Is there any way to write a filter for a single command rather than an entire job?

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Is there any way to run single command like this:

run:
          name: Version Check
          command: echo "do something"

if branch !== ‘main’

I know you can do this

filters:
            branches:
              ignore: main

But I’m wondering if that filter can be applied to a single command rather than the entire workflow.

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Hi @jmarx ,

The syntax will be different than when applying a filter for a job, but it is possible to set conditional steps using the when key.

Here are some pages in our documentation/knowledge base regarding conditional steps:

https://circleci.com/docs/2.0/configuration-reference/#the-when-step-requires-version-21
https://support.circleci.com/hc/en-us/articles/360043638052-Conditional-steps-in-jobs-and-conditional-workflows

I believe for your use case, you can use a combination of not and equals, and pass in the branch name main.

Please have a look at the above pages, and let us know if you have any additional questions!