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 +1,13 @@
 # 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
+* Dependency updates by @dependabot- https://github.com/actions/checkout/pull/1777, https://github.com/actions/checkout/pull/1872
+
 ## v4.1.7
 * Bump the minor-npm-dependencies group across 1 directory with 4 updates by @dependabot in https://github.com/actions/checkout/pull/1739
 * Bump actions/checkout from 3 to 4 by @dependabot in https://github.com/actions/checkout/pull/1697

__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) {
+        else if (upperRef.startsWith('REFS/')) {
-            result.ref = commit;
+            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": "4.1.7",
+  "version": "4.2.1",
   "lockfileVersion": 3,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "checkout",
-      "version": "4.1.7",
+      "version": "4.2.1",
       "license": "MIT",
       "dependencies": {
         "@actions/core": "^1.10.1",

package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "checkout",
-  "version": "4.1.7",
+  "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) {
+  else if (upperRef.startsWith('REFS/')) {
-    result.ref = commit
+    result.ref = commit ? commit : ref
   }
   // Unqualified ref, check for a matching branch or tag
   else {