Retrieving the default branch name failed

An action fails during the checkout action with the following error:

Determining the default branch
Retrieving the default branch name
Not Found
Waiting 12 seconds before trying again
Retrieving the default branch name
Not Found
Waiting 13 seconds before trying again
Retrieving the default branch name
##[error]Not Found

The checkout action in a workflow is configured as follows:

      steps:
      # checkout podspec repository
      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
        with:
          repository: Bluedot-Innovation/PointSDK-iOS.git
          token: ${{ secrets.REPO_ACCESS_TOKEN }}

However, the same repository with the same configuration has passed an action 21 Apr 2020.

[billputer]

I had the same error message, and my issue was that the token holder didn’t have read access to the repository I was attempting to access. I was able to fix by granting that user read access. You’re trying to access a public repository, so it’s not the same issue.

It looks like you just need to remove the .git from the end of your repository name. It should read repository: Bluedot-Innovation/PointSDK-iOS.

[davewichers]

I have the same problem as @dhamo-pk. Seems like you should be able retrieve a specific branch (main in this example), by either doing this:

repository: Orgn1-Global/voy-frontend@main

or

repository: Orgn1-Global/voy-frontend branch: main

But neither works/seems to be supported. When I go to MY project and look at it in github it says under Settings / Branches / Default branch - main. (Is the default branch).

So seems to me like I shouldn’t have to try to specify the branch as ‘main’ since that is already the default. If it is a permissions issue, then it would be much better if ‘Retrieving the default branch name’ said there was a Permissions error, rather than just ‘Not Found’. HOW/WHY is the default branch name ‘not found’. Can this actions/checkout@v2 action script be improved to explain WHY?