CHANGELOG.md

Changelog

v4.1.2

• Fix: Disable sparse checkout whenever sparse-checkout option is not present @dscho in https://github.com/actions/checkout/pull/1598

v4.1.1

• Correct link to GitHub Docs by @peterbe in https://github.com/actions/checkout/pull/1511
• Link to release page from what's new section by @cory-miller in https://github.com/actions/checkout/pull/1514

v4.1.0

• Add support for partial checkout filters

v4.0.0

• Support fetching without the --progress option
• Update to node20

v3.6.0

• Fix: Mark test scripts with Bash'isms to be run via Bash
• Add option to fetch tags even if fetch-depth > 0

v3.5.3

• Fix: Checkout fail in self-hosted runners when faulty submodule are checked-in
• Fix typos found by codespell
• Add support for sparse checkouts

v3.5.2

• Fix api endpoint for GHES

v3.5.1

• Fix slow checkout on Windows

v3.5.0

• Add new public key for known_hosts

v3.4.0

• Upgrade codeql actions to v2
• Upgrade dependencies
• Upgrade @actions/io

v3.3.0

• Implement branch list using callbacks from exec function
• Add in explicit reference to private checkout options
• Fix comment typos (that got added in #770)

v3.2.0

• Add GitHub Action to perform release
• Fix status badge
• Replace datadog/squid with ubuntu/squid Docker image
• Wrap pipeline commands for submoduleForeach in quotes
• Update @actions/io to 1.1.2
• Upgrading version to 3.2.0

v3.1.0

• Use @actions/core saveState and getState
• Add github-server-url input

v3.0.2

• Add input set-safe-directory

v3.0.1

• Fixed an issue where checkout failed to run in container jobs due to the new git setting safe.directory
• Bumped various npm package versions

v3.0.0

• Update to node 16

v2.3.1

• Fix default branch resolution for .wiki and when using SSH

v2.3.0

• Fallback to the default branch

v2.2.0

• Fetch all history for all tags and branches when fetch-depth=0

v2.1.1

• Changes to support GHES (here and here)

v2.1.0

• Group output
• Changes to support GHES alpha release
• Persist core.sshCommand for submodules
• Add support ssh
• Convert submodule SSH URL to HTTPS, when not using SSH
• Add submodule support
• Follow proxy settings
• Fix ref for pr closed event when a pr is merged
• Fix issue checking detached when git less than 2.22

v2.0.0

• Do not pass cred on command line
• Add input persist-credentials
• Fallback to REST API to download repo

v2 (beta)

• Improved fetch performance
  • The default behavior now fetches only the SHA being checked-out
• Script authenticated git commands
  • Persists with.token in the local git config
  • Enables your scripts to run authenticated git commands
  • Post-job cleanup removes the token
  • Coming soon: Opt out by setting with.persist-credentials to false
• Creates a local branch
  • No longer detached HEAD when checking out a branch
  • A local branch is created with the corresponding upstream branch set
• Improved layout
  • with.path is always relative to github.workspace
  • Aligns better with container actions, where github.workspace gets mapped in
• Removed input submodules

v1

Refer here for the V1 changelog