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Workflows can break if you ran "Update System Files" against a specific branch
I just realised that you can break your workflows if you "Update System Files" to a branch and then delete that branch.
You wont be able to run any workflows anymore.
https://github.com/byndit-demo/App-B/actions/runs/8137886646
The workaround here is to copy the workflows from another repo and update these locally.
I just thought it might be useful to document that somewhere.
The easiest workaround is to recreate the branch and then run update to something else.
Which I can easily recreate if you like. Typically you would only use branches like this for testing a fix (instructed by us) - and if the branch is deleted, we can recreate it. But... - you are right, we should document this when we instruct people in testing a fix.
And... - maybe I should add this to the troubleshooting workflow - test whether the actions branch exist - and describe how to fix it - probably a good idea.