From 3d587e6bcd0e7d2cdc49a7b5c12461e3db0ebff1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: David Crossley <david@indexdata.com>
Date: Mon, 10 Aug 2026 14:00:37 +1000
Subject: [PATCH] Exclude schedule-deployment from default branch DEVOPS-8235

---
 .github/workflows/schedule-deployment.yml | 14 ++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/schedule-deployment.yml b/.github/workflows/schedule-deployment.yml
index f78d1ef..2fde1d4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/schedule-deployment.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/schedule-deployment.yml
@@ -15,15 +15,21 @@ jobs:
   schedule-deployment:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
+      - name: Show documentation
+        run: |
+          echo "Documentation: ${{ env.documentation }}" | tee -a "$GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY"
+
+      - name: Fail if attempt dispatch on default branch
+        if: github.ref_name == github.event.repository.default_branch
+        run: |
+          echo "The workflow_dispatch is only available for non-default branches." | tee -a "$GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY"
+          exit 1
+
       - name: Checkout repository
         uses: actions/checkout@v7
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
 
-      - name: Show documentation
-        run: |
-          echo "Documentation: ${{ env.documentation }}" | tee -a "$GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY"
-
       - name: Verify inputs
         id: verify-inputs
         env: