Github action skipping release file

Question

I own an npm package and decided to create Github actions to automate processes effectively.

• main.yml - handle Node CI. on every push to the master branch, the action will install the dependencies and build through multiple operating systems.
• release.yml - required to release a new version to npm and Github Releases. It'll fire on every commit tag which begins with "v" (eg, "v0.1.4").

However, the release.yml action is being skipped while pushing to git with the commit tag.

How to fire the release.yml file? but still, wait for main.yml to finish the entire workflow?

I would appreciate your assistance.

main.yml action:

name: Node Continous Integration

on: 
  push:
    branches: [master]

jobs:
  build:
    name: Build on Node ${{ matrix.node }} and ${{ matrix.os }}

    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
    strategy:
      matrix:
        node: ['10.x', '12.x', '14.x']
        os: [ubuntu-latest, windows-latest, macOS-latest]

    steps:
      - name: Checkout repo
        uses: actions/checkout@v2

      - name: Use Node ${{ matrix.node }}
        uses: actions/setup-node@v1
        with:
          node-version: ${{ matrix.node }}

      - name: Install deps and build (with cache)
        uses: bahmutov/npm-install@v1

      - name: Build
        run: npm run build

release.yml action:

# Name of the workflow
name: Release new version

# Run on every commit tag which begins with "v" (e.g., "v0.1.4")
on:
  push:
    tags:
      - "v*"

jobs:
# Automatically publish a NPM release
  npm-publish:
    name: NPM Release
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    if: ${{ github.ref == 'refs/heads/master' }}
    steps:
      - name: Checkout repo
        uses: actions/checkout@v2
      - name: Use Node ${{ matrix.node }}
        uses: actions/setup-node@v1
        with:
          node-version: ${{ matrix.node }}
      - name: Install deps and build (with cache)
        uses: bahmutov/npm-install@v1
      - name: Publish
        run: npm publish
        env:
          NPM_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NPM_TOKEN }}

# Automatically create a GitHub Release, with release details specified (the relevant commits)
  github-release:
    name: Github Release
    needs: [npm-publish]
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    if: ${{ github.ref == 'refs/heads/master' }}
    steps:
      - uses: "marvinpinto/action-automatic-releases@latest"
        with:
          repo_token: "${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}"
          prerelease: false

Answer 1

The problem is with your if condition inside the jobs. if: ${{ github.ref == 'refs/heads/master' }} In case of tags push, github.ref will be something like refs/tags/v.2.2.2 Since the if condition is not matching the jobs are skipped.

I ran a sample job here to validate it. Link