Running different steps on a schedule#

Say you have a workflow that runs hourly, but once a day you want the workflow to run slightly differently - without duplicating the entire workflow.

Thanks to @BrightRan, here’s the solution. Use the following pattern in an if: condition for a step:

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github.event_name == 'schedule' && github.event.schedule == '20 17 * * *'

Longer example:

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name: Fetch updated data and deploy
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on:
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  push:
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  schedule:
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    - cron: '5,35 * * * *'
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    - cron: '20 17 * * *'
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jobs:
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  build_and_deploy:
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    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
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    steps:
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    # ...
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    - name: Download existing .db files
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      if: |-
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        !(github.event_name == 'schedule' && github.event.schedule == '20 17 * * *')
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      env:
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        DATASETTE_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.DATASETTE_TOKEN }}
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      run: |-
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        datasette-clone https://biglocal.datasettes.com/ dbs -v --token=$DATASETTE_TOKEN