manual-deployment.yml

# This is a basic workflow to help you get started with Actions
name: Manual Deployment

# Set the job to run manually
on:
  workflow_dispatch:
    # Set the input variables you want to pull in
    inputs:
      branch:
        description: 'Branch to deploy'
        required: true
        default: 'Dev'
      app_list:
        description: 'Comma separated list of apps to deploy'
        required: true
        default: 'App1,App2'

jobs:
  Deploy_Apps:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
    - run: |
        echo "Running deployment of branch ${{ github.event.inputs.branch }}!"
        echo "- Deploying the following Apps: ${{ github.event.inputs.app_list }}!"