下面是一个适用于push和pull_request事件的完整工作流

name: whichBranch
on: [pull_request, push]

jobs:
  which_branch:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - name: Extract branch name on push
        if: github.event_name != 'pull_request'
        shell: bash
        run: echo "::set-env name=BRANCH_NAME::$(echo ${GITHUB_REF#refs/heads/})"
        id: extract_branch

      - name: Extract branch name on pull request
        if: github.event_name == 'pull_request'
        run: echo "::set-env name=BRANCH_NAME::$(echo ${GITHUB_HEAD_REF})"

      - name: Print branch name
        run: echo 'The branch name is' $BRANCH_NAME

为了获得delete事件上的ref名称，我最终使用了sed。

on:
  delete:
...
steps:
  - name: Do something
    shell: bash
    run: |
      refname=$(sed -e s:refs/heads/::g -e s:/:-:g <<< ${{ github.event.ref }})

剪掉指针/头/并将斜杠转换为破折号，例如。引用/heads/feature/somefeature到feature-somefeature

要处理pull_request事件(在这种情况下，$GITHUB_REF包含一些无用的东西，如refs/pull/519/merge)，你可以使用这一行:

   - name: Set branch name
     run: echo "::set-output name=branch_name::$(echo ${GITHUB_HEAD_REF:-${GITHUB_REF#refs/heads/}})"

如何在Github行动中获得当前的分支?

假设${{github。Ref}}类似于refs/heads/mybranch，你可以使用以下方法提取分支名称:

steps:
  - name: Prints the current branch name
    run: echo "${GITHUB_BRANCH##*/}"
    env:
      GITHUB_BRANCH: ${{ github.ref }}

如果你的分支包含斜杠(比如feature/foo)，使用下面的语法:

steps:
  - name: Prints the current branch name
    run: echo "${GITHUB_REF#refs/heads/}"

致谢:@rmunn评论

或者使用已接受答案的方法，这里是更短的版本(lint友好):

steps:
  - name: Get the current branch name
    shell: bash
    run: echo "::set-output name=branch::${GITHUB_REF#refs/heads/}"
    id: myref

然后在其他步骤中引用${{steps.myref.outputs.branch}}。

注:

上述方法仅适用于基于unix的映像(Linux和macOS)。 对于文档，请阅读:GitHub Actions的上下文和表达式语法。

注意，如果你在pull request触发器上执行你的GitHub动作，那么GITHUB_REF变量将包含类似refs/pull/421/merge这样的东西，所以如果你尝试git push到那个名字，它很可能会失败。

你可以在YAML中使用GitHub上下文中的引用。比如:${{github。head_ref}}

https://help.github.com/en/actions/automating-your-workflow-with-github-actions/contexts-and-expression-syntax-for-github-actions#github-context

现在$ {{github。Ref}}是获取分支名称的正确方法。 请记住${{github。Ref}}有refs/heads/..前缀