How to test GitHub CI without tons of push?

Question

When I create a new workflow with GitHub Actions I have this cumbersome workflow:

Edit .github/workflows/ci.yml
git commit --amend -mhope
git push -f
Goto my browser, hit F5, click on the workflow and pray
Pull off some hairs from my old head and eventually goto 1

Is there any better alternative?

Have you checked the answer in the following thread? https://stackoverflow.com/questions/59241249/how-to-run-github-actions-workflows-locally/ — riQQ, May 19 '21 at 20:28
Would it be an option to test it locally with act? https://github.com/nektos/act — GuiFalourd, May 20 '21 at 11:49

score 4 · Accepted Answer · answered May 20 '21 at 13:59

You can add a workflow_dispatch event to your on: directive. This allows you to trigger the workflow from the Actions panel in your repo. Once you've finished testing it, you can remove the trigger from your workflow YAML.

The trigger in the Actions panel looks like this (bottom right "Run workflow"):

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 02 '23 at 20:56

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If you want to test the whole workflow locally there is beautiful act project.

For testing an individual GitHub Action there is github-action-ts-run-api project.

answered Jan 02 '23 at 20:56

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