From 9b788a6dccb84bc2427020900762fefd384e9381 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Peter Grainger Date: Mon, 7 Nov 2022 05:20:54 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] added some explanation about the branch name --- README.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index c613e70..e65ac39 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ This action creates a new branch with the same commit reference as the branch it ### `branch` -**Optional** The name of the branch to create. Default `"release-candidate"`. +**Optional** The name of the branch to create. Default `"release-candidate"`. If your branch conains forward slashes (`/`) use the full branch reference. Instead of `/long/branch/name` use `refs/heads/long/branch/name`. It's an issue with the GitHub API https://gist.github.com/jasonrudolph/10727108 ### `sha`