This action checks-out your repository under $GITHUB_WORKSPACE, so your workflow can access it.
Only a single commit is fetched by default, for the ref/SHA that triggered the workflow. Set fetch-depth: 0 to fetch all history for all branches and tags. Refer here to learn which commit $GITHUB_SHA points to for different events.
The auth token is persisted in the local git config. This enables your scripts to run authenticated git commands. The token is removed during post-job cleanup. Set persist-credentials: false to opt-out.
When Git 2.18 or higher is not in your PATH, falls back to the REST API to download the files.
- Updated to the node16 runtime by default
- This requires a minimum Actions Runner version of v2.285.0 to run, which is by default available in GHES 3.4 or later.
- uses: actions/checkout@v4
with:
# Repository name with owner. For example, actions/checkout
# Default: ${{ github.repository }}
repository: ''
# Source control provider
# Default: github
provider: ''
# 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.
ref: ''
# 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.
#
# We recommend using a service account with the least permissions necessary. Also
# when generating a new PAT, select the least scopes necessary.
#
# [Learn more about creating and using encrypted secrets](https://help.github.com/en/actions/automating-your-workflow-with-github-actions/creating-and-using-encrypted-secrets)
#
# Default: ${{ github.token }}
token: ''
# SSH key used to fetch the repository. The SSH key is configured with the local
# git config, which enables your scripts to run authenticated git commands. The
# post-job step removes the SSH key.
#
# We recommend using a service account with the least permissions necessary.
#
# [Learn more about creating and using encrypted secrets](https://help.github.com/en/actions/automating-your-workflow-with-github-actions/creating-and-using-encrypted-secrets)
ssh-key: ''
# Known hosts in addition to the user and global host key database. The public SSH
# keys for a host may be obtained using the utility `ssh-keyscan`. For example,
# `ssh-keyscan github.com`. The public key for github.com is always implicitly
# added.
ssh-known-hosts: ''
# Whether to perform strict host key checking. When true, adds the options
# `StrictHostKeyChecking=yes` and `CheckHostIP=no` to the SSH command line. Use
# the input `ssh-known-hosts` to configure additional hosts.
# Default: true
ssh-strict: ''
# The user to use when connecting to the remote SSH host. By default 'git' is
# used.
# Default: git
ssh-user: ''
# Whether to configure the token or SSH key with the local git config
# Default: true
persist-credentials: ''
# 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: ''
# Newline separated paths to exclude when executing `git clean -fdx`
# Default:
clean-exclude: ''
# Clean the repostiory in the post step
# Default: false
post-clean: ''
# Partially clone against a given filter. Overrides sparse-checkout if set.
# Default: null
filter: ''
# Do a sparse checkout on given patterns. Each pattern should be separated with
# new lines.
# Default: null
sparse-checkout: ''
# Specifies whether to use cone-mode when doing a sparse checkout.
# Default: true
sparse-checkout-cone-mode: ''
# Number of commits to fetch. 0 indicates all history for all branches and tags.
# Default: 1
fetch-depth: ''
# Whether to fetch tags, even if fetch-depth > 0.
# Default: false
fetch-tags: ''
# Whether to show progress status output when fetching.
# Default: true
show-progress: ''
# Whether to download Git-LFS files
# Default: false
lfs: ''
# URL to use when fetching Git-LFS files
# Default:
lfs-url: ''
# Credential provider for the Git-LFS server
# Default: github
lfs-url-cred-provider: ''
# Whether to checkout submodules: `true` to checkout submodules or `recursive` to
# recursively checkout submodules.
#
# When the `ssh-key` input is not provided, SSH URLs beginning with
# `[email protected]:` are converted to HTTPS.
#
# Default: false
submodules: ''
# Add repository path as safe.directory for Git global config by running `git
# config --global --add safe.directory <path>`
# Default: false
set-safe-directory: ''
# 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
github-server-url: ''
# Enable core.longpath support
# Default: true
long-paths: ''
# Garbage collect repository before fetch
# Default: false
gc-first: ''- Fetch all history for all tags and branches
- Checkout a different branch
- Checkout HEAD^
- Checkout multiple repos (side by side)
- Checkout multiple repos (nested)
- Checkout multiple repos (private)
- Checkout pull request HEAD commit instead of merge commit
- Checkout pull request on closed event
- Push a commit using the built-in token
- uses: actions/checkout@v3
with:
fetch-depth: 0- uses: actions/checkout@v3
with:
ref: my-branch- uses: actions/checkout@v3
with:
fetch-depth: 2
- run: git checkout HEAD^- name: Checkout
uses: actions/checkout@v3
with:
path: main
- name: Checkout tools repo
uses: actions/checkout@v3
with:
repository: my-org/my-tools
path: my-tools
- If your secondary repository is private you will need to add the option noted in Checkout multiple repos (private)
- name: Checkout
uses: actions/checkout@v3
- name: Checkout tools repo
uses: actions/checkout@v3
with:
repository: my-org/my-tools
path: my-tools
- If your secondary repository is private you will need to add the option noted in Checkout multiple repos (private)
- name: Checkout
uses: actions/checkout@v3
with:
path: main
- name: Checkout private tools
uses: actions/checkout@v3
with:
repository: my-org/my-private-tools
token: ${{ secrets.GH_PAT }} # `GH_PAT` is a secret that contains your PAT
path: my-tools
${{ github.token }}is scoped to the current repository, so if you want to checkout a different repository that is private you will need to provide your own PAT.
- uses: actions/checkout@v3
with:
ref: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha }}on:
pull_request:
branches: [main]
types: [opened, synchronize, closed]
jobs:
build:
runs-on: ubuntu-latest
steps:
- uses: actions/checkout@v3on: push
jobs:
build:
runs-on: ubuntu-latest
steps:
- uses: actions/checkout@v3
- run: |
date > generated.txt
# Note: the following account information will not work on GHES
git config user.name "github-actions[bot]"
git config user.email "41898282+github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com"
git add .
git commit -m "generated"
git pushNOTE: The user email is {user.id}+{user.login}@users.noreply.github.com. See users API: https://api.github.com/users/github-actions%5Bbot%5D
The scripts and documentation in this project are released under the MIT License