feat: add option to customize the pushed branch

README.md

@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ This action will bump version, tag commit and generate a changelog with conventi
 - **Optional** `git-user-email`: The git user.email to use for the commit. Default `conventional.changelog.action@github.com`
 - **Optional** `git-pull-method`: The git pull method used when pulling all changes from remote. Default `--ff-only`
 - **Optional** `git-push`: Push all the GIT changes. Default `true`
+- **Optional** `git-branch`: The branch used to push. Default is the current branch (`${{ github.ref }}`)
 - **Optional** `preset`: Preset that is used from conventional commits. Default `angular`.
 - **Optional** `tag-prefix`: Prefix for the git tags. Default `v`.
 - **Optional** `output-file`: File to output the changelog to. Default `CHANGELOG.md`, when providing `'false'` no file will be generated / updated.
@@ -129,6 +130,7 @@ Overwrite everything
     skip-on-empty: 'false'
     skip-version-file: 'false'
     skip-commit: 'false'
+    git-branch: 'my-maintenance-branch'
 ```
 
 No file changelog

action.yml

@@ -41,6 +41,11 @@ inputs:
     default: 'true'
     required: false
 
+  git-branch:
+    description: 'The git branch to be pushed'
+    default: ${{ github.ref }}
+    required: false    
+
   preset:
     description: 'The preset from Conventional Changelog to use'
     default: 'angular'

src/helpers/git.js

@@ -2,9 +2,7 @@ const core = require('@actions/core')
 const exec = require('@actions/exec')
 const assert = require('assert')
 
-const { GITHUB_REPOSITORY, GITHUB_REF, ENV } = process.env
-
-const branch = GITHUB_REF.replace('refs/heads/', '')
+const { GITHUB_REPOSITORY, ENV } = process.env
 
 module.exports = new (class Git {
 
@@ -122,7 +120,7 @@ module.exports = new (class Git {
    *
    * @return {Promise<>}
    */
-  push = () => (
+  push = (branch) => (
     this.exec(`push origin ${branch} --follow-tags`)
   )
 
@@ -160,7 +158,7 @@ module.exports = new (class Git {
   /**
    * Validates the commands run
    */
-  testHistory = () => {
+  testHistory = (branch) => {
     if (ENV === 'dont-use-git') {
       const { EXPECTED_TAG, SKIPPED_COMMIT, EXPECTED_NO_PUSH, SKIPPED_PULL, SKIP_CI } = process.env
 

src/index.js

@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ async function run() {
     const gitUserName = core.getInput('git-user-name')
     const gitUserEmail = core.getInput('git-user-email')
     const gitPush = core.getBooleanInput('git-push')
+    const gitBranch = core.getInput('git-branch')
     const tagPrefix = core.getInput('tag-prefix')
     const preset = !core.getInput('config-file-path') ? core.getInput('preset') : ''
     const preCommitFile = core.getInput('pre-commit')
@@ -61,6 +62,7 @@ async function run() {
     core.info(`Using "${outputFile}" as output file`)
     core.info(`Using "${conventionalConfigFile}" as config file`)
     core.info(`Using "${gitUrl}" as gitUrl`)
+    core.info(`Using "${gitBranch}" as gitBranch`)
 
     if (preCommitFile) {
       core.info(`Using "${preCommitFile}" as pre-commit script`)
@@ -187,7 +189,7 @@ async function run() {
       if (gitPush) {
         try {
           core.info('Push all changes')
-          await git.push()
+          await git.push(gitBranch)
 
         } catch (error) {
           console.error(error)
@@ -221,7 +223,7 @@ async function run() {
 
       try {
         // If we are running in test mode we use this to validate everything still runs
-        git.testHistory()
+        git.testHistory(gitBranch)
 
       } catch (error) {
         console.error(error)