Config.yml help with iOS builds

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I am trying to use the following config to build my iOS app, I double checked the documentation but I am having various issues while trying to run some job only on the master branch.

Here is my config.yml:

version: 2.1

aliases:
 - &restore_gem_cache
   name: Restore gem cache
   keys:
     - gem-cache-v1-{{ arch }}-{{ .Branch }}-{{ checksum "Gemfile.lock" }}
     - gem-cache-v1-{{ arch }}-{{ .Branch }}
     # Fall back to using the latest cache if no exact match is found.
     - gem-cache-v1
 - &save_gem_cache
   name: Save gem cache
   key: gem-cache-v1-{{ arch }}-{{ .Branch }}-{{ checksum "Gemfile.lock" }}
   paths:
     - vendor/bundle
 - &bundle_install
   name: Install Gems via Bundler
   command: bundle install --path vendor/bundle
 - &restore_pods_cache
   name: Restore pods cache
   key: 1-pods-{{ checksum "Podfile.lock" }}
 - &save_pods_cache
   name: Save pods cache
   key: 1-pods-{{ checksum "Podfile.lock" }}
   paths: ./Pods
 - &pod_install
   name: Install Pods
   command: |
     if [ ! -d "Pods" ]
     then
       curl https://cocoapods-specs.circleci.com/fetch-cocoapods-repo-from-s3.sh | bash -s cf
       bundle exec pod install
     fi
 - &restore_git_cache
   name: Restore GIT cache
   keys:
     - source-v1-{{ .Branch }}-{{ .Revision }}
     - source-v1-{{ .Branch }}-
     # Fall back to using the latest cache if no exact match is found.
     - source-v1-
 - &save_git_cache
   name: Save GIT cache
   key: source-v1-{{ .Branch }}-{{ .Revision }}
   paths:
     - .git

workflows:
  version: 2
  build-deploy:
    jobs:
    - build:
      filters:
        branches:
          only:
            - master
            - develop
            - circle-ci-project-setup
            - /rc-.*/
    - deploy:
      requires:
        - build
      filters:
        branches:
          only:
            - master

jobs:
  build:
    macos:
      xcode: 11.3.0
    steps:
     - restore_cache: *restore_git_cache
     - checkout
     - save_cache: *save_git_cache
     - restore_cache: *restore_gem_cache
     - run: *bundle_install
     - save_cache: *save_gem_cache
     - restore_cache: *restore_pods_cache
     - run: pod install #*pod_install
     - save_cache: *save_pods_cache
     - run: fastlane tests # Run tests using Fastlane

     # Collect XML test results data to show in the UI, and save the same XML
     # files under test-results folder in the Artifacts tab
     - store_test_results:
         path: test_output
     - store_artifacts:
         path: test_output
         destination: scan-output
  deploy:
    macos:
      xcode: 11.3.0
    steps:
      - run: fastlane upload_release

I am having two main issues:

  1. The conditional branching logic does not work, I pushed the config on my circle-ci-project-setup branch but the deploy job gets triggered every time.
  2. The Pods caching logic does not work in my case (even if this is being logged: Pod installation complete! There are 25 dependencies from the Podfile and 47 total pods installed. Skipping cache generation, cache already exists for key: 1-pods-3gdLQRz20oqo91RssvPgaTsQ41cP0jBbF_c1ONeeEhg= Found one created at 2020-05-22 15:59:18 +0000 UTC), I took it from the documentation/best practices, in logs after $ fastlane tests is being run, I am getting errors relative to the pod installation:
    error: /Users/distiller/project/Pods/Pods/Target Support Files/Pods-Project_Name/Pods-Project_Name.debug.xcconfig: unable to open file (in target “Project_Name” in project “Project_Name”) (in target ‘Project_Name’ from project ‘Project_Name’)

I also tried validating the conditional jobs running following config by running “circleci config validate” in a shell for the following snippet but it does not get validated (the same validation error is triggered after pushing the commit):

workflows:
  version: 2
  build-deploy:
    jobs:
    - build:
      filters:
        branches:
          only:
            - master
            - develop
            - circle-ci-project-setup
            - /rc-.*/
    - deploy:
      requires:
        - build
      filters:
        branches:
          only:
            - master

jobs:
  build:
    macos:
      xcode: 11.3.0
    steps:
      - run: echo "build job started..."
  deploy:
    macos:
      xcode: 11.3.0
    steps:
      - run: echo "deploy job started..."

I get the following error:

Error: ERROR IN CONFIG FILE:
    [#/workflows/build-deploy] only 1 subschema matches out of 2
    1. [#/workflows/build-deploy/jobs/1] 0 subschemas matched instead of one
    |   1. [#/workflows/build-deploy/jobs/1] 2 schema violations found
    |   |   1. [#/workflows/build-deploy/jobs/1] maximum size: [1], found: [2]
    |   |   |   SCHEMA:
    |   |   |     maxProperties: 1
    |   |   |   INPUT:
    |   |   |     deploy: null
    |   |   |     requires:
    |   |   |     - build
    |   |   |     filters:
    |   |   |       branches:
    |   |   |         only:
    |   |   |         - master
    |   |   2. [#/workflows/build-deploy/jobs/1/requires] expected type: Mapping, found: Sequence
    |   |   |   SCHEMA:
    |   |   |     type: object
    |   |   |   INPUT:
    |   |   |     - build
    |   2. [#/workflows/build-deploy/jobs/1] expected type: String, found: Mapping
    |   |   SCHEMA:
    |   |     type: string
    |   |   INPUT:
    |   |     deploy: null
    |   |     requires:
    |   |     - build
    |   |     filters:
    |   |       branches:
    |   |         only:
    |   |         - master

Thanks in advance for your support, I am relatively new to CI, the messages are misleading and unclear for me.