Fail to sync when target branch has Branch protection rule

[maze88]

Overview

With a target_sync_branch that has a Branch protection rule configured and with target_branch_push_args: --force, I receive the following error:

Pushing synced data to target branch.
remote: error: GH006: Protected branch update failed for refs/heads/my-target-branch.        
remote: error: Changes must be made through a pull request.

Expected behavior

For the sync to occur successfully, even though the target branch is protected.

Additional details

• The Branch protection rule is configured to:
  • Require a pull request before merging (with Require approvals=1).
  • Allow force pushes (by Everyone).
• Here is the step from my workflow (with some substitutions for clarity):

  steps:
  - name: Checkout target repo
    uses: actions/checkout@v3
    with:
      ref: ${{ matrix.branch }}  # master & our release branch
  - uses: aormsby/[email protected]
    with:
      git_config_user: my-ci-cd
      git_config_email: [email protected]
      upstream_sync_repo: the-upstream-owner/${{ github.event.repository.name }}
      upstream_sync_branch: master
      target_repo_token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
      target_sync_branch: ${{ matrix.branch }}
      target_branch_push_args: --force

Conclusion

There is the possibility that this is user error - that I'm missing some setting or input in the action or branch rule settings - if so then I'd be very happy for some guidance...!
Otherwise, a feature to support such a case may be desired by more users...