Merge 6b8be4cb30 into b684943689

Signed-off-by: Luca Comellini <luca.com@gmail.com>

.github/workflows/test.yml

@@ -295,3 +295,37 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/checkout@v4.1.6
         with:
           path: localClone
+
+  test-output:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      # Clone this repo
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4.1.6
+
+      # Basic checkout using git
+      - name: Checkout basic
+        id: checkout
+        uses: ./
+        with:
+          ref: test-data/v2/basic
+
+      # Verify output
+      - name: Verify output
+        run: |
+          echo "Commit: ${{ steps.checkout.outputs.commit }}"
+          echo "Ref: ${{ steps.checkout.outputs.ref }}"
+
+          if [ "${{ steps.checkout.outputs.ref }}" != "test-data/v2/basic" ]; then
+            echo "Expected ref to be test-data/v2/basic"
+            exit 1
+          fi
+
+          if [ "${{ steps.checkout.outputs.commit }}" != "82f71901cf8c021332310dcc8cdba84c4193ff5d" ]; then
+            echo "Expected commit to be 82f71901cf8c021332310dcc8cdba84c4193ff5d"
+            exit 1
+          fi
+
+      # needed to make checkout post cleanup succeed
+      - name: Fix Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4.1.6

README.md

@@ -29,6 +29,11 @@ Please refer to the [release page](https://github.com/actions/checkout/releases/
     # Otherwise, uses the default branch.
     ref: ''
 
+    # Indicates whether to checkout the default repository branch if the requested ref
+    # does not exist
+    # Default: false
+    default-branch-checkout: ''
+
     # Personal access token (PAT) used to fetch the repository. The PAT is configured
     # with the local git config, which enables your scripts to run authenticated git
     # commands. The post-job step removes the PAT.

__test__/git-auth-helper.test.ts

@@ -815,6 +815,7 @@ async function setup(testName: string): Promise<void> {
     nestedSubmodules: false,
     persistCredentials: true,
     ref: 'refs/heads/main',
+    defaultBranchCheckout: false,
     repositoryName: 'my-repo',
     repositoryOwner: 'my-org',
     repositoryPath: '',

__test__/input-helper.test.ts

@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@ describe('input-helper tests', () => {
     expect(settings.commit).toBeTruthy()
     expect(settings.commit).toBe('1234567890123456789012345678901234567890')
     expect(settings.filter).toBe(undefined)
+    expect(settings.defaultBranchCheckout).toBe(false)
     expect(settings.sparseCheckout).toBe(undefined)
     expect(settings.sparseCheckoutConeMode).toBe(true)
     expect(settings.fetchDepth).toBe(1)

action.yml

@@ -9,6 +9,9 @@ inputs:
       The branch, tag or SHA to checkout. When checking out the repository that
       triggered a workflow, this defaults to the reference or SHA for that
       event.  Otherwise, uses the default branch.
+  default-branch-checkout:
+    description: 'Indicates whether to checkout the default repository branch if the requested ref does not exist'
+    default: false
   token:
     description: >
       Personal access token (PAT) used to fetch the repository. The PAT is configured
@@ -98,6 +101,11 @@ inputs:
   github-server-url:
     description: The base URL for the GitHub instance that you are trying to clone from, will use environment defaults to fetch from the same instance that the workflow is running from unless specified. Example URLs are https://github.com or https://my-ghes-server.example.com
     required: false
+outputs:
+  ref:
+    description: 'The branch, tag or SHA that was checked out'
+  commit:
+    description: 'The commit SHA that was checked out'
 runs:
   using: node20
   main: dist/index.js

dist/index.js

@@ -1280,7 +1280,7 @@ function getSource(settings) {
             else if (settings.sparseCheckout) {
                 fetchOptions.filter = 'blob:none';
             }
-            if (settings.fetchDepth <= 0) {
+            if (settings.fetchDepth <= 0 || settings.defaultBranchCheckout) {
                 // Fetch all branches and tags
                 let refSpec = refHelper.getRefSpecForAllHistory(settings.ref, settings.commit);
                 yield git.fetch(refSpec, fetchOptions);
@@ -1300,7 +1300,22 @@ function getSource(settings) {
             core.endGroup();
             // Checkout info
             core.startGroup('Determining the checkout info');
-            const checkoutInfo = yield refHelper.getCheckoutInfo(git, settings.ref, settings.commit);
+            let checkoutInfo;
+            try {
+                checkoutInfo = yield refHelper.getCheckoutInfo(git, settings.ref, settings.commit);
+            }
+            catch (error) {
+                if (settings.defaultBranchCheckout) {
+                    core.info('Could not determine the checkout info. Trying the default repository branch');
+                    const repositoryDefaultBranch = settings.sshKey
+                        ? yield git.getDefaultBranch(repositoryUrl)
+                        : yield githubApiHelper.getDefaultBranch(settings.authToken, settings.repositoryOwner, settings.repositoryName);
+                    checkoutInfo = yield refHelper.getCheckoutInfo(git, repositoryDefaultBranch, settings.commit);
+                }
+                else {
+                    throw error;
+                }
+            }
             core.endGroup();
             // LFS fetch
             // Explicit lfs-fetch to avoid slow checkout (fetches one lfs object at a time).
@@ -1355,7 +1370,8 @@ function getSource(settings) {
             // Get commit information
             const commitInfo = yield git.log1();
             // Log commit sha
-            yield git.log1("--format='%H'");
+            const commitSHA = yield git.log1('--format=%H');
+            core.setOutput('commit', commitSHA.trim());
             // Check for incorrect pull request merge commit
             yield refHelper.checkCommitInfo(settings.authToken, commitInfo, settings.repositoryOwner, settings.repositoryName, settings.ref, settings.commit, settings.githubServerUrl);
         }
@@ -1767,6 +1783,11 @@ function getInputs() {
         }
         core.debug(`ref = '${result.ref}'`);
         core.debug(`commit = '${result.commit}'`);
+        // Default branch checkout
+        result.defaultBranchCheckout =
+            (core.getInput('default-branch-checkout') || 'false').toUpperCase() ===
+                'TRUE';
+        core.debug(`default-branch-checkout = '${result.defaultBranchCheckout}'`);
         // Clean
         result.clean = (core.getInput('clean') || 'true').toUpperCase() === 'TRUE';
         core.debug(`clean = ${result.clean}`);
@@ -1897,6 +1918,7 @@ function run() {
                 coreCommand.issueCommand('add-matcher', {}, path.join(__dirname, 'problem-matcher.json'));
                 // Get sources
                 yield gitSourceProvider.getSource(sourceSettings);
+                core.setOutput('ref', sourceSettings.ref);
             }
             finally {
                 // Unregister problem matcher

src/git-source-provider.ts

@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ export async function getSource(settings: IGitSourceSettings): Promise<void> {
       fetchOptions.filter = 'blob:none'
     }
 
-    if (settings.fetchDepth <= 0) {
+    if (settings.fetchDepth <= 0 || settings.defaultBranchCheckout) {
       // Fetch all branches and tags
       let refSpec = refHelper.getRefSpecForAllHistory(
         settings.ref,
@@ -193,11 +193,34 @@ export async function getSource(settings: IGitSourceSettings): Promise<void> {
 
     // Checkout info
     core.startGroup('Determining the checkout info')
-    const checkoutInfo = await refHelper.getCheckoutInfo(
+    let checkoutInfo: refHelper.ICheckoutInfo
+    try {
+      checkoutInfo = await refHelper.getCheckoutInfo(
         git,
         settings.ref,
         settings.commit
       )
+    } catch (error) {
+      if (settings.defaultBranchCheckout) {
+        core.info(
+          'Could not determine the checkout info. Trying the default repository branch'
+        )
+        const repositoryDefaultBranch = settings.sshKey
+          ? await git.getDefaultBranch(repositoryUrl)
+          : await githubApiHelper.getDefaultBranch(
+              settings.authToken,
+              settings.repositoryOwner,
+              settings.repositoryName
+            )
+        checkoutInfo = await refHelper.getCheckoutInfo(
+          git,
+          repositoryDefaultBranch,
+          settings.commit
+        )
+      } else {
+        throw error
+      }
+    }
     core.endGroup()
 
     // LFS fetch
@@ -261,7 +284,8 @@ export async function getSource(settings: IGitSourceSettings): Promise<void> {
     const commitInfo = await git.log1()
 
     // Log commit sha
-    await git.log1("--format='%H'")
+    const commitSHA = await git.log1('--format=%H')
+    core.setOutput('commit', commitSHA.trim())
 
     // Check for incorrect pull request merge commit
     await refHelper.checkCommitInfo(

src/git-source-settings.ts

@@ -19,6 +19,11 @@ export interface IGitSourceSettings {
    */
   ref: string
 
+  /**
+   * Indicates whether to checkout the default repository branch if the requested ref does not exist
+   */
+  defaultBranchCheckout: boolean
+
   /**
    * The commit to checkout
    */

src/input-helper.ts

@@ -78,6 +78,12 @@ export async function getInputs(): Promise<IGitSourceSettings> {
   core.debug(`ref = '${result.ref}'`)
   core.debug(`commit = '${result.commit}'`)
 
+  // Default branch checkout
+  result.defaultBranchCheckout =
+    (core.getInput('default-branch-checkout') || 'false').toUpperCase() ===
+    'TRUE'
+  core.debug(`default-branch-checkout = '${result.defaultBranchCheckout}'`)
+
   // Clean
   result.clean = (core.getInput('clean') || 'true').toUpperCase() === 'TRUE'
   core.debug(`clean = ${result.clean}`)

src/main.ts

@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ async function run(): Promise<void> {
 
       // Get sources
       await gitSourceProvider.getSource(sourceSettings)
+      core.setOutput('ref', sourceSettings.ref)
     } finally {
       // Unregister problem matcher
       coreCommand.issueCommand('remove-matcher', {owner: 'checkout-git'}, '')