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# Github trigger matches multiple artifacts on trigger (.tf files)

### Issue <a href="#issue" id="issue"></a>

An organization may run into an issue where they have a pipeline setup which triggers on change in Github Enterprise. The expected artifact should look similar to this.

```
- displayName: "changed terraform file"

      id: changed-terraform-file

      defaultArtifact:

        customKind: true

        id: default-tf-artifact

      matchArtifact:

        name: ".*\\.tf.*"

        type: github/file

      useDefaultArtifact: true
```

This will work fine when there is only one commit with a change in one `*.tf` file, but it fails as soon as there are multiple commits with changes in multiple `*.tf` files. Here is an example error code.

```
Failed on startup: Expected artifact ExpectedArtifact(matchArtifact=Artifact(type=github/file, customKind=false, name=.*\.tf.*, version=null, location=null, reference=null, metadata={}, artifactAccount=null, provenance=null, uuid=null), usePriorArtifact=false, useDefaultArtifact=true, defaultArtifact=Artifact(type=null, customKind=true, name=null, version=null, location=null, reference=null, metadata={id=default-tf-artifact}, artifactAccount=null, provenance=null, uuid=null), id=changed-terraform-file, boundArtifact=null) matches multiple artifacts [Artifact(type=github/file, customKind=false, name=main.tf, version=dc461903a063ce78fbf4d6f9ce8ccda6696db6cf, location=null, reference=https://git01.pfsfhq.com/api/v3/repos/ops/terraform-demo/contents/main.tf, metadata={}, artifactAccount=null, provenance=null, uuid=null), Artifact(type=github/file, customKind=false, name=test.tf, version=dc461903a063ce78fbf4d6f9ce8ccda6696db6cf, location=null, reference=https://git01.pfsfhq.com/api/v3/repos/ops/terraform-demo/contents/test.tf, metadata={}, artifactAccount=null, provenance=null, uuid=null)]
```

### Cause <a href="#cause" id="cause"></a>

This was at the time an intended behaviour for Spinnaker environments using Github Enterprise. There has been a community outreach regarding this issue and as a result, changes have been implemented. The following is a similar and related Github Issue that was used as a foundation for the work done. <https://github.com/spinnaker/spinnaker/issues/3643>