Error: Error: Command failed: git push heroku HEAD:refs/heads/main --force. 'heroku' does not appear to be a git repository

[mattfranciswork0]

Fixed it! It was because my HEROKU_API_SECRET are an environment secret instead of a repository secret

Error I am getting in Github actions:

I think it might be an unfixed bug based on this issue:
#84

However, in the case that it is not, here are the steps on what I did:

1. Created my main.yaml:

name: Deploy

on:
    push:
        branches:
            - main

jobs:
    build:
        runs-on: ubuntu-latest
        steps:
            - uses: actions/checkout@v2
            - uses: akhileshns/heroku-deploy@v3.12.12 # This is the action
              with:
                  heroku_api_key: ${{secrets.HEROKU_API_KEY}}
                  heroku_app_name: "gh-actions-heroku" #Must be unique in Heroku
         

2. I made sure that HEROKU_API_KEY is a secret in the github repo:
   

3. Pushed local repo to heroku remote repo

heroku git:remote -a gh-actions-heroku
git push heroku main

Proof that:
gh-actions-heroku is an app in my Heroku dashboard

Proof that it was pushed to heroku remote repo:

Yet I am still receiving the issue. Am I doing anything wrong?

[fabianobonomini]

same problem here

[dzcpy]

Aame issue. What's the solution?

[danielricecodes]

I just ran into this problem; however my HEROKU_API_KEY had been set and working for nearly 6 months. I suspect Heroku may have auto-rotated my API key because all I did was update the key and now this script is working again.

TL;DR: Visit https://dashboard.heroku.com/account and update your key on Github.