Question

Your team wants a workflow that automatically builds and deploys the application to a staging server every time code is merged into the main branch, with no manual steps required. Which GitHub Actions capability best fits this need?

Accepted Answer

Configure a workflow triggered by a push event to the main branch that runs build and deployment jobs

Answer

Configure a scheduled workflow using a cron expression to deploy every hour

Answer

Configure a workflow triggered on the pull_request event so it deploys when a PR is opened

Answer

Configure a workflow_dispatch trigger so a maintainer manually starts the deployment each time