Define inputs both for workflow_dispatch and workflow_call

[Makperson]

Hi!

I'm defining most of my workflows as reusable i.e

Workflow 1 - Build docker image
Workflow 2 - Reuse workflow 1 and push image to registry
Workflow 3 (From different repo) - Reuse workflow 2 and deploy image into dev environment

Thanks to this solution, i can trigger workflow 1 each time PR is opened so I have built run for checks, but I can also run it manually, the same applies for workflow 2.

The problem is, that I want to pass some inputs to workflow 2 from workflow 3 (i.e branch to build), but I also want to run workflow 2 manually. My main question is - do I need to define all the inputs twice, if I want them to be present in case the workflow is dispatched or called? (I know that by default, all caller workflow inputs will be passed, but this is not clear solution and I want to have it clearly indicated that I'm passing those variables.

Is it the only way to achieve that?

on:
  workflow_dispatch:
    inputs:
        backend_branch:
        required: true
        type: string
        description: Backend tag
        default: main

  workflow_call:
      inputs:
          backend_branch:
          required: true
          type: string
          description: Backend tag
          default: main

Or this could be somehow assigned both to workflow_dispatch and workflow_call without adding extra lines of code?

[anusreelakshmi934]

Is it possible to avoid duplication of inputs in workflow_call and workflow_dispatch? Can we use shared_inputs between workflow_call and workflow_dispatch ?

[Heyracks4456]

Composite Action ./.github/actions/build-api/action.yml

name: 'Build API'
description: 'Build the API'
runs:
using: 'composite'
steps:
...

Main Workflow

name: Deploy
on:
push:
branches:
- main

jobs:
deploy:
name: Build API
runs-on: ubuntu-latest
steps:
- name: Checkout repo code
uses: actions/checkout@v3
# Configure Environments
- uses: ./.github/actions/build-api

[Heyracks4456]

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