Use case: keeping a branch up-to-date with another about create-pull-request HOT 3 CLOSED

Thanks a lot for coming up with this approach, I think it should work. :) We'll give it a try this week and get back to you.

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It works, thanks.

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@thisismydesign Thank you for sharing your use case. This is a really interesting one and had me scratching my head for a while to figure out if this was possible with create-pull-request action. I think I've got a solution that works well.

This workflow works by allowing the action to create a branch called production-promotion that is continually updated on push to master. The PR is created from production-promotion to production. If the PR is closed and the branch deleted, it will just be recreated next time there are new changes to master.

name: Create production promotion pull request
on:
  push:
    branches:
      - master
jobs:
  productionPromotion:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
        with:
          ref: production
      - name: Reset promotion branch
        run: |
          git fetch origin master:master
          git reset --hard master
      - name: Create Pull Request
        uses: peter-evans/create-pull-request@v2
        with:
          token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
          branch: production-promotion

Let me know what you think and if it fits your use case.

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