How to limit pipeline or workflow only on 1 branch? Or, how to prevent pipeline from be called on branch without config.yml?

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I have a repo with test as default branch, and I want to make circleci start build only on that branch. That means, when I push to any other branch, no pipeline should be runned. (At most times, the other branches won’t have .circleci/config.yml.)

I added those to my .circleci/config.yml as described in https://support.circleci.com/hc/en-us/articles/115015953868-Filter-workflows-by-branch-

workflows:
  build-workflow:
    jobs:
      - build:
          filters:
            branches:
              only: test

But when I push to an other branch without those config, a build is still triggered and errored.

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:grimacing: Still waiting for answer. I thought it is a easy question…

3

Hi @mercury233 ,

Thank you for sharing your question with us!

This error will appear if a config.yml file is not present for any branches regardless if a filter is set or not.

A way to resolve this error would be to pull in the config.yml file from your default branch, or create a dummy config like the following in every branch you wish to not build on CircleCI:

workflows:
  build-workflow:
    jobs:
      - build:
          filters:
            branches:
              ignore: /.*/

The result of this change would be that you would no longer see any “failed” workflows, but would start to see “no workflows” like what happens when a tagged build is not executed.

Please let me know if you have any additional questions or concerns regarding this.

Best Regards

4

I had this in my default branch:

But the problem still exists:
https://app.circleci.com/pipelines/github/mercury233/ygopro/57/workflows/f2fddca0-4652-4f30-88cc-278aecafa690/jobs/32

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:innocent: Still waiting for answer.

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:innocent: Still waiting for answer.

7

:innocent: Still still waiting for answer.

8

Hi @mercury233,

My apologies if my previous message was not clear. Could you confirm if the branches you are seeing the error for also have a config.yml file? I believe the error will show if it does not find a config.yml file in the branch that triggered the build.

Best Regards

9

Them don’t have config.yml, and my question is

how to prevent pipeline from be called on branch without config.yml?

10

Hi mercury233, same problem here. Any solution?

11

Nothing except place mails from circleci to spam :innocent: