checkout/README.md

Checkout V2 (beta)

This action checks-out your repository under $GITHUB_WORKSPACE, so your workflow can access it.

By default, the repository that triggered the workflow is checked-out, for the ref/SHA that triggered the event.

Refer here to learn which commit $GITHUB_SHA points to for different events.

Changes in V2:

• Improved fetch performance
  • The default behavior now fetches only the SHA being checked-out
• Script authenticated git commands
  • Persists with.token in the local git config
  • Enables your scripts to run authenticated git commands
  • Post-job cleanup removes the token
  • Coming soon: Opt out by setting with.persist-credentials to false
• Creates a local branch
  • No longer detached HEAD when checking out a branch
  • A local branch is created with the corresponding upstream branch set
• Improved layout
  • with.path is always relative to github.workspace
  • Aligns better with container actions, where github.workspace gets mapped in
• Removed input submodules

Refer here for previous versions.

Usage

- uses: actions/checkout@v2-beta
  with:
    # Repository name
    # Default: ${{ github.repository }}
    repository: ''

    # Ref to checkout (SHA, branch, tag). For the repository that triggered the
    # workflow, defaults to the ref/SHA for the event. Otherwise defaults to master.
    ref: ''

    # Access token for clone repository
    # Default: ${{ github.token }}
    token: ''

    # Relative path under $GITHUB_WORKSPACE to place the repository
    path: ''

    # Whether to execute `git clean -ffdx && git reset --hard HEAD` before fetching
    # Default: true
    clean: ''

    # Number of commits to fetch. 0 indicates all history.
    # Default: 1
    fetch-depth: ''

    # Whether to download Git-LFS files
    # Default: false
    lfs: ''

Checkout a different branch

- uses: actions/checkout@preview
  with:
    ref: some-branch

Checkout a different, private repository

- uses: actions/checkout@preview
  with:
    repository: myAccount/myRepository
    ref: refs/heads/master
    token: ${{ secrets.GitHub_PAT }} # `GitHub_PAT` is a secret that contains your PAT

• ${{ github.token }} is scoped to the current repository, so if you want to checkout another repository that is private you will need to provide your own PAT.

License

The scripts and documentation in this project are released under the MIT License