#release-engineering (2021-10)

same with private actions

thats a real bummer

but with private actions, there’s a workaround - you can as a step clone the private repo

then call uses on the local checkout

can. you try that?

I don’t understand githubs ‘thing’ with public repos

ya, so the whole community that pays them is snubbed from using the best features

Not sure if that would work in this case since the call_workflow requires calling a repository with a branch version

hm ok I’ll try that later

for now I will write them a sternly worded letter of complaint

Hah! I had the same reaction to this feature. The kinds of things I’d want to DRY up have absolutely no utility to the the wider community. Seems like a silly limitation

Github support got back to me and said that yes, the use of this feature for private repos is GitHub Enterprise only.