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| base\_sha | string | false | | Specify a different base commit SHA
used for comparing changes |
| diff\_relative | string | false | | Exclude changes outside the current directory
and show path names relative to
it. **NOTE:** This requires you to
specify the top level directory via
the `path` input. |
| dir\_names | string | false | `"false"` | Output unique changed directories instead of
filenames. **NOTE:** This returns `.` for
changed files located in the root
of the project. |
+| dir\_names\_exclude\_root | string | false | `"false"` | Exclude the root directory represented by
`.` from the output when `dir_names`is
set to `true`. |
| dir\_names\_max\_depth | string | false | | Maximum depth of directories to output.
e.g `test/test1/test2` with max depth of
`2` returns `test/test1`. |
| fetch\_depth | string | false | `"50"` | Depth of additional branch history fetched.
**NOTE**: This can be adjusted to
resolve errors with insufficient history. |
| files | string | false | | File and directory patterns to detect
changes using only these list of
file(s) (Defaults to the entire repo)
**NOTE:** Multiline file/directory patterns should not
include quotes. |