From 00c0b19a6e955e95f1cf5b279ed008f6318f463c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Joseph Flinn <joseph.s.flinn@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 1 Jun 2021 11:15:52 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] programmatically constraining releases to the rc branch

---
 .github/workflows/release.yml | 9 +++++++++
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 7fa63cb419..5e7a791058 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -17,6 +17,15 @@ jobs:
       repo_url: ${{ steps.gen_vars.outputs.repo_url }}
       adj_build_number: ${{ steps.gen_vars.outputs.adj_build_number }}
     steps:
+      - name: Branch check
+        run: |
+          if [[ "$GITHUB_REF" != "refs/heads/rc" ]]; then
+            echo "==================================="
+            echo "[!] Can only release from rc branch"
+            echo "==================================="
+            exit 1
+          fi
+      
       - name: Checkout repo
         uses: actions/checkout@5a4ac9002d0be2fb38bd78e4b4dbde5606d7042f