Prepare 4.2.1 release (#1925)

This workflow file publishes new action releases to the immutable action package of the same name as this repo.

This is part of the Immutable Actions project which is not yet fully released to the public. First party actions like this one are part of our initial testing of this feature.

.github/workflows/close-bugs-bot.yml

@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-name: Close Action Bugs Bot
-on:
-  workflow_dispatch:
-  schedule:
-    - cron: '0 0 * * *' # every day at midnight
-jobs:
-  stale:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/stale@v8
-        with:
-          close-issue-message: "This issue does not seem to be a problem with the runner application, it concerns the GitHub actions platform more generally. Could you please post your feedback on the [GitHub Community Support Forum](https://github.com/orgs/community/discussions/categories/actions) which is actively monitored. Using the forum ensures that we route your problem to the correct team. 😃"
-          exempt-issue-labels: "keep"
-          stale-issue-label: "actions-bug"
-          only-labels: "actions-bug"
-          days-before-stale: 0
-          days-before-close: 1

.github/workflows/close-features-bot.yml

@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-name: Close Features Bot
-on:
-  workflow_dispatch:
-  schedule:
-    - cron: '0 0 * * *' # every day at midnight
-jobs:
-  stale:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/stale@v8
-        with:
-          close-issue-message: "Thank you for your interest in the runner application and taking the time to provide your valuable feedback. We kindly ask you to redirect this feedback to the [GitHub Community Support Forum](https://github.com/orgs/community/discussions/categories/actions-and-packages) which our team actively monitors and would be a better place to start a discussion for new feature requests in GitHub Actions. For more information on this policy please [read our contribution guidelines](https://github.com/actions/runner#contribute). 😃"
-          exempt-issue-labels: "keep"
-          stale-issue-label: "actions-feature"
-          only-labels: "actions-feature"
-          days-before-stale: 0
-          days-before-close: 1

.github/workflows/publish-immutable-actions.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+name: 'Publish Immutable Action Version'
+
+on:
+  release:
+    types: [published]
+
+jobs:
+  publish:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    permissions:
+      contents: read
+      id-token: write
+      packages: write
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Checking out
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - name: Publish
+        id: publish
+        uses: actions/publish-immutable-action@0.0.3

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## v4.2.1
+* Check out other refs/* by commit if provided, fall back to ref by @orhantoy in https://github.com/actions/checkout/pull/1924
+
 ## v4.2.0
 
 * Add Ref and Commit outputs by @lucacome in https://github.com/actions/checkout/pull/1180

__test__/ref-helper.test.ts

@@ -77,6 +77,16 @@ describe('ref-helper tests', () => {
     expect(checkoutInfo.startPoint).toBeFalsy()
   })
 
+  it('getCheckoutInfo refs/ without commit', async () => {
+    const checkoutInfo = await refHelper.getCheckoutInfo(
+      git,
+      'refs/non-standard-ref',
+      ''
+    )
+    expect(checkoutInfo.ref).toBe('refs/non-standard-ref')
+    expect(checkoutInfo.startPoint).toBeFalsy()
+  })
+
   it('getCheckoutInfo unqualified branch only', async () => {
     git.branchExists = jest.fn(async (remote: boolean, pattern: string) => {
       return true

dist/index.js

@@ -2005,8 +2005,8 @@ function getCheckoutInfo(git, ref, commit) {
             result.ref = ref;
         }
         // refs/
-        else if (upperRef.startsWith('REFS/') && commit) {
-            result.ref = commit;
+        else if (upperRef.startsWith('REFS/')) {
+            result.ref = commit ? commit : ref;
         }
         // Unqualified ref, check for a matching branch or tag
         else {

package-lock.json

@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "checkout",
-  "version": "4.2.0",
+  "version": "4.2.1",
   "lockfileVersion": 3,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "checkout",
-      "version": "4.2.0",
+      "version": "4.2.1",
       "license": "MIT",
       "dependencies": {
         "@actions/core": "^1.10.1",

package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "checkout",
-  "version": "4.2.0",
+  "version": "4.2.1",
   "description": "checkout action",
   "main": "lib/main.js",
   "scripts": {

src/ref-helper.ts

@@ -46,8 +46,8 @@ export async function getCheckoutInfo(
     result.ref = ref
   }
   // refs/
-  else if (upperRef.startsWith('REFS/') && commit) {
-    result.ref = commit
+  else if (upperRef.startsWith('REFS/')) {
+    result.ref = commit ? commit : ref
   }
   // Unqualified ref, check for a matching branch or tag
   else {