GitHub Actions: Manually running a workflow
To start a workflow manually it must have a trigger called workflow_dispatch:
---
name: Tests
on:
push:
branches:
- master
pull_request:
branches:
- master
workflow_dispatch:
branches:
- master
In the Actions tab of your repo you can now select a workflow and press "Run Workflow".
See GitHub documentation for details Show archive.org snapshot .
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