Merge 65f77605c0 into c2d88d3ecc

- Updated README.md examples to reference @v6
- Updated all workflow files to use actions/checkout@v6

.github/workflows/check-dist.yml

@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
 
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4.1.6
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
 
       - name: Set Node.js 24.x
         uses: actions/setup-node@v4

.github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml

@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
     - name: Checkout repository
-      uses: actions/checkout@v4.1.6
+      uses: actions/checkout@v6
 
     - name: Initialize CodeQL
       uses: github/codeql-action/init@v3

.github/workflows/licensed.yml

@@ -9,6 +9,6 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     name: Check licenses
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4.1.6
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
       - run: npm ci
       - run: npm run licensed-check

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

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - name: Checking out
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
       - name: Publish
         id: publish
         uses: actions/publish-immutable-action@0.0.3

.github/workflows/test.yml

@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/setup-node@v4
         with:
           node-version: 24.x
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4.1.6
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
       - run: npm ci
       - run: npm run build
       - run: npm run format-check
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       # Clone this repo
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4.1.6
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
 
       # Basic checkout
       - name: Checkout basic
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       # Clone this repo
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4.1.6
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
 
       # Basic checkout using git
       - name: Checkout basic
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       # Clone this repo
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4.1.6
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
 
       # Basic checkout using git
       - name: Checkout basic
@@ -264,7 +264,7 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       # Clone this repo
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4.1.6
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
         with:
           path: localClone
 
@@ -291,8 +291,8 @@ jobs:
           git fetch --no-tags --depth=1 origin +refs/heads/main:refs/remotes/origin/main
 
       # needed to make checkout post cleanup succeed
-      - name: Fix Checkout v4
+      - name: Fix Checkout v6
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4.1.6
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
         with:
           path: localClone
 
@@ -301,7 +301,7 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       # Clone this repo
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4.1.6
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
         with:
           path: actions-checkout
 

.github/workflows/update-main-version.yml

@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ jobs:
     # Note this update workflow can also be used as a rollback tool.
     # For that reason, it's best to pin `actions/checkout` to a known, stable version
     # (typically, about two releases back).
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v4.1.6
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v6
       with:
         fetch-depth: 0
     - name: Git config

.github/workflows/update-test-ubuntu-git.yml

@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ jobs:
  
     steps:
       - name: Checkout repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
 
       # Use `docker/login-action` to log in to GHCR.io. 
       # Once published, the packages are scoped to the account defined here.

README.md

@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ Please refer to the [release page](https://github.com/actions/checkout/releases/
 
 <!-- start usage -->
 ```yaml
-- uses: actions/checkout@v5
+- uses: actions/checkout@v6
   with:
     # Repository name with owner. For example, actions/checkout
     # Default: ${{ github.repository }}
@@ -136,6 +136,11 @@ Please refer to the [release page](https://github.com/actions/checkout/releases/
     # Default: true
     show-progress: ''
 
+    # Path to a local bare git [reference repository to minimize network
+    # usage](https://git-scm.com/docs/git-clone#Documentation/git-clone.txt---reference-if-ableltrepositorygt).
+    # If the directory doesn't exists this option will ignore it and log a message.
+    reference: ''
+
     # Whether to download Git-LFS files
     # Default: false
     lfs: ''
@@ -190,7 +195,7 @@ Please refer to the [release page](https://github.com/actions/checkout/releases/
 ## Fetch only the root files
 
 ```yaml
-- uses: actions/checkout@v5
+- uses: actions/checkout@v6
   with:
     sparse-checkout: .
 ```
@@ -198,7 +203,7 @@ Please refer to the [release page](https://github.com/actions/checkout/releases/
 ## Fetch only the root files and `.github` and `src` folder
 
 ```yaml
-- uses: actions/checkout@v5
+- uses: actions/checkout@v6
   with:
     sparse-checkout: |
       .github
@@ -208,7 +213,7 @@ Please refer to the [release page](https://github.com/actions/checkout/releases/
 ## Fetch only a single file
 
 ```yaml
-- uses: actions/checkout@v5
+- uses: actions/checkout@v6
   with:
     sparse-checkout: |
       README.md
@@ -218,7 +223,7 @@ Please refer to the [release page](https://github.com/actions/checkout/releases/
 ## Fetch all history for all tags and branches
 
 ```yaml
-- uses: actions/checkout@v5
+- uses: actions/checkout@v6
   with:
     fetch-depth: 0
 ```
@@ -226,7 +231,7 @@ Please refer to the [release page](https://github.com/actions/checkout/releases/
 ## Checkout a different branch
 
 ```yaml
-- uses: actions/checkout@v5
+- uses: actions/checkout@v6
   with:
     ref: my-branch
 ```
@@ -234,7 +239,7 @@ Please refer to the [release page](https://github.com/actions/checkout/releases/
 ## Checkout HEAD^
 
 ```yaml
-- uses: actions/checkout@v5
+- uses: actions/checkout@v6
   with:
     fetch-depth: 2
 - run: git checkout HEAD^
@@ -244,12 +249,12 @@ Please refer to the [release page](https://github.com/actions/checkout/releases/
 
 ```yaml
 - name: Checkout
-  uses: actions/checkout@v5
+  uses: actions/checkout@v6
   with:
     path: main
 
 - name: Checkout tools repo
-  uses: actions/checkout@v5
+  uses: actions/checkout@v6
   with:
     repository: my-org/my-tools
     path: my-tools
@@ -260,10 +265,10 @@ Please refer to the [release page](https://github.com/actions/checkout/releases/
 
 ```yaml
 - name: Checkout
-  uses: actions/checkout@v5
+  uses: actions/checkout@v6
 
 - name: Checkout tools repo
-  uses: actions/checkout@v5
+  uses: actions/checkout@v6
   with:
     repository: my-org/my-tools
     path: my-tools
@@ -274,12 +279,12 @@ Please refer to the [release page](https://github.com/actions/checkout/releases/
 
 ```yaml
 - name: Checkout
-  uses: actions/checkout@v5
+  uses: actions/checkout@v6
   with:
     path: main
 
 - name: Checkout private tools
-  uses: actions/checkout@v5
+  uses: actions/checkout@v6
   with:
     repository: my-org/my-private-tools
     token: ${{ secrets.GH_PAT }} # `GH_PAT` is a secret that contains your PAT
@@ -292,7 +297,7 @@ Please refer to the [release page](https://github.com/actions/checkout/releases/
 ## Checkout pull request HEAD commit instead of merge commit
 
 ```yaml
-- uses: actions/checkout@v5
+- uses: actions/checkout@v6
   with:
     ref: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha }}
 ```
@@ -308,7 +313,7 @@ jobs:
   build:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v5
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
 ```
 
 ## Push a commit using the built-in token
@@ -319,7 +324,7 @@ jobs:
   build:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v5
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
       - run: |
           date > generated.txt
           # Note: the following account information will not work on GHES
@@ -341,7 +346,7 @@ jobs:
   build:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v5
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
         with:
           ref: ${{ github.head_ref }}
       - run: |

__test__/git-auth-helper.test.ts

@@ -1048,6 +1048,7 @@ async function setup(testName: string): Promise<void> {
     lfsInstall: jest.fn(),
     log1: jest.fn(),
     remoteAdd: jest.fn(),
+    referenceAdd: jest.fn(),
     removeEnvironmentVariable: jest.fn((name: string) => delete git.env[name]),
     revParse: jest.fn(),
     setEnvironmentVariable: jest.fn((name: string, value: string) => {
@@ -1173,7 +1174,8 @@ async function setup(testName: string): Promise<void> {
     sshUser: '',
     workflowOrganizationId: 123456,
     setSafeDirectory: true,
-    githubServerUrl: githubServerUrl
+    githubServerUrl: githubServerUrl,
+    reference: '/some/path'
   }
 }
 

__test__/git-directory-helper.test.ts

@@ -479,6 +479,7 @@ async function setup(testName: string): Promise<void> {
     lfsInstall: jest.fn(),
     log1: jest.fn(),
     remoteAdd: jest.fn(),
+    referenceAdd: jest.fn(),
     removeEnvironmentVariable: jest.fn(),
     revParse: jest.fn(),
     setEnvironmentVariable: jest.fn(),

__test__/input-helper.test.ts

@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@ describe('input-helper tests', () => {
     expect(settings.repositoryOwner).toBe('some-owner')
     expect(settings.repositoryPath).toBe(gitHubWorkspace)
     expect(settings.setSafeDirectory).toBe(true)
+    expect(settings.reference).toBe(undefined)
   })
 
   it('qualifies ref', async () => {

action.yml

@@ -80,6 +80,12 @@ inputs:
   show-progress:
     description: 'Whether to show progress status output when fetching.'
     default: true
+  reference:
+    required: false
+    description: >
+      Path to a local bare git [reference repository to minimize network usage](https://git-scm.com/docs/git-clone#Documentation/git-clone.txt---reference-if-ableltrepositorygt).
+      
+      If the directory doesn't exists this option will ignore it and log a message.
   lfs:
     description: 'Whether to download Git-LFS files'
     default: false

dist/index.js

@@ -930,6 +930,13 @@ class GitCommandManager {
             yield this.execGit(['remote', 'add', remoteName, remoteUrl]);
         });
     }
+    referenceAdd(alternateObjects) {
+        return __awaiter(this, void 0, void 0, function* () {
+            const alternatePath = path.join(this.workingDirectory, '.git/objects/info/alternates');
+            core.info(`Adding a git alternate to reference repo at ${alternateObjects}`);
+            yield fs.promises.writeFile(alternatePath, `${alternateObjects}\n`);
+        });
+    }
     removeEnvironmentVariable(name) {
         delete this.gitEnv[name];
     }
@@ -1475,6 +1482,17 @@ function getSource(settings) {
                 yield git.init();
                 yield git.remoteAdd('origin', repositoryUrl);
                 core.endGroup();
+                if (settings.reference !== undefined) {
+                    const alternateObjects = path.join(settings.reference, '/objects');
+                    if (fsHelper.directoryExistsSync(alternateObjects, false)) {
+                        core.startGroup('Adding a reference repository');
+                        yield git.referenceAdd(alternateObjects);
+                        core.endGroup();
+                    }
+                    else {
+                        core.warning(`Reference repository was specified, but directory ${alternateObjects} does not exists`);
+                    }
+                }
             }
             // Disable automatic garbage collection
             core.startGroup('Disabling automatic garbage collection');
@@ -2067,6 +2085,8 @@ function getInputs() {
         // Determine the GitHub URL that the repository is being hosted from
         result.githubServerUrl = core.getInput('github-server-url');
         core.debug(`GitHub Host URL = ${result.githubServerUrl}`);
+        result.reference = core.getInput('reference');
+        core.debug(`Reference repository = ${result.reference}`);
         return result;
     });
 }

src/git-command-manager.ts

@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ export interface IGitCommandManager {
   lfsInstall(): Promise<void>
   log1(format?: string): Promise<string>
   remoteAdd(remoteName: string, remoteUrl: string): Promise<void>
+  referenceAdd(reference: string): Promise<void>
   removeEnvironmentVariable(name: string): void
   revParse(ref: string): Promise<string>
   setEnvironmentVariable(name: string, value: string): void
@@ -403,6 +404,15 @@ class GitCommandManager {
     await this.execGit(['remote', 'add', remoteName, remoteUrl])
   }
 
+  async referenceAdd(alternateObjects: string): Promise<void> {
+    const alternatePath = path.join(
+      this.workingDirectory,
+      '.git/objects/info/alternates'
+    )
+    core.info(`Adding a git alternate to reference repo at ${alternateObjects}`)
+    await fs.promises.writeFile(alternatePath, `${alternateObjects}\n`)
+  }
+
   removeEnvironmentVariable(name: string): void {
     delete this.gitEnv[name]
   }

src/git-source-provider.ts

@@ -113,6 +113,18 @@ export async function getSource(settings: IGitSourceSettings): Promise<void> {
       await git.init()
       await git.remoteAdd('origin', repositoryUrl)
       core.endGroup()
+
+      if (settings.reference !== undefined) {
+        const alternateObjects = path.join(settings.reference, '/objects')
+
+        if (fsHelper.directoryExistsSync(alternateObjects, false)) {
+          core.startGroup('Adding a reference repository')
+          await git.referenceAdd(alternateObjects)
+          core.endGroup()
+        } else {
+          core.warning(`Reference repository was specified, but directory ${alternateObjects} does not exists`);
+        }
+      }
     }
 
     // Disable automatic garbage collection

src/git-source-settings.ts

@@ -49,6 +49,11 @@ export interface IGitSourceSettings {
    */
   fetchDepth: number
 
+  /**
+   * The local reference repository
+   */
+  reference: string | undefined
+
   /**
    * Fetch tags, even if fetchDepth > 0 (default: false)
    */
@@ -59,6 +64,11 @@ export interface IGitSourceSettings {
    */
   showProgress: boolean
 
+  /**
+   * The local reference repository
+   */
+  reference: string | undefined
+
   /**
    * Indicates whether to fetch LFS objects
    */

src/input-helper.ts

@@ -161,5 +161,8 @@ export async function getInputs(): Promise<IGitSourceSettings> {
   result.githubServerUrl = core.getInput('github-server-url')
   core.debug(`GitHub Host URL = ${result.githubServerUrl}`)
 
+  result.reference = core.getInput('reference')
+  core.debug(`Reference repository = ${result.reference}`)
+
   return result
 }

src/misc/generate-docs.ts

@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ function updateUsage(
 }
 
 updateUsage(
-  'actions/checkout@v5',
+  'actions/checkout@v6',
   path.join(__dirname, '..', '..', 'action.yml'),
   path.join(__dirname, '..', '..', 'README.md')
 )