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29 changes: 26 additions & 3 deletions .github/workflows/push-email-notify.yml
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# PUSH_EMAIL_ENABLED=true (the single on/off switch). Addresses are pre-filled;
# sending needs the org SMTP secrets (SMTP_HOST/PORT/USER/PASS). Inherited by
# new repos from the template; placed on existing repos by the farm sweep.
#
# Re-landed after the 2026-07-20 notification-storm freeze (removed in
# 09f94c5), now on hyperpolymath/smtp-notify-action: Node-free, the SMTP
# session is Idris2-specified and machine-checked, the binary is Zig-built,
# byte-reproducible, and SHA-256-pinned inside the action itself.
name: Push email notification
on:
push: {}
push:
# Branch pushes only: tag and deletion payloads mislabel Branch:/head_commit.
branches: ['**']

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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

🔎 Supported by static analysis

🏁 Script executed:

#!/usr/bin/env bash
set -euo pipefail

: "${TEST_REPOSITORY:?Set TEST_REPOSITORY to a disposable repository}"
branch="push-email-delete-probe-${RANDOM}"
default_branch="$(gh api "repos/${TEST_REPOSITORY}" --jq '.default_branch')"
sha="$(gh api "repos/${TEST_REPOSITORY}/git/ref/heads/${default_branch}" --jq '.object.sha')"

gh api --method POST "repos/${TEST_REPOSITORY}/git/refs" \
  -f "ref=refs/heads/${branch}" -f "sha=${sha}" >/dev/null
gh api --method DELETE "repos/${TEST_REPOSITORY}/git/refs/heads/${branch}" >/dev/null

sleep 15
gh run list --repo "$TEST_REPOSITORY" \
  --workflow ".github/workflows/push-email-notify.yml" \
  --event push --limit 20 \
  --json databaseId,event,headBranch,createdAt,displayTitle

Repository: hyperpolymath/grim-repo

Length of output: 239

🏁 Script executed:

#!/usr/bin/env bash
set -euo pipefail

file=".github/workflows/push-email-notify.yml"
test -f "$file"
cat -n "$file"
printf '\n--- push-event references ---\n'
rg -n -C 3 'push:|branches:|deleted|jobs:|if:' "$file"

Repository: hyperpolymath/grim-repo

Length of output: 4071

🌐 Web query:

GitHub Actions push event branches filter deleted branch deleted true head_commit null workflow

💡 Result:

When a Git branch is deleted in a GitHub repository, a push event is triggered for the default branch, which can inadvertently cause workflows configured for that branch to run [1][2][3]. Key Technical Details: 1. Push Event Behavior: When you delete a branch, the push event's payload includes "deleted": true [2][3]. During this specific event, the head_commit field in the webhook payload is set to null because there is no new commit associated with the deletion—the repository state simply reverts to the current tip of the default branch [4][2][3]. 2. Filtering Deleted Branches: - To prevent workflows from running on these "deleted branch" push events, you can use a conditional job or step in your workflow file. You can check the deleted property in the event payload [3]. - Example: Add an if condition to your job to skip execution when a branch deletion occurs: yaml jobs: build: if: ${{ !github.event.deleted }} runs-on: ubuntu-latest steps: - run: echo "This job will not run on branch deletion." 3. Separate Trigger for Deletions: - If your goal is to perform tasks specifically when a branch is deleted (e.g., cleaning up resources), use the delete event trigger instead of relying on the push event [2][5]. - Note that the delete event workflow must exist on the default branch to trigger [6][5][7]. - You can filter the delete event to respond only to branches using: yaml on: delete: jobs: cleanup: if: github.event.ref_type == 'branch' runs-on: ubuntu-latest steps: - run: echo "Branch ${{ github.event.ref }} was deleted." In summary, the push event triggers for branch deletions with a null head_commit and deleted: true. You should use conditional logic (!github.event.deleted) to filter these out of standard push workflows or use the dedicated delete event for cleanup tasks [8][3].

Citations:

🌐 Web query:

site:docs.github.com/en/actions/reference/workflows-and-actions/events-that-trigger-workflows push deleted branch head_commit branches filter

💡 Result:

The terms provided relate to configuring GitHub Actions workflows rather than a specific Git command sequence. In the context of GitHub Actions, the branches filter is used within a workflow file to limit which branches trigger the execution of that workflow upon a push event [1]. For example, to configure a workflow to run only when a push occurs on specific branches, you define the branches filter as follows [1]: on: push: branches: - 'main' - 'releases/' Regarding your query about deleting a branch and head commits: when a branch is deleted in a repository, the SHA associated with the workflow run for that push event reverts to the default branch of the repository [1]. Additionally, you can target the head of a pull request within a workflow using context variables such as github.head_ref or github.event.pull_request.head.sha [1].

Citations:

🌐 Web query:

"delete a branch" "push event" "head_commit" GitHub Actions branches

💡 Result:

When a branch is deleted on GitHub, it can trigger either a delete event or a push event, depending on how your repository's webhooks or workflow triggers are configured [1][2][3]. 1. The delete event: If you use the delete trigger in your workflow (on: delete), GitHub Actions will run the workflow when a Git reference (branch or tag) is deleted [1][4]. The head_commit context is not applicable for this event [1]. Within the workflow, you can access the name of the deleted branch using github.event.ref and filter for branches specifically using github.event.ref_type == 'branch' [5][4][6]. 2. The push event: Deleting a branch also generates a push event where the 'after' SHA is 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000 and the 'deleted' flag in the payload is set to true [2][3]. In this scenario, the head_commit object in the GitHub Actions context is typically null [7][3]. If your workflow is configured to run on push events, it may still trigger unless you explicitly add logic to ignore events where deleted is true [2][3]. To handle these scenarios, it is recommended to use the delete event for specific branch-deletion tasks, using the github.event context to identify the deleted reference [5][4]. If you are relying on push triggers, ensure your workflow steps check for the branch deletion payload state to prevent errors [2][3].

Citations:

Exclude deleted branch push payloads.

A branch deletion can produce a push payload with deleted: true and head_commit: null. branches: ['**'] does not exclude it, so the enabled notify job can send an incorrect notification.

Add github.event.deleted != true to the job condition.

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In @.github/workflows/push-email-notify.yml at line 15, Update the notify job
condition in the workflow to require github.event.deleted != true, while
preserving its existing conditions, so deleted-branch push events are skipped.

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concurrency:
# Deliberately per-RUN, so no run is ever queued behind another and none is
# ever cancelled. Do NOT "tidy" this into a shared group such as
# ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}. GitHub's workflow-syntax docs:
# "By default, any existing pending job or workflow in the same concurrency
# group will be canceled and the new queued job or workflow will take its
# place." That happens regardless of cancel-in-progress, which governs only
# the RUNNING job. On this workflow it silently loses a notification email,
# with no error anywhere. Every run here reports a DISTINCT commit, so there
# is no redundant work for a concurrency limit to remove.
# The docs also offer `queue: max` (up to 100 pending); not used, because 100
# is still a cap whereas a per-run group needs none.
# Verified with zizmor 1.30.0: deleting this block raises concurrency-limits;
# this form silences it exactly as a shared group would.
group: push-email-${{ github.run_id }}
cancel-in-progress: false
permissions:
actions: read
contents: read
jobs:
notify:
name: Email on push
if: ${{ vars.PUSH_EMAIL_ENABLED == 'true' }}
runs-on: ubuntu-latest
timeout-minutes: 5
steps:
- name: Send push notification email
uses: dawidd6/action-send-mail@0bbdab096651ee93f37ec02383e088183d41ff0b # pinned
uses: hyperpolymath/smtp-notify-action@ede1191ef6ff3ac02c4f4d9efdf837ee517e11d7 # v0.2.0
with:
server_address: ${{ secrets.SMTP_HOST }}
server_port: ${{ secrets.SMTP_PORT }}
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