Feature request: always-false expressions due to event name are errors about actionlint HOT 2 OPEN

Thank you for the suggestion.

Yes, I thought about some kind of constant folding. Since type conversions of expressions of GitHub Actions workflow are quite implicit (for example, 'true' == true is true), it would be hard to apply constant folding in many cases. As you pointed, it would be useful for some specific properties though.
I think adding special check to event_name (#69) and then considering about more generic way would be good.

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Thanks for the response.

To be perfectly honest, I don't fully understand what you're saying. But that's fine, I don't think I need to!

The example I gave is a simplified version of a recent mistake I made with a workflow and I realised that it could be possible for actionlint to point this error out to me. Whether doing so is easy, practical, feasible or even possible is beyond me.

I'm happy either way whether this type of error can be addressed by actionlint or not, just thought it worth mentioning in case it might be useful.

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