Github action update re run for a tag

Question

I have this github action that I think is wrong and didn't run for tags.

name: CI
on:
  push:
    branches:
    - master
    - /^v[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+$/

I think that should be:

name: CI
on:
  push:
    branches:
    - master
    tags:
    - v.*

My question is, after I update this ci config, how can I re-run this CI so that it runs on the tags? Or should I create a new tag just because I want this CI to run on it (I think this sounds bad since it means I created another release/tag without any actual updates, only CI config)?

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Answer 1

Since July 2020, you could add a workflow_dispatch event and trigger manually your GitHub ACtion
(the workflow must exist on the default branch for the "Run workflow" button to appear)

That way, you can try and see if it does run based on your new tag criteria.