Why isn't Porter detecting pushes to a new deployment branch?

If you've updated your Porter YAML files to deploy from a new branch but deployments aren't being triggered on push, make sure that your GitHub workflow files are also present in the target branch.

Common scenarios

• You've updated your Porter YAML to point to a new branch (e.g. from 'main' to 'staging')

• You're pushing code to the new branch but no deployments are triggered

• The workflow files exist in your original branch but not in the new target branch

Solution

Ensure that your GitHub workflow files (typically located in .github/workflows/) are copied to or present in the new branch you want to deploy from. These files contain the necessary triggers and actions for Porter to detect changes and initiate deployments.