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[GH-ISSUE #216] Question: Is it possible to not use a local push.json file? #148

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opened 2026-03-01 21:40:39 +03:00 by kerem · 2 comments

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Originally created by @awentzel on GitHub (Apr 29, 2020).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/nektos/act/issues/216

Is there a command parameter that can be used instead of creating and managing a GitHub Events file. In my case push.json?

The problem Is that we're not comfortably hosting that file in our repository since it points to local user branches and that will frequently be changing.

The preferred solution would be to supply the git branch name as a parameter.

Example Problem file:

{
    "push": {
      "head": {
        "ref": "users/foo/update-action"
      },
      "base": {
        "ref": "users/foo/update-action"
      }
    }
  }

Example solution where -b is git branch name.

act -j build_local_linux -e "push" -b "users/foo/update-action"

Originally created by @awentzel on GitHub (Apr 29, 2020). Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/nektos/act/issues/216 Is there a command parameter that can be used instead of creating and managing a GitHub Events file. In my case `push.json`? The problem Is that we're not comfortably hosting that file in our repository since it points to local user branches and that will frequently be changing. The preferred solution would be to supply the git branch name as a parameter. Example Problem file: ```bash { "push": { "head": { "ref": "users/foo/update-action" }, "base": { "ref": "users/foo/update-action" } } } ``` Example solution where `-b` is git branch name. ```bash act -j build_local_linux -e "push" -b "users/foo/update-action" ```

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@github-actions[bot] commented on GitHub (Jun 29, 2020):

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@catthehacker commented on GitHub (Aug 28, 2021):

act push -j build_local_linux --defaultbranch "users/foo/update-action"

@catthehacker commented on GitHub (Aug 28, 2021): ```bash act push -j build_local_linux --defaultbranch "users/foo/update-action" ```

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