Merge 3c3e99848b into 1af3b93b68

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,8 +1,17 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## V6.0.0
+* Persist creds to a separate file by @ericsciple in https://github.com/actions/checkout/pull/2286
+* Update README to include Node.js 24 support details and requirements by @salmanmkc in https://github.com/actions/checkout/pull/2248
+
+## V5.0.1
+* Port v6 cleanup to v5 by @ericsciple in https://github.com/actions/checkout/pull/2301
+
 ## V5.0.0
 * Update actions checkout to use node 24 by @salmanmkc in https://github.com/actions/checkout/pull/2226
 
+## V4.3.1
+* Port v6 cleanup to v4 by @ericsciple in https://github.com/actions/checkout/pull/2305
 
 ## V4.3.0
 * docs: update README.md by @motss in https://github.com/actions/checkout/pull/1971

README.md

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [![Build and Test](https://github.com/actions/checkout/actions/workflows/test.yml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/actions/checkout/actions/workflows/test.yml)
 
-# Checkout v6-beta
+# Checkout v6
 
 ## What's new
 
@@ -112,6 +112,8 @@ Please refer to the [release page](https://github.com/actions/checkout/releases/
     clean: ''
 
     # Partially clone against a given filter. Overrides sparse-checkout if set.
+    # Note that when a filter is provided, fetch-depth is still respected; you
+    # may want to specify `fetch-depth: 0` to ensure the full history is fetched.
     # Default: null
     filter: ''
 

action.yml

@@ -59,8 +59,9 @@ inputs:
     default: true
   filter:
     description: >
-      Partially clone against a given filter.
+      Partially clone against a given filter. Overrides sparse-checkout if set.
-      Overrides sparse-checkout if set.
+      Note that when a filter is provided, fetch-depth is still respected; you
+      may want to specify `fetch-depth: 0` to ensure the full history is fetched.
     default: null
   sparse-checkout:
     description: >