Remote branch "actions/authors-update" checked out locally.
Branch "actions/authors-update" does not yet exist on remote.
Error: Command failed with exit code 128 (Unknown system error -128): git checkout -b actions/authors-update
at makeError (/home/runner/work/_actions/gr2m/create-or-update-pull-request-action/v1.x/dist/index.js:5673:11)
at handlePromise (/home/runner/work/_actions/gr2m/create-or-update-pull-request-action/v1.x/dist/index.js:7624:26)
at processTicksAndRejections (internal/process/task_queues.js:93:5)
at async runShellCommand (/home/runner/work/_actions/gr2m/create-or-update-pull-request-action/v1.x/dist/index.js:707:32)
at async checkOutRemoteBranch (/home/runner/work/_actions/gr2m/create-or-update-pull-request-action/v1.x/dist/index.js:699:5)
at async main (/home/runner/work/_actions/gr2m/create-or-update-pull-request-action/v1.x/dist/index.js:567:32) {
command: 'git checkout -b actions/authors-update',
exitCode: 128,
exitCodeName: 'Unknown system error -128',
stdout: '',
stderr: "fatal: A branch named 'actions/authors-update' already exists.",
all: "fatal: A branch named 'actions/authors-update' already exists.",
failed: true,
timedOut: false,
isCanceled: false,
killed: false,
signal: undefined
Perhaps I'm just misunderstanding how the
branchproperty in the config is supposed to work, but in using it after the initial run where it was created the Action is failing on every subsequent run with the assertion thatgit checkout -b <branch>already exists.Here's an example run:
https://github.com/bnb/node/runs/1327432876
Here's the error: