How to add a workflow with an existing yml file, and the existing file doesn't exist in "main" branch

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How to add a workflow with an existing yml file? And the existing file doesn't exist in "main" branch.

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@nirav-gajera Thanks for your comments.

From step 4, I cannot find the button "Set up a workflow yourself". I have to click "New Workflow" button, then there is a button called "Set up a workflow yourself".

For step 5, the branch was set to "main" branch by default, if I switch to other branch, it will be navigated to 404 error

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Hi there @binpanoutlook
I was just searching for an answer to this myself.
So, when you fork a repo that has a workflow in it, by default github doesn't enable them and you have to manually do that.
Previously people would have to delete and recreate the yaml action file, for example through the settings > pages option to deploy certain websites with a github action (for example a jekyll blog that is built with ruby).
However, that is not the case anymore. All you have to do is to go to the actions tab, and then enable the workflows. Then it will list the current workflows which you can then start manually, instead of having to make a dummy commit to trigger it 😉
Hope that helps!