Get Default Branch Name

Get the default branch or an empty string, if there are no branches in the repository.

You can call the action in your workflow like this:

    - name: Get default branch name
      id: defaultBranchName
      uses: MindaugasLaganeckas/get-default-branch@v1
      with:
        token: ${{ secrets.SUPER_SECRET }}
        path: ${{ env.OWNER }}/${{ env.REPO }}

You can access the output like this:

    - name: Change to master branch if repository is empty
      if: ${{ steps.defaultBranchName.outputs.default-branch == '' }}

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Yaml File or Link to Code

https://github.com/MindaugasLaganeckas/get-default-branch