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/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

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/git-command-manager.ts

@@ -44,7 +44,6 @@ export interface IGitCommandManager {
   getWorkingDirectory(): string
   init(): Promise<void>
   isDetached(): Promise<boolean>
-  lfsCheckout(): Promise<void>
   lfsFetch(ref: string): Promise<void>
   lfsInstall(): Promise<void>
   log1(format?: string): Promise<string>
@@ -341,10 +340,6 @@ class GitCommandManager {
     return !output.stdout.trim().startsWith('refs/heads/')
   }
 
-  async lfsCheckout(): Promise<void> {
-    await this.execGit(['lfs', 'checkout'])
-  }
-
   async lfsFetch(ref: string): Promise<void> {
     const args = ['lfs', 'fetch', 'origin', ref]
 

src/git-source-provider.ts

@@ -232,11 +232,6 @@ export async function getSource(settings: IGitSourceSettings): Promise<void> {
     await git.checkout(checkoutInfo.ref, checkoutInfo.startPoint)
     core.endGroup()
 
-    // LFS checkout
-    core.startGroup('Checking out LFS objects')
-    await git.lfsCheckout()
-    core.endGroup()
-
     // Submodules
     if (settings.submodules) {
       // Temporarily override global config