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[GH-ISSUE #268] Document what "dryrun" means for this tool? #186

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opened 2026-03-01 21:41:00 +03:00 by kerem · 4 comments

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Originally created by @Pomax on GitHub (Jun 7, 2020).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/nektos/act/issues/268

Dry running can mean many different things, can the readme and help output be updated to explain what dryrun means for this tool? (e.g. do things like git push work? if not, which things don't work, etc)

Especially for actions that send resultant data off for hosting/further external processing, it's pretty important to know whether or not there is a way to prevent act from allowing that to happen.

Originally created by @Pomax on GitHub (Jun 7, 2020). Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/nektos/act/issues/268 Dry running can mean many different things, can the readme and help output be updated to explain what dryrun means for this tool? (e.g. do things like `git push` work? if not, _which_ things don't work, etc) Especially for actions that send resultant data off for hosting/further external processing, it's pretty important to know whether or not there is a way to prevent `act` from allowing that to happen.

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@github-actions[bot] commented on GitHub (Aug 9, 2020):

Issue is stale and will be closed in 7 days unless there is new activity

@github-actions[bot] commented on GitHub (Aug 9, 2020): Issue is stale and will be closed in 7 days unless there is new activity

kerem commented

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@hellmrf commented on GitHub (Feb 28, 2022):

This is still a problem. What dryrun means? I just get a bunch of errors...

@hellmrf commented on GitHub (Feb 28, 2022): This is still a problem. What `dryrun` means? I just get a bunch of errors...

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@catthehacker commented on GitHub (Mar 1, 2022):

Dry run will not create any containers so it will validate only workflow correctness.

@catthehacker commented on GitHub (Mar 1, 2022): Dry run will not create any containers so it will validate only workflow correctness.

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@Pomax commented on GitHub (Mar 2, 2022):

If that is the true and correct information, I would like to reiterate my request to update the README.md and act --help output with that information, to prevent future uncertainty.

@Pomax commented on GitHub (Mar 2, 2022): If that is the true and correct information, I would like to reiterate my request to update the README.md and `act --help` output with that information, to prevent future uncertainty.

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[GH-ISSUE #300] if one job fails, the next run complains about volume is still in use #212

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