Unabe to understand how path:'.' works in static.yml files for github actions!

[Bhardwaj-Himanshu]

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I was recently trying to setup a very simple github actions file for my github repository and landed on a static.yml file for the same!

Now do look at the with:-->path:'.' section-->Currently it uploads current or all of the repository.

But as soon as I change it to '/' which also points to the root folder and should upload everything

--the workflow runs for an infinte loop and the page is never deployed!

--A reference to what my root folder looks like

Also using . leads me to use relative path(../(in previous directory)) for correct working of images, which could be a little confusing to debug sometimes!
I know I am missing a ton here, and if someone could redirect me to the documentation or paths where I could learn about the same would be greatly appreciated!

[ggdio]

Hey there, maybe some expression language variables can help you, like GITHUB_WORKSPACE, which points to the checkout directory where github actions is running in.

Example:

path: '${{ github.workspace }}'

Also you can check other variables here: https://docs.github.com/en/actions/learn-github-actions/variables#default-environment-variables

[Bhardwaj-Himanshu]

Ah thanks for the answer;) Upon researching further into the topic on stack overflow and google, got a link to this article telling me to refer jquell and other stuff, which is mostly related to the answer you have provided!
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/16316311/github-pages-and-relative-paths
Thanks!

[ggdio]

Nice, I hope that works !

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