[GH-ISSUE #340] Empty workflow file causes unintuitive EOF error #242

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opened 2026-03-01 21:41:44 +03:00 by kerem · 0 comments

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Originally created by @iwagner-inmar on GitHub (Aug 19, 2020).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/nektos/act/issues/340

Version: act version 0.2.10

If you have a workflow file that is empty or completely commented out yaml, act will fail to run, with the error message Error: EOF

Reproduce steps:

Start with a working repo layout
touch .github/workflows/empty.yaml
Run act
```
$ act
Error: EOF
```

Originally created by @iwagner-inmar on GitHub (Aug 19, 2020). Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/nektos/act/issues/340 Version: `act version 0.2.10` If you have a workflow file that is empty or completely commented out yaml, act will fail to run, with the error message `Error: EOF` Reproduce steps: 1. Start with a working repo layout 1. `touch .github/workflows/empty.yaml` 1. Run `act` ```sh $ act Error: EOF ```

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[PR #242] [CLOSED] Fix using: node12 handling #1394

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