ${{ github.event.issue.number }}
          body: |
            ### Deployment Results ❌

            **${{ needs.trigger.outputs.actor_handle }}** had a failure when deploying `${{ needs.trigger.outputs.sha }}` to **${{ needs.trigger.outputs.environment }}**

Multiple Jobs with GitHub Pages and Astro

A detailed example using multiple jobs, custom deployment status creation, non-sticky lock removal, and comments - Using Astro to create a static site and deploying to GitHub Pages

A live example can be found here

name: branch deploy

# The workflow to execute on is comments that are newly created
on:
  issue_comment:
    types: [created]

# Permissions needed for reacting and adding comments for IssueOps commands
permissions:
  pull-requests: write
  deployments: write
  contents: write
  checks: read
  statuses: read
  pages: write
  id-token: write

# set an environment variable for use in the jobs pointing the site_url
env:
  site_url: https://test.example.com # <--- change this to your site url

jobs:
  # branch-deploy trigger job
  trigger:
    if: # only run on pull request comments and very specific comment body string as defined in our branch-deploy settings
      ${{ github.event.issue.pull_request &&
      (contains(github.event.comment.body, '.deploy') ||
      contains(github.event.comment.body, '.lock') ||
      contains(github.event.comment.body, '.noop') ||
      contains(github.event.comment.body, '.help') ||
      contains(github.event.comment.body, '.wcid') ||
      contains(github.event.comment.body, '.unlock')) }}
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    outputs: # set outputs for use in downstream jobs
      continue: ${{ steps.branch-deploy.outputs.continue }}
      noop: ${{ steps.branch-deploy.outputs.noop }}
      deployment_id: ${{ steps.branch-deploy.outputs.deployment_id }}
      environment: ${{ steps.branch-deploy.outputs.environment }}
      sha: ${{ steps.branch-deploy.outputs.sha }}
      comment_id: ${{ steps.branch-deploy.outputs.comment_id }}
      initial_reaction_id: ${{ steps.branch-deploy.outputs.initial_reaction_id }}
      actor_handle: ${{ steps.branch-deploy.outputs.actor_handle }}

    steps:
      # execute the branch-deploy action
      - uses: github/branch-deploy@vX.X.X
        id: branch-deploy
        with:
          trigger: '.deploy'
          environment: 'github-pages'
          production_environments: 'github-pages'
          environment_targets: 'github-pages'
          skip_completing: 'true' # we will complete the deployment manually in the 'result' job
          admins: 'false' # <--- add your GitHub username here (if you want to use the admins feature)

  # build the github-pages site with Astro
  build:
    needs: trigger
    if: ${{ needs.trigger.outputs.continue == 'true' }} # only run if the trigger job set continue to true
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest

    steps:
      - name: checkout
        uses: actions/checkout@v6
        with:
          ref: ${{ needs.trigger.outputs.sha }}

      - name: build with astro
        uses: withastro/action@e3193ac80e18917ceaeb9f2d47019ad3b2c0416a # pin@v0.3.0

  # deploy to GitHub Pages
  deploy:
    needs: [trigger, build]
    if: ${{ needs.trigger.outputs.continue == 'true' }} # only run if the trigger job set continue to true
    environment:
      name: github-pages
      url: ${{ steps.deployment.outputs.page_url }}
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest

    steps:
      # deploy the site to GitHub Pages
      - name: deploy
        id: deployment
        uses: actions/deploy-pages@497da40f5225e762159b457c9ae5d6f75a136f5c # pin@v1.2.5

  # update the deployment result - manually complete the deployment that was created by the branch-deploy action
  result:
    needs: [trigger, build, deploy]
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    # run even on failures but only if the trigger job set continue to true
    if: ${{ always() && needs.trigger.outputs.continue == 'true' }}

    steps:
      # if a previous step failed, set a variable to use as the deployment status
      - name: set deployment status
        id: deploy-status
        if:
          ${{ needs.trigger.result == 'failure' || needs.build.result == 'failure' ||
          needs.deploy.result == 'failure' }}
        run: |
          echo "DEPLOY_STATUS=failure" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT

      # use the GitHub CLI to update the deployment status that was initiated by the branch-deploy action
      - name: Create a deployment status
        env:
          GH_REPO: ${{ github.repository }}
          GH_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
          DEPLOY_STATUS: ${{ steps.deploy-status.outputs.DEPLOY_STATUS }}
        run: |
          if [ -z "${DEPLOY_STATUS}" ]; then
            DEPLOY_STATUS="success"
          fi

          gh api \
            --method POST \
            repos/{owner}/{repo}/deployments/${{ needs.trigger.outputs.deployment_id }}/statuses \
            -f environment='${{ needs.trigger.outputs.environment }}' \
            -f state=${DEPLOY_STATUS}

      # use the GitHub CLI to remove the non-sticky lock that was created by the branch-deploy action
      - name: Remove a non-sticky lock
        env:
          GH_REPO: ${{ github.repository }}
          GH_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
        run: |
          # Fetch the lock.json file from the branch
          gh api \
            --method GET \
            repos/{owner}/{repo}/contents/lock.json?ref=${{ needs.trigger.outputs.environment }}-branch-deploy-lock \
            --jq '.content' \
            | base64 --decode \
            > lock.json

          # Check if the sticky value is true
          if [ "$(jq -r '.sticky' lock.json)" = "true" ]; then
            echo "The lock is sticky, skipping the delete step"
          else
            # use the GitHub CLI to remove the non-sticky lock that was created by the branch-deploy action
            echo "The lock is not sticky, deleting the lock"
            gh api \
              --method DELETE \
              repos/{owner}/{repo}/git/refs/heads/${{ needs.trigger.outputs.environment }}-branch-deploy-lock
          fi

          rm lock.json

      # remove the default 'eyes' reaction from the comment that triggered the deployment
      # this reaction is added by the branch-deploy action by default
      - name: remove eyes reaction
        env:
          GH_REPO: ${{ github.repository }}
          GH_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
        run: |
          gh api \
            --method DELETE \
            repos/{owner}/{repo}/issues/comments/${{ needs.trigger.outputs.comment_id }}/reactions/${{ needs.trigger.outputs.initial_reaction_id }}

      # if the deployment was successful, add a 'rocket' reaction to the comment that triggered the deployment
      - name: rocket reaction
        if: ${{ steps.deploy-status.outputs.DEPLOY_STATUS != 'failure' }}
        uses: GrantBirki/comment@e6bf4bc177996c9572b4ddb98b25eb1a80f9abc9 # pin@v2.0.7
        with:
          comment-id: ${{ needs.trigger.outputs.comment_id }}
          reactions: rocket

      # if the deployment failed, add a '-1' (thumbs down) reaction to the comment that triggered the deployment
      - name: failure reaction
        if: ${{ steps.deploy-status.outputs.DEPLOY_STATUS == 'failure' }}
        uses: GrantBirki/comment@e6bf4bc177996c9572b4ddb98b25eb1a80f9abc9 # pin@v2.0.7
        with:
          comment-id: ${{ needs.trigger.outputs.comment_id }}
          reactions: '-1'

      # if the deployment was successful, add a 'success' comment
      - name: success comment
        if: ${{ steps.deploy-status.outputs.DEPLOY_STATUS != 'failure' }}
        uses: peter-evans/create-or-update-comment@67dcc547d311b736a8e6c5c236542148a47adc3d # pin@v2.1.1
        with:
          issue-number: ${{ github.event.issue.number }}
          body: |
            ### Deployment Results ✅

            **${{ needs.trigger.outputs.actor_handle }}** successfully deployed `${{ needs.trigger.outputs.sha }}` to **${{ needs.trigger.outputs.environment }}**

            > [View Live Deployment](${{ env.site_url }}) :link:

      # if the deployment was not successful, add a 'failure' comment
      - name: failure comment
        if: ${{ steps.deploy-status.outputs.DEPLOY_STATUS == 'failure' }}
        uses: peter-evans/create-or-update-comment@67dcc547d311b736a8e6c5c236542148a47adc3d # pin@v2.1.1
        with:
          issue-number: ${{ github.event.issue.number }}
          body: |
            ### Deployment Results ❌

            **${{ needs.trigger.outputs.actor_handle }}** had a failure when deploying `${{ needs.trigger.outputs.sha }}` to **${{ needs.trigger.outputs.environment }}**

Multiple Jobs with GitHub Environments

A detailed example using multiple jobs, repository environments, and Terraform. As mentioned in the README, a deployment completes when the workflow targeting that environment completes. In this example, the branch deployment action targets a separate environment than the "actual" deployment logic, which lets us control the completion of the branch deployment while being able to manage environments separately.

name: Branch Deploy

on:
  issue_comment:
    types:
      - created

env:
  # These variables are scoped to the **repository**.
  TF_VAR_image_repository: ${{ vars.IMAGE_REPOSITORY }}

permissions:
  checks: read
  statuses: read
  contents: write
  deployments: write
  packages: read
  pull-requests: write

jobs:
  start:
    name: Start Branch Deployment
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest

    # Only start branch deployments on pull request comments.
    if: ${{ github.event.issue.pull_request }}

    # The deployments environment is used by the branch-deploy workflow.
    environment: deployments

    # Set the outputs to be used by the rest of the workflow.
    outputs:
      continue: ${{ steps.branch-deploy.outputs.continue }}
      noop: ${{ steps.branch-deploy.outputs.noop }}
      deployment_id: ${{ steps.branch-deploy.outputs.deployment_id }}
      environment: ${{ steps.branch-deploy.outputs.environment }}
      sha: ${{ steps.branch-deploy.outputs.sha }}
      comment_id: ${{ steps.branch-deploy.outputs.comment_id }}
      initial_reaction_id: ${{ steps.branch-deploy.outputs.initial_reaction_id }}
      actor_handle: ${{ steps.branch-deploy.outputs.actor_handle }}

    steps:
      - name: Start Branch Deployment
        id: branch-deploy
        uses: github/branch-deploy@vX.X.X
        with:
          environment: development
          environment_targets: development,staging,production
          skip_completing: true

  # This is the "actual" deployment logic. It uses the environment specified in
  # the branch deployment comment (e.g. `.deploy to development`).
  deploy:
    needs: start

    name: Deploy
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest

    # Only start after the branch deployment has initialized.
    if: ${{ needs.start.outputs.continue == 'true' }}

    # Use the environment specified by the `.noop` or `.deploy` comment.
    environment: ${{ needs.start.outputs.environment }}

    # Set the default working directory to `tf/` (or wherever your Terraform
    # code is located in your repository).
    defaults:
      run:
        working-directory: tf/

    # Set the deployment outcome based on if `terraform plan` (.noop) or
    # `terraform apply` (.deploy) succeeded. Defaults to 'failure'.
    outputs:
      outcome: ${{ (steps.plan.outcome == 'success' || steps.apply.outcome == 'success') && 'success' || 'failure' }}

    # These variables/secrets are scoped to the **environment**.
    env:
      ARM_CLIENT_ID: ${{ secrets.ARM_CLIENT_ID }}
      ARM_SUBSCRIPTION_ID: ${{ secrets.ARM_SUBSCRIPTION_ID }}
      ARM_TENANT_ID: ${{ secrets.ARM_TENANT_ID }}
      TF_VAR_location: ${{ vars.AZURE_LOCATION }}

    steps:
      - name: Checkout
        id: checkout
        uses: actions/checkout@v6
        with:
          ref: ${{ needs.start.outputs.sha }}

      # Authenticate to Azure using OpenID Connect.
      - name: Authenticate to Azure (OIDC)
        id: azure-oidc
        uses: azure/login@v1
        with:
          client-id: ${{ env.ARM_CLIENT_ID }}
          subscription-id: ${{ env.ARM_SUBSCRIPTION_ID }}
          tenant-id: ${{ env.ARM_TENANT_ID }}

      # Install Terraform on the runner.
      - name: Setup Terraform
        id: setup-terraform
        uses: hashicorp/setup-terraform@v2
        with:
          terraform_version: 1.5.5

      # This example uses separate Terraform workspaces for each environment.
      - name: Terraform Init
        id: terraform-init
        run: |
          terraform init -no-color
          terraform workspace select -or-create=true ${{ needs.start.outputs.environment }}

      # If this is a `.noop`, run `terraform plan` to see what would change.
      - name: Terraform Plan
        id: plan
        if: ${{ needs.start.outputs.noop == 'true' }}
        run: terraform plan -no-color
        continue-on-error: true

      # If this is a `.deploy`, run `terraform apply` to apply the changes.
      - name: Terraform Apply
        id: apply
        if: ${{ needs.start.outputs.noop != 'true' }}
        run: terraform apply -no-color -auto-approve
        continue-on-error: true

      # Get the output from the plan/apply step.
      - name: Save Terraform Output
        id: output
        env:
          PLAN_STDOUT: ${{ steps.plan.outputs.stdout }}
          APPLY_STDOUT: ${{ steps.apply.outputs.stdout }}
        run: |
          if [ -z "$PLAN_STDOUT" ]
          then
            echo "$APPLY_STDOUT" > tf_output.txt
          else
            echo "$PLAN_STDOUT" > tf_output.txt
          fi

      # Upload the plan/apply output as an artifact so that it can be used in
      # the `stop` job.
      - name: Upload Terraform Output
        id: upload
        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
        with:
          name: tf_output
          path: tf/tf_output.txt

  stop:
    needs:
      - start
      - deploy

    name: Stop Branch Deployment
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest

    # Always run this job if the branch deployment was started.
    if: ${{ always() && needs.start.outputs.continue == 'true' }}

    # Switch back to the deployments environment to update the branch
    # deployment status.
    environment: deployments

    # Get the outputs from the `start` job. These are needed to finish the
    # branch deployment, comment on the PR, update reactions, etc.
    env:
      ACTOR: ${{ needs.start.outputs.actor_handle }}
      COMMENT_ID: ${{ needs.start.outputs.comment_id }}
      DEPLOYMENT_ID: ${{ needs.start.outputs.deployment_id }}
      DEPLOYMENT_STATUS: ${{ needs.deploy.outputs.outcome || 'failure' }}
      ENVIRONMENT: ${{ needs.start.outputs.environment }}
      GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
      INITIAL_REACTION_ID: ${{ needs.start.outputs.initial_reaction_id }}
      NOOP: ${{ needs.start.outputs.noop }}
      SHA: ${{ needs.start.outputs.sha }}
      REPOSITORY: ${{ github.repository }}

    steps:
      # Tf this was not a `.noop` deployment, set the status.
      - if: ${{ env.NOOP != 'true' }}
        name: Set Deployment Status
        id: set-status
        run: |
          gh api --method POST \
            "repos/${{ env.REPOSITORY }}/deployments/${{ env.DEPLOYMENT_ID }}/statuses" \
            -f environment="${{ env.ENVIRONMENT }}" \
            -f state="${{ env.DEPLOYMENT_STATUS }}"

      # If this was not a `.noop` deployment, remove the lock.
      - if: ${{ env.NOOP != 'true' }}
        name: Remove Non-Sticky Lock
        id: remove-lock
        run: |
          gh api --method DELETE \
            "repos/${{ env.REPOSITORY }}/git/refs/heads/${{ env.ENVIRONMENT }}-branch-deploy-lock"

      # Remove the trigger reaction added to the user's comment.
      - name: Remove Trigger Reaction
        id: remove-reaction
        run: |
          gh api --method DELETE \
            "repos/${{ env.REPOSITORY }}/issues/comments/${{ env.COMMENT_ID }}/reactions/${{ env.INITIAL_REACTION_ID }}"

      # Add a new reaction based on if the deployment succeeded or failed.
      - name: Add Reaction
        id: add-reaction
        uses: GrantBirki/comment@e6bf4bc177996c9572b4ddb98b25eb1a80f9abc9 # pin@v2.0.7
        env:
          REACTION: ${{ env.DEPLOYMENT_STATUS == 'success' && 'rocket' || '-1' }}
        with:
          comment-id: ${{ env.COMMENT_ID }}
          reactions: ${{ env.DEPLOYMENT_STATUS == 'success' && 'rocket' || '-1' }}

      # If the plan/apply didn't run because of a failure, this step will also
      # fail, hence setting continue-on-error.
      - name: Get Terraform Output Artifact
        id: get-artifact
        uses: actions/download-artifact@v3
        with:
          name: tf_output
        continue-on-error: true

      # Add a success comment, including the plan/apply output (if present).
      - if: ${{ env.DEPLOYMENT_STATUS == 'success' }}
        name: Add Success Comment
        id: success-comment
        uses: actions/github-script@v6
        with:
          script: |
            const fs = require('fs')

            let output
            try { output = fs.readFileSync('tf_output.txt', 'utf8') }
            catch (err) { output = 'No Terraform output!' }

            await github.rest.issues.createComment({
              issue_number: context.issue.number,
              owner: context.repo.owner,
              repo: context.repo.repo,
              body: `### Deployment Results :white_check_mark:

            **${{ env.ACTOR }}** successfully ${ process.env.NOOP === 'true' ? '**noop** deployed' : 'deployed' } sha \`${{ env.SHA }}\` to **${{ env.ENVIRONMENT }}**

            <details><summary>Show Results</summary>

            \`\`\`terraform\n${ output }\n\`\`\`

            </details>`
            })

      # Add a failure comment, including the plan/apply output (if present).
      - if: ${{ env.DEPLOYMENT_STATUS == 'failure' }}
        name: Add Failure Comment
        id: failure-comment
        uses: actions/github-script@v6
        with:
          script: |
            const fs = require('fs')

            let output
            try { output = fs.readFileSync('tf_output.txt', 'utf8') }
            catch (err) { output = 'No Terraform output!' }

            await github.rest.issues.createComment({
              issue_number: context.issue.number,
              owner: context.repo.owner,
              repo: context.repo.repo,
              body: `### Deployment Results :x:

            **${{ env.ACTOR }}** had a failure when ${ process.env.NOOP === 'true' ? '**noop** deploying' : 'deploying' } sha \`${{ env.SHA }}\` to **${{ env.ENVIRONMENT }}**

            <details><summary>Show Results</summary>

            \`\`\`terraform\n${ output }\n\`\`\`

            </details>`
            })

      # If the deployment failed, fail the workflow.
      - if: ${{ env.DEPLOYMENT_STATUS == 'failure' }}
        name: Fail Workflow
        id: fail-workflow
        run: |
          echo "There was a deployment problem...failing the workflow!"
          exit 1

Are you using the branch-deploy Action and want your example included here? Open a pull request and we'll add it!