Merge 6b8be4cb30 into 08c6903cd8

* use node 24

* update other parts to node 24

* bump to major version, audit fix, changelog

* update licenses

* update dist

* update major version

* will do separate pr for v5 and will do a minor version for previous changes

.github/workflows/check-dist.yml

@@ -24,10 +24,10 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4.1.6
 
-      - name: Set Node.js 20.x
+      - name: Set Node.js 24.x
         uses: actions/setup-node@v4
         with:
-          node-version: 20.x
+          node-version: 24.x
 
       - name: Install dependencies
         run: npm ci

.github/workflows/test.yml

@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - uses: actions/setup-node@v4
         with:
-          node-version: 20.x
+          node-version: 24.x
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4.1.6
       - run: npm ci
       - run: npm run build

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

@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ on:
         type: choice
         description: The major version to update
         options:
+          - v5
           - v4
           - v3
           - v2

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## V5.0.0
+* Update actions checkout to use node 24 by @salmanmkc in https://github.com/actions/checkout/pull/2226
+
+
 ## V4.3.0
 * docs: update README.md by @motss in https://github.com/actions/checkout/pull/1971
 * Add internal repos for checking out multiple repositories by @mouismail in https://github.com/actions/checkout/pull/1977

README.md

@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 [![Build and Test](https://github.com/actions/checkout/actions/workflows/test.yml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/actions/checkout/actions/workflows/test.yml)
 
+# Checkout V5
+
+Checkout v5 now supports Node.js 24
+
 # Checkout V4
 
 This action checks-out your repository under `$GITHUB_WORKSPACE`, so your workflow can access it.
@@ -36,7 +40,7 @@ Please refer to the [release page](https://github.com/actions/checkout/releases/
 
 <!-- start usage -->
 ```yaml
-- uses: actions/checkout@v4
+- uses: actions/checkout@v5
   with:
     # Repository name with owner. For example, actions/checkout
     # Default: ${{ github.repository }}
@@ -47,6 +51,11 @@ Please refer to the [release page](https://github.com/actions/checkout/releases/
     # Otherwise, uses the default branch.
     ref: ''
 
+    # Indicates whether to checkout the default repository branch if the requested ref
+    # does not exist
+    # Default: false
+    default-branch-checkout: ''
+
     # 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.
@@ -149,24 +158,32 @@ Please refer to the [release page](https://github.com/actions/checkout/releases/
 
 # Scenarios
 
-- [Fetch only the root files](#Fetch-only-the-root-files)
-- [Fetch only the root files and `.github` and `src` folder](#Fetch-only-the-root-files-and-github-and-src-folder)
-- [Fetch only a single file](#Fetch-only-a-single-file)
-- [Fetch all history for all tags and branches](#Fetch-all-history-for-all-tags-and-branches)
-- [Checkout a different branch](#Checkout-a-different-branch)
-- [Checkout HEAD^](#Checkout-HEAD)
-- [Checkout multiple repos (side by side)](#Checkout-multiple-repos-side-by-side)
-- [Checkout multiple repos (nested)](#Checkout-multiple-repos-nested)
-- [Checkout multiple repos (private)](#Checkout-multiple-repos-private)
-- [Checkout pull request HEAD commit instead of merge commit](#Checkout-pull-request-HEAD-commit-instead-of-merge-commit)
-- [Checkout pull request on closed event](#Checkout-pull-request-on-closed-event)
-- [Push a commit using the built-in token](#Push-a-commit-using-the-built-in-token)
-- [Push a commit to a PR using the built-in token](#Push-a-commit-to-a-PR-using-the-built-in-token)
+- [Checkout V5](#checkout-v5)
+- [Checkout V4](#checkout-v4)
+    - [Note](#note)
+- [What's new](#whats-new)
+- [Usage](#usage)
+- [Scenarios](#scenarios)
+  - [Fetch only the root files](#fetch-only-the-root-files)
+  - [Fetch only the root files and `.github` and `src` folder](#fetch-only-the-root-files-and-github-and-src-folder)
+  - [Fetch only a single file](#fetch-only-a-single-file)
+  - [Fetch all history for all tags and branches](#fetch-all-history-for-all-tags-and-branches)
+  - [Checkout a different branch](#checkout-a-different-branch)
+  - [Checkout HEAD^](#checkout-head)
+  - [Checkout multiple repos (side by side)](#checkout-multiple-repos-side-by-side)
+  - [Checkout multiple repos (nested)](#checkout-multiple-repos-nested)
+  - [Checkout multiple repos (private)](#checkout-multiple-repos-private)
+  - [Checkout pull request HEAD commit instead of merge commit](#checkout-pull-request-head-commit-instead-of-merge-commit)
+  - [Checkout pull request on closed event](#checkout-pull-request-on-closed-event)
+  - [Push a commit using the built-in token](#push-a-commit-using-the-built-in-token)
+  - [Push a commit to a PR using the built-in token](#push-a-commit-to-a-pr-using-the-built-in-token)
+- [Recommended permissions](#recommended-permissions)
+- [License](#license)
 
 ## Fetch only the root files
 
 ```yaml
-- uses: actions/checkout@v4
+- uses: actions/checkout@v5
   with:
     sparse-checkout: .
 ```
@@ -174,7 +191,7 @@ 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@v4
+- uses: actions/checkout@v5
   with:
     sparse-checkout: |
       .github
@@ -184,7 +201,7 @@ Please refer to the [release page](https://github.com/actions/checkout/releases/
 ## Fetch only a single file
 
 ```yaml
-- uses: actions/checkout@v4
+- uses: actions/checkout@v5
   with:
     sparse-checkout: |
       README.md
@@ -194,7 +211,7 @@ Please refer to the [release page](https://github.com/actions/checkout/releases/
 ## Fetch all history for all tags and branches
 
 ```yaml
-- uses: actions/checkout@v4
+- uses: actions/checkout@v5
   with:
     fetch-depth: 0
 ```
@@ -202,7 +219,7 @@ Please refer to the [release page](https://github.com/actions/checkout/releases/
 ## Checkout a different branch
 
 ```yaml
-- uses: actions/checkout@v4
+- uses: actions/checkout@v5
   with:
     ref: my-branch
 ```
@@ -210,7 +227,7 @@ Please refer to the [release page](https://github.com/actions/checkout/releases/
 ## Checkout HEAD^
 
 ```yaml
-- uses: actions/checkout@v4
+- uses: actions/checkout@v5
   with:
     fetch-depth: 2
 - run: git checkout HEAD^
@@ -220,12 +237,12 @@ Please refer to the [release page](https://github.com/actions/checkout/releases/
 
 ```yaml
 - name: Checkout
-  uses: actions/checkout@v4
+  uses: actions/checkout@v5
   with:
     path: main
 
 - name: Checkout tools repo
-  uses: actions/checkout@v4
+  uses: actions/checkout@v5
   with:
     repository: my-org/my-tools
     path: my-tools
@@ -236,10 +253,10 @@ Please refer to the [release page](https://github.com/actions/checkout/releases/
 
 ```yaml
 - name: Checkout
-  uses: actions/checkout@v4
+  uses: actions/checkout@v5
 
 - name: Checkout tools repo
-  uses: actions/checkout@v4
+  uses: actions/checkout@v5
   with:
     repository: my-org/my-tools
     path: my-tools
@@ -250,12 +267,12 @@ Please refer to the [release page](https://github.com/actions/checkout/releases/
 
 ```yaml
 - name: Checkout
-  uses: actions/checkout@v4
+  uses: actions/checkout@v5
   with:
     path: main
 
 - name: Checkout private tools
-  uses: actions/checkout@v4
+  uses: actions/checkout@v5
   with:
     repository: my-org/my-private-tools
     token: ${{ secrets.GH_PAT }} # `GH_PAT` is a secret that contains your PAT
@@ -268,7 +285,7 @@ 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@v4
+- uses: actions/checkout@v5
   with:
     ref: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha }}
 ```
@@ -284,7 +301,7 @@ jobs:
   build:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v5
 ```
 
 ## Push a commit using the built-in token
@@ -295,7 +312,7 @@ jobs:
   build:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v5
       - run: |
           date > generated.txt
           # Note: the following account information will not work on GHES
@@ -317,7 +334,7 @@ jobs:
   build:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v5
         with:
           ref: ${{ github.head_ref }}
       - run: |

__test__/git-auth-helper.test.ts

@@ -815,6 +815,7 @@ async function setup(testName: string): Promise<void> {
     nestedSubmodules: false,
     persistCredentials: true,
     ref: 'refs/heads/main',
+    defaultBranchCheckout: false,
     repositoryName: 'my-repo',
     repositoryOwner: 'my-org',
     repositoryPath: '',

__test__/input-helper.test.ts

@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@ describe('input-helper tests', () => {
     expect(settings.commit).toBeTruthy()
     expect(settings.commit).toBe('1234567890123456789012345678901234567890')
     expect(settings.filter).toBe(undefined)
+    expect(settings.defaultBranchCheckout).toBe(false)
     expect(settings.sparseCheckout).toBe(undefined)
     expect(settings.sparseCheckoutConeMode).toBe(true)
     expect(settings.fetchDepth).toBe(1)

action.yml

@@ -9,6 +9,9 @@ inputs:
       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.
+  default-branch-checkout:
+    description: 'Indicates whether to checkout the default repository branch if the requested ref does not exist'
+    default: false
   token:
     description: >
       Personal access token (PAT) used to fetch the repository. The PAT is configured
@@ -104,6 +107,6 @@ outputs:
   commit:
     description: 'The commit SHA that was checked out'
 runs:
-  using: node20
+  using: node24
   main: dist/index.js
   post: dist/index.js

dist/index.js

@@ -1278,7 +1278,7 @@ function getSource(settings) {
             else if (settings.sparseCheckout) {
                 fetchOptions.filter = 'blob:none';
             }
-            if (settings.fetchDepth <= 0) {
+            if (settings.fetchDepth <= 0 || settings.defaultBranchCheckout) {
                 // Fetch all branches and tags
                 let refSpec = refHelper.getRefSpecForAllHistory(settings.ref, settings.commit);
                 yield git.fetch(refSpec, fetchOptions);
@@ -1298,7 +1298,22 @@ function getSource(settings) {
             core.endGroup();
             // Checkout info
             core.startGroup('Determining the checkout info');
-            const checkoutInfo = yield refHelper.getCheckoutInfo(git, settings.ref, settings.commit);
+            let checkoutInfo;
+            try {
+                checkoutInfo = yield refHelper.getCheckoutInfo(git, settings.ref, settings.commit);
+            }
+            catch (error) {
+                if (settings.defaultBranchCheckout) {
+                    core.info('Could not determine the checkout info. Trying the default repository branch');
+                    const repositoryDefaultBranch = settings.sshKey
+                        ? yield git.getDefaultBranch(repositoryUrl)
+                        : yield githubApiHelper.getDefaultBranch(settings.authToken, settings.repositoryOwner, settings.repositoryName);
+                    checkoutInfo = yield refHelper.getCheckoutInfo(git, repositoryDefaultBranch, settings.commit);
+                }
+                else {
+                    throw error;
+                }
+            }
             core.endGroup();
             // LFS fetch
             // Explicit lfs-fetch to avoid slow checkout (fetches one lfs object at a time).
@@ -1763,6 +1778,11 @@ function getInputs() {
         }
         core.debug(`ref = '${result.ref}'`);
         core.debug(`commit = '${result.commit}'`);
+        // Default branch checkout
+        result.defaultBranchCheckout =
+            (core.getInput('default-branch-checkout') || 'false').toUpperCase() ===
+                'TRUE';
+        core.debug(`default-branch-checkout = '${result.defaultBranchCheckout}'`);
         // Clean
         result.clean = (core.getInput('clean') || 'true').toUpperCase() === 'TRUE';
         core.debug(`clean = ${result.clean}`);

package-lock.json

@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "checkout",
-  "version": "4.3.0",
+  "version": "5.0.0",
   "lockfileVersion": 3,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "checkout",
-      "version": "4.3.0",
+      "version": "5.0.0",
       "license": "MIT",
       "dependencies": {
         "@actions/core": "^1.10.1",
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
       },
       "devDependencies": {
         "@types/jest": "^29.5.12",
-        "@types/node": "^20.12.12",
+        "@types/node": "^24.1.0",
         "@types/uuid": "^9.0.8",
         "@typescript-eslint/eslint-plugin": "^7.9.0",
         "@typescript-eslint/parser": "^7.9.0",
@@ -1515,12 +1515,12 @@
       "dev": true
     },
     "node_modules/@types/node": {
-      "version": "20.12.12",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@types/node/-/node-20.12.12.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-eWLDGF/FOSPtAvEqeRAQ4C8LSA7M1I7i0ky1I8U7kD1J5ITyW3AsRhQrKVoWf5pFKZ2kILsEGJhsI9r93PYnOw==",
+      "version": "24.1.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@types/node/-/node-24.1.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-ut5FthK5moxFKH2T1CUOC6ctR67rQRvvHdFLCD2Ql6KXmMuCrjsSsRI9UsLCm9M18BMwClv4pn327UvB7eeO1w==",
       "dev": true,
       "dependencies": {
-        "undici-types": "~5.26.4"
+        "undici-types": "~7.8.0"
       }
     },
     "node_modules/@types/stack-utils": {
@@ -6865,9 +6865,9 @@
       }
     },
     "node_modules/undici-types": {
-      "version": "5.26.5",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/undici-types/-/undici-types-5.26.5.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-JlCMO+ehdEIKqlFxk6IfVoAUVmgz7cU7zD/h9XZ0qzeosSHmUJVOzSQvvYSYWXkFXC+IfLKSIffhv0sVZup6pA==",
+      "version": "7.8.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/undici-types/-/undici-types-7.8.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-9UJ2xGDvQ43tYyVMpuHlsgApydB8ZKfVYTsLDhXkFL/6gfkp+U8xTGdh8pMJv1SpZna0zxG1DwsKZsreLbXBxw==",
       "dev": true
     },
     "node_modules/universal-user-agent": {

package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "checkout",
-  "version": "4.3.0",
+  "version": "5.0.0",
   "description": "checkout action",
   "main": "lib/main.js",
   "scripts": {
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@types/jest": "^29.5.12",
-    "@types/node": "^20.12.12",
+    "@types/node": "^24.1.0",
     "@types/uuid": "^9.0.8",
     "@typescript-eslint/eslint-plugin": "^7.9.0",
     "@typescript-eslint/parser": "^7.9.0",

src/git-source-provider.ts

@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ export async function getSource(settings: IGitSourceSettings): Promise<void> {
       fetchOptions.filter = 'blob:none'
     }
 
-    if (settings.fetchDepth <= 0) {
+    if (settings.fetchDepth <= 0 || settings.defaultBranchCheckout) {
       // Fetch all branches and tags
       let refSpec = refHelper.getRefSpecForAllHistory(
         settings.ref,
@@ -193,11 +193,34 @@ export async function getSource(settings: IGitSourceSettings): Promise<void> {
 
     // Checkout info
     core.startGroup('Determining the checkout info')
-    const checkoutInfo = await refHelper.getCheckoutInfo(
-      git,
-      settings.ref,
-      settings.commit
-    )
+    let checkoutInfo: refHelper.ICheckoutInfo
+    try {
+      checkoutInfo = await refHelper.getCheckoutInfo(
+        git,
+        settings.ref,
+        settings.commit
+      )
+    } catch (error) {
+      if (settings.defaultBranchCheckout) {
+        core.info(
+          'Could not determine the checkout info. Trying the default repository branch'
+        )
+        const repositoryDefaultBranch = settings.sshKey
+          ? await git.getDefaultBranch(repositoryUrl)
+          : await githubApiHelper.getDefaultBranch(
+              settings.authToken,
+              settings.repositoryOwner,
+              settings.repositoryName
+            )
+        checkoutInfo = await refHelper.getCheckoutInfo(
+          git,
+          repositoryDefaultBranch,
+          settings.commit
+        )
+      } else {
+        throw error
+      }
+    }
     core.endGroup()
 
     // LFS fetch

src/git-source-settings.ts

@@ -19,6 +19,11 @@ export interface IGitSourceSettings {
    */
   ref: string
 
+  /**
+   * Indicates whether to checkout the default repository branch if the requested ref does not exist
+   */
+  defaultBranchCheckout: boolean
+
   /**
    * The commit to checkout
    */

src/input-helper.ts

@@ -78,6 +78,12 @@ export async function getInputs(): Promise<IGitSourceSettings> {
   core.debug(`ref = '${result.ref}'`)
   core.debug(`commit = '${result.commit}'`)
 
+  // Default branch checkout
+  result.defaultBranchCheckout =
+    (core.getInput('default-branch-checkout') || 'false').toUpperCase() ===
+    'TRUE'
+  core.debug(`default-branch-checkout = '${result.defaultBranchCheckout}'`)
+
   // Clean
   result.clean = (core.getInput('clean') || 'true').toUpperCase() === 'TRUE'
   core.debug(`clean = ${result.clean}`)

src/misc/generate-docs.ts

@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ function updateUsage(
 }
 
 updateUsage(
-  'actions/checkout@v4',
+  'actions/checkout@v5',
   path.join(__dirname, '..', '..', 'action.yml'),
   path.join(__dirname, '..', '..', 'README.md')
 )