fix: handle case of invalid file patterns (#950 )

Update README.md
2023-01-18 11:54:46 -07:00 · 2023-01-17 17:27:32 -07:00 · 2023-01-17 17:19:40 -07:00 · 2023-01-17 05:26:20 -07:00 · 2023-01-13 19:34:44 +00:00 · 2023-01-13 12:16:39 -07:00
13 changed files with 525 additions and 227 deletions
--- a/.all-contributorsrc
+++ b/.all-contributorsrc
@@ -159,6 +159,25 @@
      "contributions": [
        "code"
      ]
+    },
+    {
+      "login": "adonisgarciac",
+      "name": "adonisgarciac",
+      "avatar_url": "https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/71078987?v=4",
+      "profile": "https://github.com/adonisgarciac",
+      "contributions": [
+        "code",
+        "doc"
+      ]
+    },
+    {
+      "login": "cfernhout",
+      "name": "Chiel Fernhout",
+      "avatar_url": "https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/22294606?v=4",
+      "profile": "https://github.com/cfernhout",
+      "contributions": [
+        "doc"
+      ]
    }
  ],
  "contributorsPerLine": 7,
--- a/.github/workflows/manual-test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/manual-test.yml
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ name: Manual Test
 on:
  workflow_dispatch:

+
 jobs:
  test:
    name: Test changed-files
--- a/.github/workflows/manual-matrix-test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/manual-matrix-test.yml
@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
-name: Manual Matrix Test
+name: Matrix Test

 on:
  workflow_dispatch:
+  pull_request:
+    branches:
+      - main

 jobs:
  changed-files:
@@ -13,16 +16,14 @@ jobs:
      - name: Checkout
        uses: actions/checkout@v3
        with:
-          fetch-depth: 0 # needed for tj-actions/changed-files
+          fetch-depth: 0
      - name: Get changed files
        id: changed-files
        uses: ./
        with:
          json: true
      - name: List all changed files
-        run: |
-          echo '${{ steps.changed-files.outputs.all_changed_files }}'
-
+        run: echo '${{ steps.changed-files.outputs.all_changed_files }}'
      - id: set-matrix
        run: echo "matrix={\"container\":${{ steps.changed-files.outputs.all_changed_files }}}" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"

--- a/.github/workflows/sync-release-version.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/sync-release-version.yml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ jobs:
          paths: |
            README.md
      - name: Generate CHANGELOG
-        uses: tj-actions/github-changelog-generator@v1.15
+        uses: tj-actions/github-changelog-generator@v1.17
        with:
          output: 'HISTORY.md'
      - name: Create Pull Request
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ name: CI
 on:
  push:
    branches:
-      - main
      - "**"
  pull_request:
    types:
@@ -13,8 +12,8 @@ on:
    branches:
      - main
  pull_request_review:
-    types:
-      - submitted
+    branches:
+      - main

 jobs:
  shellcheck:
@@ -26,8 +25,6 @@ jobs:
        uses: actions/checkout@v3
      - name: shellcheck
        uses: reviewdog/action-shellcheck@v1.16
-        with:
-          github_token: ${{ secrets.PAT_TOKEN }}

  test-multiple-repositories:
    name: Test with multiple repositories
@@ -463,9 +460,9 @@ jobs:
        shell:
          bash
      - name: Check dir_names output
-        if: "!contains(steps.changed-files-dir-names.outputs.all_changed_files, 'test')"
+        if: steps.changed-files-dir-names.outputs.all_changed_files != 'test'
        run: |
-          echo "Invalid output: Expected to include (test) got (${{ steps.changed-files-dir-names.outputs.all_changed_files }})"
+          echo "Invalid output: Expected (test) got (${{ steps.changed-files-dir-names.outputs.all_changed_files }})"
          exit 1
        shell:
          bash
@@ -484,9 +481,9 @@ jobs:
        shell:
          bash
      - name: Check dir_names output
-        if: "!contains(steps.changed-files-dir-names-specific.outputs.all_changed_files, 'test')"
+        if: steps.changed-files-dir-names.outputs.all_changed_files != 'test'
        run: |
-          echo "Invalid output: Expected to include (test) got (${{ steps.changed-files-dir-names-specific.outputs.all_changed_files }})"
+          echo "Invalid output: Expected (test) got (${{ steps.changed-files-dir-names-specific.outputs.all_changed_files }})"
          exit 1
        shell:
          bash
@@ -531,6 +528,18 @@ jobs:
          echo '${{ toJSON(steps.changed-files-json.outputs.all_changed_files) }}'
        shell:
          bash
+      - name: Run changed-files with json raw format
+        id: changed-files-json-raw-format
+        uses: ./
+        with:
+          json: true
+          json_raw_format: true
+      - name: Show output
+        run: |
+          echo '${{ toJSON(steps.changed-files-json-raw-format.outputs) }}'
+          echo '${{ toJSON(steps.changed-files-json-raw-format.outputs.all_changed_files) }}'
+        shell:
+          bash
      - name: Run changed-files with comma separator
        id: changed-files-comma
        uses: ./
@@ -941,18 +950,6 @@ jobs:
          fi
        shell:
          bash
-      - name: Run changed-files with custom sha
-        id: changed-files-custom-sha
-        if: github.event_name == 'pull_request' && github.event.action != 'closed'
-        uses: ./
-        with:
-          sha: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha }}
-      - name: Show output
-        if: github.event.action != 'closed'
-        run: |
-          echo '${{ toJSON(steps.changed-files-custom-sha.outputs) }}'
-        shell:
-          bash
      - name: Get branch name
        id: branch-name
        uses: tj-actions/branch-names@v6
@@ -975,6 +972,31 @@ jobs:
          echo '${{ toJSON(steps.changed-files-custom-base-sha.outputs) }}'
        shell:
          bash
+      - name: Run changed-files with custom sha
+        id: changed-files-custom-sha
+        if: github.event_name == 'pull_request' && github.event.action != 'closed'
+        uses: ./
+        with:
+          sha: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha }}
+      - name: Show output
+        if: github.event.action != 'closed'
+        run: |
+          echo '${{ toJSON(steps.changed-files-custom-sha.outputs) }}'
+        shell:
+          bash
+      - name: Run changed-files with the pull request base sha and head sha
+        id: changed-files-pull-request-base-sha-head-sha
+        if: github.event_name == 'pull_request' && github.event.action != 'closed'
+        uses: ./
+        with:
+          base_sha: ${{ github.event.pull_request.base.sha }}
+          sha: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha }}
+      - name: Show output
+        if: github.event.action != 'closed'
+        run: |
+          echo '${{ toJSON(steps.changed-files-pull-request-base-sha-head-sha.outputs) }}'
+        shell:
+          bash
      - name: Run changed-files with specific files (only-changed)
        id: changed-files-specific-only-changed
        uses: ./
--- a/.github/workflows/update-readme.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/update-readme.yml
@@ -9,14 +9,14 @@ jobs:
  sync-assets:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v3.2.0
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
        with:
          fetch-depth: 0

      - name: Run auto-doc
-        uses: tj-actions/auto-doc@v1.6.0
+        uses: tj-actions/auto-doc@v1

-      - name: Run test
+      - name: Run remark
        uses: tj-actions/remark@v3

      - name: Verify Changed files
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ jobs:

      - name: Create Pull Request
        if: failure()
-        uses: peter-evans/create-pull-request@v4.2.3
+        uses: peter-evans/create-pull-request@v4
        with:
          base: "main"
          labels: "merge when passing"
--- a/HISTORY.md
+++ b/HISTORY.md
@@ -1,12 +1,172 @@
 # Changelog

+## [Unreleased](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/tree/HEAD)
+
+[Full Changelog](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/compare/v35.4.1...HEAD)
+
+**Fixed bugs:**
+
+- \[BUG\] Unable find a diff between ... [\#944](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/issues/944)
+
+## [v35.4.1](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/tree/v35.4.1) (2023-01-11)
+
+[Full Changelog](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/compare/v35...v35.4.1)
+
+## [v35](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/tree/v35) (2023-01-11)
+
+[Full Changelog](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/compare/v35.4.0...v35)
+
+**Implemented enhancements:**
+
+- \[Feature\] Specify base branch, not just base-sha [\#941](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/issues/941)
+- \[Feature\] Get contents of deleted file [\#938](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/issues/938)
+
+**Merged pull requests:**
+
+- fix: bug retrieving diff with custom a base sha [\#945](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/pull/945) ([jackton1](https://github.com/jackton1))
+- Updated README.md [\#943](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/pull/943) ([jackton1](https://github.com/jackton1))
+- chore: make since\_last\_remote\_commit optional [\#942](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/pull/942) ([jackton1](https://github.com/jackton1))
+- Upgraded to v35.4.0 [\#937](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/pull/937) ([jackton1](https://github.com/jackton1))
+
+## [v35.4.0](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/tree/v35.4.0) (2023-01-05)
+
+[Full Changelog](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/compare/v35.3.2...v35.4.0)
+
+**Implemented enhancements:**
+
+- \[Feature\] Skip fetching remote refs for non shallow clones [\#924](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/issues/924)
+
+**Fixed bugs:**
+
+- \[BUG\] v35.3.0 Fails to add \[\] around files when with:json: true [\#926](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/issues/926)
+
+**Merged pull requests:**
+
+- Upgraded to v35.3.2 [\#936](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/pull/936) ([jackton1](https://github.com/jackton1))
+- Updated README.md [\#935](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/pull/935) ([jackton1](https://github.com/jackton1))
+- feat: skip fetching remote refs for non shallow clones [\#934](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/pull/934) ([jackton1](https://github.com/jackton1))
+- fix: error overriding the base sha [\#933](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/pull/933) ([jackton1](https://github.com/jackton1))
+- docs: add cfernhout as a contributor for doc [\#932](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/pull/932) ([allcontributors[bot]](https://github.com/apps/allcontributors))
+- Make example consistent and out of the box usable [\#931](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/pull/931) ([cfernhout](https://github.com/cfernhout))
+
+## [v35.3.2](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/tree/v35.3.2) (2023-01-05)
+
+[Full Changelog](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/compare/v35.3.1...v35.3.2)
+
+**Closed issues:**
+
+- Dependency Dashboard [\#27](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/issues/27)
+
+**Merged pull requests:**
+
+- fix\(regression\): invalid json output. [\#930](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/pull/930) ([jackton1](https://github.com/jackton1))
+- chore\(deps\): update actions/checkout action to v3.3.0 [\#929](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/pull/929) ([renovate[bot]](https://github.com/apps/renovate))
+- Upgraded to v35.3.1 [\#928](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/pull/928) ([jackton1](https://github.com/jackton1))
+
+## [v35.3.1](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/tree/v35.3.1) (2023-01-05)
+
+[Full Changelog](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/compare/v35.3.0...v35.3.1)
+
+**Fixed bugs:**
+
+- \[BUG\] `files_ignore` used with `files` not ignoring as expected [\#901](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/issues/901)
+
+**Merged pull requests:**
+
+- fix: json output [\#927](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/pull/927) ([jackton1](https://github.com/jackton1))
+- Upgraded to v35.3.0 [\#925](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/pull/925) ([jackton1](https://github.com/jackton1))
+
+## [v35.3.0](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/tree/v35.3.0) (2023-01-05)
+
+[Full Changelog](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/compare/v35.2.1...v35.3.0)
+
+**Merged pull requests:**
+
+- fix: bug dirnames output [\#923](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/pull/923) ([jackton1](https://github.com/jackton1))
+- chore\(deps\): update tj-actions/auto-doc action to v1.7.3 [\#922](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/pull/922) ([renovate[bot]](https://github.com/apps/renovate))
+- Updated README.md [\#921](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/pull/921) ([jackton1](https://github.com/jackton1))
+- Updated README.md [\#920](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/pull/920) ([jackton1](https://github.com/jackton1))
+- Upgraded to v35.2.1 [\#919](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/pull/919) ([jackton1](https://github.com/jackton1))
+
+## [v35.2.1](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/tree/v35.2.1) (2023-01-02)
+
+[Full Changelog](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/compare/v35.2.0...v35.2.1)
+
+**Fixed bugs:**
+
+- \[BUG\] On pull\_request\_review error [\#906](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/issues/906)
+
+**Merged pull requests:**
+
+- Updated README.md [\#918](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/pull/918) ([jackton1](https://github.com/jackton1))
+- Bump tj-actions/auto-doc from 1.7.1 to 1.7.2 [\#917](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/pull/917) ([dependabot[bot]](https://github.com/apps/dependabot))
+- chore: update readme [\#916](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/pull/916) ([jackton1](https://github.com/jackton1))
+- fix: bug running on pull\_request\_review [\#915](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/pull/915) ([jackton1](https://github.com/jackton1))
+- Updated README.md [\#914](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/pull/914) ([jackton1](https://github.com/jackton1))
+- chore\(deps\): update tj-actions/auto-doc action to v1.7.2 [\#913](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/pull/913) ([renovate[bot]](https://github.com/apps/renovate))
+- Updated README.md [\#912](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/pull/912) ([jackton1](https://github.com/jackton1))
+- chore\(deps\): update tj-actions/auto-doc action to v1.7.1 [\#911](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/pull/911) ([renovate[bot]](https://github.com/apps/renovate))
+- Upgraded to v35.2.0 [\#910](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/pull/910) ([jackton1](https://github.com/jackton1))
+
+## [v35.2.0](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/tree/v35.2.0) (2022-12-30)
+
+[Full Changelog](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/compare/v35.1.2...v35.2.0)
+
+**Merged pull requests:**
+
+- chore: update the test [\#909](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/pull/909) ([jackton1](https://github.com/jackton1))
+- Updated README.md [\#908](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/pull/908) ([jackton1](https://github.com/jackton1))
+- docs: add adonisgarciac as a contributor for code, and doc [\#907](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/pull/907) ([allcontributors[bot]](https://github.com/apps/allcontributors))
+- Upgraded to v35.1.2 [\#905](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/pull/905) ([jackton1](https://github.com/jackton1))
+- add raw-output option for json output [\#900](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/pull/900) ([adonisgarciac](https://github.com/adonisgarciac))
+
+## [v35.1.2](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/tree/v35.1.2) (2022-12-29)
+
+[Full Changelog](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/compare/v35.1.1...v35.1.2)
+
+**Merged pull requests:**
+
+- Updated README.md [\#904](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/pull/904) ([jackton1](https://github.com/jackton1))
+- Updated README.md [\#903](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/pull/903) ([jackton1](https://github.com/jackton1))
+- feat: add support for excluding matched directories [\#902](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/pull/902) ([jackton1](https://github.com/jackton1))
+- chore\(deps\): update tj-actions/github-changelog-generator action to v1.17 [\#899](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/pull/899) ([renovate[bot]](https://github.com/apps/renovate))
+- Upgraded to v35.1.1 [\#898](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/pull/898) ([jackton1](https://github.com/jackton1))
+
+## [v35.1.1](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/tree/v35.1.1) (2022-12-26)
+
+[Full Changelog](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/compare/v35.1.0...v35.1.1)
+
+**Implemented enhancements:**
+
+- \[Feature\] Output which file changed from files input [\#895](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/issues/895)
+
+**Fixed bugs:**
+
+- pipeline failed in tj-action [\#894](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/issues/894)
+
+**Merged pull requests:**
+
+- Updated README.md [\#897](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/pull/897) ([jackton1](https://github.com/jackton1))
+- chore: update the default sha [\#896](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/pull/896) ([jackton1](https://github.com/jackton1))
+- Upgraded to v35.1.0 [\#892](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/pull/892) ([jackton1](https://github.com/jackton1))
+
+## [v35.1.0](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/tree/v35.1.0) (2022-12-19)
+
+[Full Changelog](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/compare/v35.0.1...v35.1.0)
+
+**Implemented enhancements:**
+
+- \[Feature\] Output changes to json files in filesystem for processing [\#688](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/issues/688)
+
+**Merged pull requests:**
+
+- Updated README.md [\#891](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/pull/891) ([jackton1](https://github.com/jackton1))
+- feat: add support for writing outputs to files [\#890](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/pull/890) ([jackton1](https://github.com/jackton1))
+- Upgraded to v35.0.1 [\#889](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/pull/889) ([jackton1](https://github.com/jackton1))
+
 ## [v35.0.1](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/tree/v35.0.1) (2022-12-19)

-[Full Changelog](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/compare/v35...v35.0.1)
-
-## [v35](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/tree/v35) (2022-12-19)
-
-[Full Changelog](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/compare/v35.0.0...v35)
+[Full Changelog](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/compare/v35.0.0...v35.0.1)

 **Implemented enhancements:**

@@ -50,10 +210,6 @@

 - \[BUG\] github actions has depreciated and will remove a feature used in this action 'set-output' see link  [\#865](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/issues/865)

-**Closed issues:**
-
- Dependency Dashboard [\#27](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/issues/27)
-
 **Merged pull requests:**

 - fix: bug using since\_last\_remote\_commit with force push [\#877](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/pull/877) ([jackton1](https://github.com/jackton1))
@@ -624,7 +780,7 @@

 ## [v31.0.0](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/tree/v31.0.0) (2022-09-25)

-[Full Changelog](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/compare/v30...v31.0.0)
+[Full Changelog](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/compare/v30.0.0...v31.0.0)

 **Merged pull requests:**

@@ -637,13 +793,13 @@
 - chore: update broken link [\#642](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/pull/642) ([jackton1](https://github.com/jackton1))
 - Upgraded to v30.0.0 [\#641](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/pull/641) ([jackton1](https://github.com/jackton1))

-## [v30](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/tree/v30) (2022-09-24)
-
-[Full Changelog](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/compare/v30.0.0...v30)
-
 ## [v30.0.0](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/tree/v30.0.0) (2022-09-24)

-[Full Changelog](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/compare/v29.0.9...v30.0.0)
+[Full Changelog](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/compare/v30...v30.0.0)
+
+## [v30](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/tree/v30) (2022-09-24)
+
+[Full Changelog](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/compare/v29.0.9...v30)

 **Fixed bugs:**

--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@

 <!-- ALL-CONTRIBUTORS-BADGE:START - Do not remove or modify this section -->

-[![All Contributors](https://img.shields.io/badge/all_contributors-17-orange.svg?style=flat-square)](#contributors-)
+[![All Contributors](https://img.shields.io/badge/all_contributors-19-orange.svg?style=flat-square)](#contributors-)

 <!-- ALL-CONTRIBUTORS-BADGE:END -->

@@ -19,13 +19,14 @@ Retrieve all changed files and directories relative to the target branch or the

 ## Features

-*   Fast execution (0-2 seconds on average).
+*   Fast execution (0-10 seconds on average).
 *   Easy to debug.
 *   Scales to large repositories.
 *   Git submodules support.
 *   Escaped JSON Output which can be used for running matrix jobs based on changed files.
 *   Optionally list only changed directories.
 *   Restrict the max depth of changed directories.
+*   Optionally save outputs to files at a specified location for further processing.
 *   Monorepos (Fetches only the last remote commit).
 *   Supports all platforms (Linux, MacOS, Windows).
 *   [GitHub-hosted runners](https://docs.github.com/en/actions/using-github-hosted-runners/about-github-hosted-runners) support
@@ -38,6 +39,7 @@ Retrieve all changed files and directories relative to the target branch or the
 *   Restrict change detection to a subset of files and directories:
    *   Boolean output indicating that certain files have been changed.
    *   Using [Glob pattern](https://docs.github.com/en/actions/learn-github-actions/workflow-syntax-for-github-actions#filter-pattern-cheat-sheet) matching.
+        *   Brace expansion

 ## Usage

@@ -47,23 +49,23 @@ Retrieve all changed files and directories relative to the target branch or the
 > *   For monorepos where pulling all the branch history might not be desired, you can omit `fetch-depth` for `pull_request` events.
 > *   For files located in a sub-directory ensure that the pattern specified contains `**/` (globstar) to match any preceding directories or explicitly pass the full path relative to the project root. See: [#314](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/issues/314).
 > *   All multiline inputs should not use double or single qoutes since the value is already a string seperated by a newline character. See [Examples](#examples) for more information.
+> *   Ensure that `persist-credentials` is set to `true` when configuring `actions/checkout` if `fetch-depth` isn't set to `0`.

 ```yaml
 name: CI

 on:
-  # Compare the preceeding commit of main -> to the current commit of the main branch.
-  # (Note: To compare changes between the last pushed commit to the remote main branch set `since_last_remote_commit: true`)
+  # Compare the preceeding commit -> to the current commit of the main branch.
+  # (Note: To compare changes between the current commit to the last pushed remote commit of the main branch set `since_last_remote_commit: true`)
  push:
    branches:
      - main
-  # Compare the last commit of main -> to the current commit of a PR branch. 
-  # (Note: To compare changes between the last pushed commit to the remote PR branch set `since_last_remote_commit: true`)
+  # Compare the last commit of main -> to the current commit of a PR branch.
+  # (Note: To compare changes between the current commit to the last pushed remote commit of a PR branch set `since_last_remote_commit: true`)
  pull_request:
    branches:
      - main

-
 jobs:
  build:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest  # windows-latest | macos-latest
@@ -89,8 +91,7 @@ jobs:
        id: changed-files-specific
        uses: tj-actions/changed-files@v35
        with:
-          files: |
-            docs/**
+          files: docs/*.{js,html}  # Alternatively using: `docs/**` or `docs`

      - name: Run step if any file(s) in the docs folder change
        if: steps.changed-files-specific.outputs.any_changed == 'true'
@@ -99,8 +100,6 @@ jobs:
          echo "List all the files that have changed: ${{ steps.changed-files-specific.outputs.all_changed_files }}"
 ```

-I want to thank everyone supporting and using this project, your are awesome. Special thanks to every contributor.
-
 If you feel generous and want to show some extra appreciation:

 Support this project with a :star:
@@ -128,29 +127,29 @@ Support this project with a :star:

 <!-- AUTO-DOC-OUTPUT:START - Do not remove or modify this section -->

-|             OUTPUT             |  TYPE  |                                                                                                                                  DESCRIPTION                                                                                                                                   |
-|--------------------------------|--------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
-|          added\_files           | string |                                                                                                                   Returns only files that are Added (A).<br>                                                                                                                   |
-| all\_changed\_and\_modified\_files | string |                                                                                                  Returns all changed and modified files i.e.<br>*a combination of (ACMRDTUX)*                                                                                                  |
-|       all\_changed\_files        | string |                                                                                  Returns all changed files i.e. *a combination<br>of all added, copied, modified and renamed<br>files (ACMR)*                                                                                  |
-|       all\_modified\_files       | string |                                                                            Returns all changed files i.e. *a combination<br>of all added, copied, modified, renamed and<br>deleted files (ACMRD)*.                                                                             |
-|   all\_old\_new\_renamed\_files    | string |                                                       Returns only files that are Renamed and<br>list their old and new names. **NOTE:**<br>This requires setting `include_all_old_new_renamed_files` to `true` (R)<br>                                                        |
-|          any\_changed           | string |         Returns `true` when any of the filenames<br>provided using the `files` input has changed.<br>If no `files` have been specified,an empty<br>string `''` is returned. i.e. *using a<br>combination of all added, copied, modified and<br>renamed files (ACMR)*.          |
-|          any\_deleted           | string |                                                  Returns `true` when any of the filenames<br>provided using the `files` input has been<br>deleted. If no `files` have been specified,an<br>empty string `''` is returned. (D)                                                  |
-|          any\_modified          | string | Returns `true` when any of the filenames<br>provided using the `files` input has been<br>modified. If no `files` have been specified,an<br>empty string `''` is returned. i.e. *using<br>a combination of all added, copied, modified,<br>renamed, and deleted files (ACMRD)*. |
-|          copied\_files          | string |                                                                                                                  Returns only files that are Copied (C).<br>                                                                                                                   |
-|         deleted\_files          | string |                                                                                                                  Returns only files that are Deleted (D).<br>                                                                                                                  |
-|         modified\_files         | string |                                                                                                                 Returns only files that are Modified (M).<br>                                                                                                                  |
-|          only\_changed          | string |              Returns `true` when only files provided using<br>the `files` input has changed. If no<br>`files` have been specified,an empty string `''`<br>is returned. i.e. *using a combination of<br>all added, copied, modified and renamed files<br>(ACMR)*.               |
-|          only\_deleted          | string |                                                       Returns `true` when only files provided using<br>the `files` input has been deleted. If<br>no `files` have been specified,an empty string<br>`''` is returned. (D)                                                       |
-|         only\_modified          | string |                                                    Returns `true` when only files provided using<br>the `files` input has been modified. If<br>no `files` have been specified,an empty string<br>`''` is returned.(ACMRD).                                                     |
-|      other\_changed\_files       | string |                                                           Returns all other changed files not listed<br>in the files input i.e. *using a<br>combination of all added, copied, modified and<br>renamed files (ACMR)*.                                                           |
-|      other\_deleted\_files       | string |                                                                               Returns all other deleted files not listed<br>in the files input i.e. *a combination<br>of all deleted files (D)*                                                                                |
-|      other\_modified\_files      | string |                                                             Returns all other modified files not listed<br>in the files input i.e. *a combination<br>of all added, copied, modified, and deleted<br>files (ACMRD)*                                                             |
-|         renamed\_files          | string |                                                                                                                  Returns only files that are Renamed (R).<br>                                                                                                                  |
-|       type\_changed\_files       | string |                                                                                                          Returns only files that have their file<br>type changed (T).                                                                                                          |
-|         unknown\_files          | string |                                                                                                                  Returns only files that are Unknown (X).<br>                                                                                                                  |
-|         unmerged\_files         | string |                                                                                                                 Returns only files that are Unmerged (U).<br>                                                                                                                  |
+|             OUTPUT             |  TYPE  |                                                                                                                                      DESCRIPTION                                                                                                                                       |
+|--------------------------------|--------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
+|          added\_files           | string |                                                                                                                       Returns only files that are Added<br>(A).                                                                                                                        |
+| all\_changed\_and\_modified\_files | string |                                                                                                      Returns all changed and modified files<br>i.e. *a combination of (ACMRDTUX)*                                                                                                      |
+|       all\_changed\_files        | string |                                                                                     Returns all changed files i.e. *a<br> combination of all added, copied, modified<br>and renamed files (ACMR)*                                                                                      |
+|       all\_modified\_files       | string |                                                                                Returns all changed files i.e. *a<br> combination of all added, copied, modified,<br>renamed and deleted files (ACMRD)*.                                                                                |
+|   all\_old\_new\_renamed\_files    | string |                                                           Returns only files that are Renamed<br> and list their old and new<br> names. **NOTE:** This requires setting `include_all_old_new_renamed_files`<br>to `true` (R)                                                           |
+|          any\_changed           | string |         Returns `true` when any of the<br> filenames provided using the `files` input<br> has changed. If no `files` have<br> been specified,an empty string `''` is<br> returned. i.e. *using a combination of<br> all added, copied, modified and renamed<br>files (ACMR)*.          |
+|          any\_deleted           | string |                                                   Returns `true` when any of the<br> filenames provided using the `files` input<br> has been deleted. If no `files`<br> have been specified,an empty string `''`<br>is returned. (D)                                                   |
+|          any\_modified          | string | Returns `true` when any of the<br> filenames provided using the `files` input<br> has been modified. If no `files`<br> have been specified,an empty string `''`<br> is returned. i.e. *using a combination<br> of all added, copied, modified, renamed,<br>and deleted files (ACMRD)*. |
+|          copied\_files          | string |                                                                                                                       Returns only files that are Copied<br>(C).                                                                                                                       |
+|         deleted\_files          | string |                                                                                                                      Returns only files that are Deleted<br>(D).                                                                                                                       |
+|         modified\_files         | string |                                                                                                                      Returns only files that are Modified<br>(M).                                                                                                                      |
+|          only\_changed          | string |                Returns `true` when only files provided<br> using the `files` input has changed.<br> If no `files` have been specified,an<br> empty string `''` is returned. i.e.<br> *using a combination of all added,<br>copied, modified and renamed files (ACMR)*.                 |
+|          only\_deleted          | string |                                                        Returns `true` when only files provided<br> using the `files` input has been<br> deleted. If no `files` have been<br> specified,an empty string `''` is returned.<br>(D)                                                        |
+|         only\_modified          | string |                                                       Returns `true` when only files provided<br> using the `files` input has been<br> modified. If no `files` have been<br>specified,an empty string `''` is returned.(ACMRD).                                                        |
+|      other\_changed\_files       | string |                                                              Returns all other changed files not<br> listed in the files input i.e.<br> *using a combination of all added,<br>copied, modified and renamed files (ACMR)*.                                                              |
+|      other\_deleted\_files       | string |                                                                                 Returns all other deleted files not<br> listed in the files input i.e.<br> *a combination of all deleted files<br>(D)*                                                                                 |
+|      other\_modified\_files      | string |                                                                Returns all other modified files not<br> listed in the files input i.e.<br> *a combination of all added, copied,<br>modified, and deleted files (ACMRD)*                                                                |
+|         renamed\_files          | string |                                                                                                                      Returns only files that are Renamed<br>(R).                                                                                                                       |
+|       type\_changed\_files       | string |                                                                                                              Returns only files that have their<br>file type changed (T).                                                                                                              |
+|         unknown\_files          | string |                                                                                                                      Returns only files that are Unknown<br>(X).                                                                                                                       |
+|         unmerged\_files         | string |                                                                                                                      Returns only files that are Unmerged<br>(U).                                                                                                                      |

 <!-- AUTO-DOC-OUTPUT:END -->

@@ -158,32 +157,34 @@ Support this project with a :star:

 <!-- AUTO-DOC-INPUT:START - Do not remove or modify this section -->

-|               INPUT               |  TYPE  | REQUIRED |        DEFAULT        |                                                                                                             DESCRIPTION                                                                                                             |
-|-----------------------------------|--------|----------|-----------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
-|             base\_sha              | string |  false   |                       |                                                                                  Specify a different base commit SHA used<br>for comparing changes                                                                                  |
-|           diff\_relative           | string |  false   |                       |                           Exclude changes outside the current directory and<br>show path names relative to it. **NOTE:**<br>This requires you to specify the top<br>level directory via the `path` input.                           |
-|             dir\_names             | string |  false   |       `"false"`       |                                         Output unique changed directories instead of filenames.<br>**NOTE:** This returns `.` for changed files<br>located in the root of the project.<br>                                          |
-|        dir\_names\_max\_depth        | string |  false   |                       |                                                          Maximum depth of directories to output. e.g<br>`test/test1/test2` with max depth of `2` returns<br>`test/test1`.                                                           |
-|            fetch\_depth            | string |  false   |        `"50"`         |                                                    Depth of additional branch history fetched. **NOTE**:<br>This can be adjusted to resolve errors<br>with insufficient history.                                                    |
-|               files               | string |  false   |                       |                    File and directory patterns to detect changes<br>using only these list of file(s) (Defaults<br>to the entire repo) **NOTE:** Multiline file/directory<br>patterns should not include quotes.                     |
-|      files\_from\_source\_file       | string |  false   |                       |                                                                                        Source file(s) used to populate the `files`<br>input.                                                                                        |
-|           files\_ignore            | string |  false   |                       |                                                              Ignore changes to these file(s) **NOTE:** Multiline<br>file/directory patterns should not include quotes.                                                              |
-|   files\_ignore\_from\_source\_file   | string |  false   |                       |                                                                                     Source file(s) used to populate the `files_ignore`<br>input                                                                                     |
-|      files\_ignore\_separator       | string |  false   |        `"\n"`         |                                                                                        Separator used to split the `files_ignore` input<br>                                                                                         |
-|          files\_separator          | string |  false   |        `"\n"`         |                                                                                            Separator used to split the `files` input<br>                                                                                            |
-| include\_all\_old\_new\_renamed\_files | string |  false   |       `"false"`       |                                      Include `all_old_new_renamed_files` output. Note this can generate<br>a large output See: [#501](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/issues/501).                                      |
-|               json                | string |  false   |       `"false"`       |                                                                  Output list of changed files in a<br>JSON formatted string which can be used<br>for matrix jobs.                                                                   |
-|      old\_new\_files\_separator      | string |  false   |         `" "`         |                                                                                     Split character for old and new renamed<br>filename pairs.                                                                                      |
-|         old\_new\_separator         | string |  false   |         `","`         |                                                                                         Split character for old and new filename<br>pairs.                                                                                          |
-|            output\_dir             | string |  false   |  `".github/outputs"`  |                                                                                                  Directory to store output files.                                                                                                   |
-|               path                | string |  false   |         `"."`         |                                                                           Specify a relative path under `$GITHUB_WORKSPACE` to<br>locate the repository.                                                                            |
-|             quotepath             | string |  false   |       `"true"`        |                                                        Use non ascii characters to match files<br>and output the filenames completely verbatim by<br>setting this to `false`                                                        |
-|             separator             | string |  false   |         `" "`         |                                                                                                 Split character for output strings                                                                                                  |
-|                sha                | string |  false   | `"${{ github.sha }}"` |                                                                                    Specify a different commit SHA used for<br>comparing changes                                                                                     |
-|               since               | string |  false   |                       |                                                                           Get changed files for commits whose timestamp<br>is older than the given time.                                                                            |
-|     since\_last\_remote\_commit      | string |   true   |       `"false"`       | Use the last commit on the remote<br>branch as the `base_sha`. Defaults to the<br>last non merge commit on the target<br>branch for pull request events and the<br>previous remote commit of the current branch<br>for push events. |
-|               until               | string |  false   |                       |                                                                          Get changed files for commits whose timestamp<br>is earlier than the given time.                                                                           |
-|        write\_output\_files         | string |  false   |       `"false"`       |                                                                                Write outputs to files in the `.github/outputs`<br>folder by default.                                                                                |
+|               INPUT               |  TYPE  | REQUIRED |       DEFAULT       |                                                                                                                 DESCRIPTION                                                                                                                 |
+|-----------------------------------|--------|----------|---------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
+|             base\_sha              | string |  false   |                     |                                                                                      Specify a different base commit SHA<br>used for comparing changes                                                                                      |
+|           diff\_relative           | string |  false   |                     |                            Exclude changes outside the current directory<br> and show path names relative to<br> it. **NOTE:** This requires you to<br> specify the top level directory via<br>the `path` input.                            |
+|             dir\_names             | string |  false   |      `"false"`      |                                             Output unique changed directories instead of<br> filenames. **NOTE:** This returns `.` for<br> changed files located in the root<br>of the project.                                             |
+|        dir\_names\_max\_depth        | string |  false   |                     |                                                              Maximum depth of directories to output.<br> e.g `test/test1/test2` with max depth of<br>`2` returns `test/test1`.                                                              |
+|            fetch\_depth            | string |  false   |       `"50"`        |                                                       Depth of additional branch history fetched.<br> **NOTE**: This can be adjusted to<br>resolve errors with insufficient history.                                                        |
+|               files               | string |  false   |                     |                     File and directory patterns to detect<br> changes using only these list of<br> file(s) (Defaults to the entire repo)<br> **NOTE:** Multiline file/directory patterns should not<br>include quotes.                      |
+|      files\_from\_source\_file       | string |  false   |                     |                                                                                            Source file(s) used to populate the<br>`files` input.                                                                                            |
+|           files\_ignore            | string |  false   |                     |                                                                Ignore changes to these file(s) **NOTE:**<br> Multiline file/directory patterns should not include<br>quotes.                                                                |
+|   files\_ignore\_from\_source\_file   | string |  false   |                     |                                                                                         Source file(s) used to populate the<br>`files_ignore` input                                                                                         |
+|      files\_ignore\_separator       | string |  false   |       `"\n"`        |                                                                                             Separator used to split the `files_ignore`<br>input                                                                                             |
+|          files\_separator          | string |  false   |       `"\n"`        |                                                                                                Separator used to split the `files`<br>input                                                                                                 |
+| include\_all\_old\_new\_renamed\_files | string |  false   |      `"false"`      |                                          Include `all_old_new_renamed_files` output. Note this can<br>generate a large output See: [#501](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/issues/501).                                          |
+|               json                | string |  false   |      `"false"`      |                                                                      Output list of changed files in<br> a JSON formatted string which can<br>be used for matrix jobs.                                                                      |
+|          json\_raw\_format          | string |  false   |      `"false"`      |                     Output list of changed files in<br> [jq](https://devdocs.io/jq/) raw output format which means that the output will not be<br> surrounded by quotes and special characters<br>will not be escaped.                      |
+|         match\_directories         | string |  false   |      `"true"`       |                                                                                               Indicates whether to include match directories                                                                                                |
+|      old\_new\_files\_separator      | string |  false   |        `" "`        |                                                                                         Split character for old and new<br>renamed filename pairs.                                                                                          |
+|         old\_new\_separator         | string |  false   |        `","`        |                                                                                             Split character for old and new<br>filename pairs.                                                                                              |
+|            output\_dir             | string |  false   | `".github/outputs"` |                                                                                                      Directory to store output files.                                                                                                       |
+|               path                | string |  false   |        `"."`        |                                                                               Specify a relative path under `$GITHUB_WORKSPACE`<br>to locate the repository.                                                                                |
+|             quotepath             | string |  false   |      `"true"`       |                                                           Use non ascii characters to match<br> files and output the filenames completely<br>verbatim by setting this to `false`                                                            |
+|             separator             | string |  false   |        `" "`        |                                                                                                     Split character for output strings                                                                                                      |
+|                sha                | string |  false   |                     |                                                                                        Specify a different commit SHA used<br>for comparing changes                                                                                         |
+|               since               | string |  false   |                     |                                                                             Get changed files for commits whose<br> timestamp is older than the given<br>time.                                                                              |
+|     since\_last\_remote\_commit      | string |  false   |      `"false"`      | Use the last commit on the<br> remote branch as the `base_sha`. Defaults<br> to the last non merge commit<br> on the target branch for pull<br> request events and the previous remote<br> commit of the current branch for<br>push events. |
+|               until               | string |  false   |                     |                                                                            Get changed files for commits whose<br> timestamp is earlier than the given<br>time.                                                                             |
+|        write\_output\_files         | string |  false   |      `"false"`      |                                                                                    Write outputs to files in the<br>`.github/outputs` folder by default.                                                                                    |

 <!-- AUTO-DOC-INPUT:END -->

@@ -227,7 +228,7 @@ See [inputs](#inputs) for more information.
    - name: Get changed files
      id: changed-files
      uses: tj-actions/changed-files@v35
-      
+
    - name: List all added files
      run: |
        for file in ${{ steps.changed-files.outputs.added_files }}; do
@@ -284,12 +285,12 @@ See [inputs](#inputs) for more information.
 </details>

 <details>
-<summary>Get all changed files using a list of files and take action base on the changes</summary>
+<summary>Get all changed files using a list of files and take action based on the changes</summary>

 ```yaml
 ...
    - name: Get changed files
-      id: changed-files
+      id: changed-files-specific
      uses: tj-actions/changed-files@v35
      with:
        files: |
@@ -311,16 +312,16 @@ See [inputs](#inputs) for more information.
        echo "Only files listed above have changed."

    - name: Run step if any of the listed files above is deleted
-      if: steps.changed-files.outputs.any_deleted == 'true'
+      if: steps.changed-files-specific.outputs.any_deleted == 'true'
      run: |
-        for file in ${{ steps.changed-files.outputs.deleted_files }}; do
+        for file in ${{ steps.changed-files-specific.outputs.deleted_files }}; do
          echo "$file was deleted"
        done

    - name: Run step if all listed files above have been deleted
-      if: steps.changed-files.outputs.only_deleted == 'true'
+      if: steps.changed-files-specific.outputs.only_deleted == 'true'
      run: |
-        for file in ${{ steps.changed-files.outputs.deleted_files }}; do
+        for file in ${{ steps.changed-files-specific.outputs.deleted_files }}; do
          echo "$file was deleted"
        done
 ...
@@ -472,7 +473,7 @@ See [inputs](#inputs) for more information.
      - uses: nrwl/nx-set-shas@v3
        id: last_successful_commit_push
        with:
-          main-branch-name: ${{ steps.branch-name.outputs.current_branch }} # Get the last successful commit for the current branch. 
+          main-branch-name: ${{ steps.branch-name.outputs.current_branch }} # Get the last successful commit for the current branch.
          workflow-id: 'test.yml'

      - name: Run changed-files with the commit of the last successful test workflow run
@@ -499,7 +500,7 @@ See [inputs](#inputs) for more information.
      - uses: nrwl/nx-set-shas@v3
        id: last_successful_commit_pull_request
        with:
-          main-branch-name: ${{ steps.branch-name.outputs.base_ref_branch }} # Get the last successful commit on master or main branch 
+          main-branch-name: ${{ steps.branch-name.outputs.base_ref_branch }} # Get the last successful commit on master or main branch
          workflow_id: 'test.yml'

      - name: Run changed-files with the commit of the last successful test workflow run on main
@@ -685,6 +686,8 @@ Thanks goes to these wonderful people ([emoji key](https://allcontributors.org/d
      <td align="center"><a href="https://github.com/kostiantyn-korniienko-aurea"><img src="https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/37180625?v=4?s=100" width="100px;" alt="Kostiantyn Korniienko"/><br /><sub><b>Kostiantyn Korniienko</b></sub></a><br /><a href="https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/commits?author=kostiantyn-korniienko-aurea" title="Documentation">📖</a></td>
      <td align="center"><a href="https://github.com/lpulley"><img src="https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/7193187?v=4?s=100" width="100px;" alt="Logan Pulley"/><br /><sub><b>Logan Pulley</b></sub></a><br /><a href="https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/commits?author=lpulley" title="Code">💻</a></td>
      <td align="center"><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/kenji-miyake/"><img src="https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/31987104?v=4?s=100" width="100px;" alt="Kenji Miyake"/><br /><sub><b>Kenji Miyake</b></sub></a><br /><a href="https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/commits?author=kenji-miyake" title="Code">💻</a></td>
+      <td align="center"><a href="https://github.com/adonisgarciac"><img src="https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/71078987?v=4?s=100" width="100px;" alt="adonisgarciac"/><br /><sub><b>adonisgarciac</b></sub></a><br /><a href="https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/commits?author=adonisgarciac" title="Code">💻</a> <a href="https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/commits?author=adonisgarciac" title="Documentation">📖</a></td>
+      <td align="center"><a href="https://github.com/cfernhout"><img src="https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/22294606?v=4?s=100" width="100px;" alt="Chiel Fernhout"/><br /><sub><b>Chiel Fernhout</b></sub></a><br /><a href="https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/commits?author=cfernhout" title="Documentation">📖</a></td>
    </tr>
  </tbody>
 </table>
--- a/action.yml
+++ b/action.yml
@@ -46,7 +46,6 @@ inputs:
  sha:
    description: "Specify a different commit SHA used for comparing changes"
    required: false
-    default: ${{ github.sha }}
  base_sha:
    description: "Specify a different base commit SHA used for comparing changes"
    required: false
@@ -80,13 +79,17 @@ inputs:
    description: "Output list of changed files in a JSON formatted string which can be used for matrix jobs."
    required: false
    default: "false"
+  json_raw_format:
+    description: "Output list of changed files in [jq](https://devdocs.io/jq/) raw output format which means that the output will not be surrounded by quotes and special characters will not be escaped."
+    required: false
+    default: "false"
  fetch_depth:
    description: "Depth of additional branch history fetched. **NOTE**: This can be adjusted to resolve errors with insufficient history."
    required: false
    default: "50"
  since_last_remote_commit:
    description: "Use the last commit on the remote branch as the `base_sha`. Defaults to the last non merge commit on the target branch for pull request events and the previous remote commit of the current branch for push events."
-    required: true
+    required: false
    default: "false"
  write_output_files:
    description: "Write outputs to files in the `.github/outputs` folder by default."
@@ -96,6 +99,10 @@ inputs:
    description: "Directory to store output files."
    required: false
    default: ".github/outputs"
+  match_directories:
+    description: "Indicates whether to include match directories"
+    default: "true"
+    required: false

 outputs:
  added_files:
@@ -174,11 +181,12 @@ runs:
        GITHUB_SERVER_URL: ${{ github.server_url }}
        GITHUB_REPOSITORY: ${{ github.repository }}
        GITHUB_REF: ${{ github.ref }}
-        GITHUB_BASE_REF: ${{ github.base_ref }}
-        GITHUB_HEAD_REF: ${{ github.head_ref }}
+        GITHUB_SHA: ${{ github.sha }}
        GITHUB_WORKSPACE: ${{ github.workspace }}
-        GITHUB_EVENT_NUMBER: ${{ github.event.number }}
        GITHUB_EVENT_HEAD_REPO_FORK: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.repo.fork }}
+        GITHUB_EVENT_PULL_REQUEST_NUMBER: ${{ github.event.pull_request.number }}
+        GITHUB_EVENT_PULL_REQUEST_BASE_REF: ${{ github.event.pull_request.base.ref }}
+        GITHUB_EVENT_PULL_REQUEST_HEAD_REF: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.ref }}
        GITHUB_EVENT_PULL_REQUEST_BASE_SHA: ${{ github.event.pull_request.base.sha }}
        GITHUB_EVENT_PULL_REQUEST_HEAD_SHA: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha }}
        GITHUB_EVENT_PULL_REQUEST_COMMITS: ${{ github.event.pull_request.commits }}
@@ -209,6 +217,7 @@ runs:
        base-sha: ${{ steps.changed-files-diff-sha.outputs.previous_sha }}
        sha: ${{ steps.changed-files-diff-sha.outputs.current_sha }}
        diff: ${{ steps.changed-files-diff-sha.outputs.diff }}
+        match-directories: ${{ inputs.match_directories }}
        include-deleted-files: true
        separator: "|"
    - run: |
@@ -217,8 +226,8 @@ runs:
      shell: bash
      env:
        GITHUB_WORKSPACE: ${{ github.workspace }}
-        GITHUB_BASE_REF: ${{ github.base_ref }}
-        GITHUB_EVENT_HEAD_REPO_FORK: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.repo.fork }}
+        GITHUB_EVENT_PULL_REQUEST_BASE_REF: ${{ github.event.pull_request.base.ref }}
+        GITHUB_EVENT_PULL_REQUEST_HEAD_REPO_FORK: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.repo.fork }}
        # INPUT_<VARIABLE_NAME> is not available in Composite run steps
        # https://docs.github.com/en/actions/creating-actions/metadata-syntax-for-github-actions#example-specifying-inputs
        INPUT_FILES_PATTERN_FILE: ${{ steps.glob.outputs.paths-output-file }}
@@ -238,6 +247,7 @@ runs:
        INPUT_DIR_NAMES_MAX_DEPTH: ${{ inputs.dir_names_max_depth }}
        INPUT_JSON: ${{ inputs.json }}
        INPUT_HAS_CUSTOM_PATTERNS: ${{ steps.glob.outputs.has-custom-patterns }}
+        INPUT_JSON_RAW_FORMAT: ${{ inputs.json_raw_format }}
    - name: Generate output files
      uses: tj-actions/json2file@v1
      if: inputs.write_output_files == 'true'
--- a/diff-sha.sh
+++ b/diff-sha.sh
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ if [[ "$GITHUB_REF" == "refs/tags/"* ]]; then
  EXTRA_ARGS="--prune --no-recurse-submodules"
 fi

-if [[ -z $GITHUB_BASE_REF || "$GITHUB_EVENT_HEAD_REPO_FORK" == "true" ]]; then
+if [[ -z $GITHUB_EVENT_PULL_REQUEST_BASE_REF || "$GITHUB_EVENT_HEAD_REPO_FORK" == "true" ]]; then
  DIFF=".."
 fi

@@ -50,11 +50,17 @@ else
  echo "Valid git version found: ($GIT_VERSION)"
 fi

-if [[ -z $GITHUB_BASE_REF ]]; then
+if [[ -z $GITHUB_EVENT_PULL_REQUEST_BASE_REF ]]; then
  echo "Running on a push event..."
  TARGET_BRANCH=$GITHUB_REFNAME
  CURRENT_BRANCH=$TARGET_BRANCH

+  if [[ -f .git/shallow ]]; then
+    echo "Fetching remote refs..."
+    # shellcheck disable=SC2086
+    git fetch $EXTRA_ARGS -u --progress --deepen="$INPUT_FETCH_DEPTH" origin "$CURRENT_BRANCH" 1>/dev/null
+  fi
+
  echo "::debug::Getting HEAD SHA..."
  if [[ -n "$INPUT_UNTIL" ]]; then
    echo "::debug::Getting HEAD SHA for '$INPUT_UNTIL'..."
@@ -68,8 +74,6 @@ if [[ -z $GITHUB_BASE_REF ]]; then
    if [[ -z $INPUT_SHA ]]; then
      CURRENT_SHA=$(git rev-list -n 1 HEAD) && exit_status=$? || exit_status=$?
    else
-      # shellcheck disable=SC2086
-      git fetch $EXTRA_ARGS -u --progress --deepen="$INPUT_FETCH_DEPTH" origin "$CURRENT_BRANCH" 1>/dev/null 2>&1
      CURRENT_SHA=$INPUT_SHA; exit_status=$?
    fi
  fi
@@ -131,8 +135,6 @@ if [[ -z $GITHUB_BASE_REF ]]; then
      fi
    fi
  else
-    # shellcheck disable=SC2086
-    git fetch $EXTRA_ARGS -u --progress --deepen="$INPUT_FETCH_DEPTH" origin "$CURRENT_BRANCH" 1>/dev/null 2>&1
    PREVIOUS_SHA=$INPUT_BASE_SHA
  fi

@@ -149,16 +151,18 @@ if [[ -z $GITHUB_BASE_REF ]]; then
  fi
 else
  echo "Running on a pull request event..."
-  TARGET_BRANCH=$GITHUB_BASE_REF
-  CURRENT_BRANCH=$GITHUB_HEAD_REF
+  TARGET_BRANCH=$GITHUB_EVENT_PULL_REQUEST_BASE_REF
+  CURRENT_BRANCH=$GITHUB_EVENT_PULL_REQUEST_HEAD_REF
  
  if [[ "$INPUT_SINCE_LAST_REMOTE_COMMIT" == "true" ]]; then
    TARGET_BRANCH=$CURRENT_BRANCH
  fi

-  echo "Fetching remote refs..."
-  # shellcheck disable=SC2086
-  git fetch $EXTRA_ARGS -u --progress origin pull/"$GITHUB_EVENT_NUMBER"/head:"$CURRENT_BRANCH" 1>/dev/null 2>&1
+  if [[ -f .git/shallow ]]; then
+    echo "Fetching remote refs..."
+    # shellcheck disable=SC2086
+    git fetch $EXTRA_ARGS -u --progress origin pull/"$GITHUB_EVENT_PULL_REQUEST_NUMBER"/head:"$CURRENT_BRANCH" 1>/dev/null
+  fi

  echo "::debug::Getting HEAD SHA..."
  if [[ -n "$INPUT_UNTIL" ]]; then
@@ -174,10 +178,6 @@ else
      CURRENT_SHA=$(git rev-list -n 1 HEAD) && exit_status=$? || exit_status=$?
    else
      CURRENT_SHA=$INPUT_SHA; exit_status=$?
-
-      if [[ "$CURRENT_SHA" == "$GITHUB_EVENT_PULL_REQUEST_HEAD_SHA" ]]; then
-        CURRENT_SHA=$(git rev-list -n 1 HEAD) && exit_status=$? || exit_status=$?
-      fi
    fi
  fi

@@ -200,9 +200,11 @@ else
        PREVIOUS_SHA=$GITHUB_EVENT_PULL_REQUEST_BASE_SHA
      fi
    else
-      echo "::debug::Fetching remote target branch..."
-      # shellcheck disable=SC2086
-      git fetch -u --progress $EXTRA_ARGS --depth="$INPUT_FETCH_DEPTH" origin +refs/heads/"$TARGET_BRANCH":refs/remotes/origin/"$TARGET_BRANCH" 1>/dev/null 2>&1
+      if [[ -f .git/shallow ]]; then
+        echo "::debug::Fetching remote target branch..."
+        # shellcheck disable=SC2086
+        git fetch -u --progress $EXTRA_ARGS --depth="$INPUT_FETCH_DEPTH" origin +refs/heads/"$TARGET_BRANCH":refs/remotes/origin/"$TARGET_BRANCH" 1>/dev/null
+      fi

      git branch --track "$TARGET_BRANCH" origin/"$TARGET_BRANCH" 1>/dev/null 2>&1 || true

@@ -213,18 +215,17 @@ else
      PREVIOUS_SHA=$GITHUB_EVENT_PULL_REQUEST_BASE_SHA && exit_status=$? || exit_status=$?
    fi

+    if ! git diff --name-only --ignore-submodules=all "$PREVIOUS_SHA$DIFF$CURRENT_SHA" 1>/dev/null 2>&1; then
+        PREVIOUS_SHA=$(git rev-parse "$TARGET_BRANCH") && exit_status=$? || exit_status=$?
+        DIFF=".."
+    fi
+
    echo "::debug::Previous SHA: $PREVIOUS_SHA"
  else
    PREVIOUS_SHA=$INPUT_BASE_SHA && exit_status=$? || exit_status=$?
-  fi
-
-  if ! git diff --name-only --ignore-submodules=all "$PREVIOUS_SHA$DIFF$CURRENT_SHA" 1>/dev/null 2>&1; then
-    PREVIOUS_SHA=$(git rev-parse "$TARGET_BRANCH") && exit_status=$? || exit_status=$?
-    DIFF=".."

    if ! git diff --name-only --ignore-submodules=all "$PREVIOUS_SHA$DIFF$CURRENT_SHA" 1>/dev/null 2>&1; then
-      echo "::error::Unable find a diff between $PREVIOUS_SHA and $CURRENT_SHA"
-      exit 1
+        DIFF=".."
    fi
  fi

@@ -239,6 +240,11 @@ else
    echo "::error::Please verify that the previous sha is valid, and increase the fetch_depth to a number higher than $INPUT_FETCH_DEPTH."
    exit 1
  fi
+
+  if ! git diff --name-only --ignore-submodules=all "$PREVIOUS_SHA$DIFF$CURRENT_SHA" 1>/dev/null 2>&1; then
+    echo "::error::Unable to determine a difference between $PREVIOUS_SHA$DIFF$CURRENT_SHA"
+    exit 1
+  fi
 fi

 if [[ "$PREVIOUS_SHA" == "$CURRENT_SHA" && "$INITIAL_COMMIT" == "false" ]]; then
--- a/get-changed-paths.sh
+++ b/get-changed-paths.sh
@@ -51,6 +51,16 @@ function get_dirname_max_depth() {
  done < <(uniq)
 }

+function json_output() {
+  JQ_ARGS="-sR"
+  if [[ "$INPUT_JSON_RAW_FORMAT" == "true" ]]; then
+    JQ_ARGS="$JQ_ARGS -r"
+  fi
+
+  # shellcheck disable=SC2086
+  jq $JQ_ARGS 'split("\n") | map(select(. != "")) | @json' | sed -r 's/^"|"$//g' | tr -s /
+}
+
 function get_diff() {
  local base="$1"
  local sha="$2"
@@ -79,20 +89,11 @@ function get_diff() {
    fi
  done < <(git submodule | awk '{print $2}')

-  if [[ "$INPUT_DIR_NAMES" == "true" ]]; then
-    git diff --diff-filter="$filter" --name-only --ignore-submodules=all --no-merges "$base$DIFF$sha" | xargs -I {} dirname {} | get_dirname_max_depth | uniq && exit_status=$? || exit_status=$?
+  git diff --diff-filter="$filter" --name-only --ignore-submodules=all --no-merges "$base$DIFF$sha" && exit_status=$? || exit_status=$?

-    if [[ $exit_status -ne 0 ]]; then
-      echo "::error::Failed to get changed directories between: $base$DIFF$sha"
-      exit 1
-    fi
-  else
-    git diff --diff-filter="$filter" --name-only --ignore-submodules=all --no-merges "$base$DIFF$sha" && exit_status=$? || exit_status=$?
-
-    if [[ $exit_status -ne 0 ]]; then
-      echo "::error::Failed to get changed files between: $base$DIFF$sha"
-      exit 1
-    fi
+  if [[ $exit_status -ne 0 ]]; then
+    echo "::error::Failed to get changed files between: $base$DIFF$sha"
+    exit 1
  fi
 }

@@ -123,20 +124,11 @@ function get_renames() {
    fi
  done < <(git submodule | awk '{print $2}')

-  if [[ "$INPUT_DIR_NAMES" == "true" ]]; then
-    git log --name-status --ignore-submodules=all "$base" "$sha" | { grep -E "^R" || true; } | awk -F '\t' -v d="$INPUT_OLD_NEW_SEPARATOR" '{print $2d$3}' | xargs -I {} dirname {} | get_dirname_max_depth | uniq && exit_status=$? || exit_status=$?
+  git log --name-status --ignore-submodules=all "$base" "$sha" | { grep -E "^R" || true; } | awk -F '\t' -v d="$INPUT_OLD_NEW_SEPARATOR" '{print $2d$3}' && exit_status=$? || exit_status=$?

-    if [[ $exit_status -ne 0 ]]; then
-      echo "::error::Failed to get renamed directories between: $base → $sha"
-      exit 1
-    fi
-  else
-    git log --name-status --ignore-submodules=all "$base" "$sha" | { grep -E "^R" || true; } | awk -F '\t' -v d="$INPUT_OLD_NEW_SEPARATOR" '{print $2d$3}' && exit_status=$? || exit_status=$?
-
-    if [[ $exit_status -ne 0 ]]; then
-      echo "::error::Failed to get renamed files between: $base → $sha"
-      exit 1
-    fi
+  if [[ $exit_status -ne 0 ]]; then
+    echo "::error::Failed to get renamed files between: $base → $sha"
+    exit 1
  fi
 }

@@ -155,36 +147,72 @@ fi

 echo "Retrieving changes between $INPUT_PREVIOUS_SHA ($INPUT_TARGET_BRANCH) → $INPUT_CURRENT_SHA ($INPUT_CURRENT_BRANCH)"

-if [[ "$INPUT_HAS_CUSTOM_PATTERNS" == "false" ]]; then
+if [[ "$INPUT_HAS_CUSTOM_PATTERNS" == "false" || -z "$INPUT_FILES_PATTERN_FILE" ]]; then
  if [[ "$INPUT_JSON" == "false" ]]; then
-    ADDED=$(get_diff "$INPUT_PREVIOUS_SHA" "$INPUT_CURRENT_SHA" A | awk -v d="$INPUT_SEPARATOR" '{s=(NR==1?s:s d)$0}END{print s}')
-    COPIED=$(get_diff "$INPUT_PREVIOUS_SHA" "$INPUT_CURRENT_SHA" C | awk -v d="$INPUT_SEPARATOR" '{s=(NR==1?s:s d)$0}END{print s}')
-    DELETED=$(get_diff "$INPUT_PREVIOUS_SHA" "$INPUT_CURRENT_SHA" D | awk -v d="$INPUT_SEPARATOR" '{s=(NR==1?s:s d)$0}END{print s}')
-    MODIFIED=$(get_diff "$INPUT_PREVIOUS_SHA" "$INPUT_CURRENT_SHA" M | awk -v d="$INPUT_SEPARATOR" '{s=(NR==1?s:s d)$0}END{print s}')
-    RENAMED=$(get_diff "$INPUT_PREVIOUS_SHA" "$INPUT_CURRENT_SHA" R | awk -v d="$INPUT_SEPARATOR" '{s=(NR==1?s:s d)$0}END{print s}')
-    TYPE_CHANGED=$(get_diff "$INPUT_PREVIOUS_SHA" "$INPUT_CURRENT_SHA" T | awk -v d="$INPUT_SEPARATOR" '{s=(NR==1?s:s d)$0}END{print s}')
-    UNMERGED=$(get_diff "$INPUT_PREVIOUS_SHA" "$INPUT_CURRENT_SHA" U | awk -v d="$INPUT_SEPARATOR" '{s=(NR==1?s:s d)$0}END{print s}')
-    UNKNOWN=$(get_diff "$INPUT_PREVIOUS_SHA" "$INPUT_CURRENT_SHA" X | awk -v d="$INPUT_SEPARATOR" '{s=(NR==1?s:s d)$0}END{print s}')
-    ALL_CHANGED_AND_MODIFIED=$(get_diff "$INPUT_PREVIOUS_SHA" "$INPUT_CURRENT_SHA" "*ACDMRTUX" | awk -v d="$INPUT_SEPARATOR" '{s=(NR==1?s:s d)$0}END{print s}')
-    ALL_CHANGED=$(get_diff "$INPUT_PREVIOUS_SHA" "$INPUT_CURRENT_SHA" "ACMR" | awk -v d="$INPUT_SEPARATOR" '{s=(NR==1?s:s d)$0}END{print s}')
-    ALL_MODIFIED=$(get_diff "$INPUT_PREVIOUS_SHA" "$INPUT_CURRENT_SHA" "ACMRD" | awk -v d="$INPUT_SEPARATOR" '{s=(NR==1?s:s d)$0}END{print s}')
+    if [[ "$INPUT_DIR_NAMES" == "true" ]]; then
+      ADDED=$(get_diff "$INPUT_PREVIOUS_SHA" "$INPUT_CURRENT_SHA" A | xargs -I {} dirname {} | get_dirname_max_depth | uniq | awk -v d="$INPUT_SEPARATOR" '{s=(NR==1?s:s d)$0}END{print s}')
+      COPIED=$(get_diff "$INPUT_PREVIOUS_SHA" "$INPUT_CURRENT_SHA" C | xargs -I {} dirname {} | get_dirname_max_depth | uniq | awk -v d="$INPUT_SEPARATOR" '{s=(NR==1?s:s d)$0}END{print s}')
+      DELETED=$(get_diff "$INPUT_PREVIOUS_SHA" "$INPUT_CURRENT_SHA" D | xargs -I {} dirname {} | get_dirname_max_depth | uniq | awk -v d="$INPUT_SEPARATOR" '{s=(NR==1?s:s d)$0}END{print s}')
+      MODIFIED=$(get_diff "$INPUT_PREVIOUS_SHA" "$INPUT_CURRENT_SHA" M | xargs -I {} dirname {} | get_dirname_max_depth | uniq | awk -v d="$INPUT_SEPARATOR" '{s=(NR==1?s:s d)$0}END{print s}')
+      RENAMED=$(get_diff "$INPUT_PREVIOUS_SHA" "$INPUT_CURRENT_SHA" R | xargs -I {} dirname {} | get_dirname_max_depth | uniq | awk -v d="$INPUT_SEPARATOR" '{s=(NR==1?s:s d)$0}END{print s}')
+      TYPE_CHANGED=$(get_diff "$INPUT_PREVIOUS_SHA" "$INPUT_CURRENT_SHA" T | xargs -I {} dirname {} | get_dirname_max_depth | uniq | awk -v d="$INPUT_SEPARATOR" '{s=(NR==1?s:s d)$0}END{print s}')
+      UNMERGED=$(get_diff "$INPUT_PREVIOUS_SHA" "$INPUT_CURRENT_SHA" U | xargs -I {} dirname {} | get_dirname_max_depth | uniq | awk -v d="$INPUT_SEPARATOR" '{s=(NR==1?s:s d)$0}END{print s}')
+      UNKNOWN=$(get_diff "$INPUT_PREVIOUS_SHA" "$INPUT_CURRENT_SHA" X | xargs -I {} dirname {} | get_dirname_max_depth | uniq | awk -v d="$INPUT_SEPARATOR" '{s=(NR==1?s:s d)$0}END{print s}')
+      ALL_CHANGED_AND_MODIFIED=$(get_diff "$INPUT_PREVIOUS_SHA" "$INPUT_CURRENT_SHA" "*ACDMRTUX" | xargs -I {} dirname {} | get_dirname_max_depth | uniq | awk -v d="$INPUT_SEPARATOR" '{s=(NR==1?s:s d)$0}END{print s}')
+      ALL_CHANGED=$(get_diff "$INPUT_PREVIOUS_SHA" "$INPUT_CURRENT_SHA" "ACMR" | xargs -I {} dirname {} | get_dirname_max_depth | uniq | awk -v d="$INPUT_SEPARATOR" '{s=(NR==1?s:s d)$0}END{print s}')
+      ALL_MODIFIED=$(get_diff "$INPUT_PREVIOUS_SHA" "$INPUT_CURRENT_SHA" "ACMRD" | xargs -I {} dirname {} | get_dirname_max_depth | uniq | awk -v d="$INPUT_SEPARATOR" '{s=(NR==1?s:s d)$0}END{print s}')
+    else
+      ADDED=$(get_diff "$INPUT_PREVIOUS_SHA" "$INPUT_CURRENT_SHA" A | awk -v d="$INPUT_SEPARATOR" '{s=(NR==1?s:s d)$0}END{print s}')
+      COPIED=$(get_diff "$INPUT_PREVIOUS_SHA" "$INPUT_CURRENT_SHA" C | awk -v d="$INPUT_SEPARATOR" '{s=(NR==1?s:s d)$0}END{print s}')
+      DELETED=$(get_diff "$INPUT_PREVIOUS_SHA" "$INPUT_CURRENT_SHA" D | awk -v d="$INPUT_SEPARATOR" '{s=(NR==1?s:s d)$0}END{print s}')
+      MODIFIED=$(get_diff "$INPUT_PREVIOUS_SHA" "$INPUT_CURRENT_SHA" M | awk -v d="$INPUT_SEPARATOR" '{s=(NR==1?s:s d)$0}END{print s}')
+      RENAMED=$(get_diff "$INPUT_PREVIOUS_SHA" "$INPUT_CURRENT_SHA" R | awk -v d="$INPUT_SEPARATOR" '{s=(NR==1?s:s d)$0}END{print s}')
+      TYPE_CHANGED=$(get_diff "$INPUT_PREVIOUS_SHA" "$INPUT_CURRENT_SHA" T | awk -v d="$INPUT_SEPARATOR" '{s=(NR==1?s:s d)$0}END{print s}')
+      UNMERGED=$(get_diff "$INPUT_PREVIOUS_SHA" "$INPUT_CURRENT_SHA" U | awk -v d="$INPUT_SEPARATOR" '{s=(NR==1?s:s d)$0}END{print s}')
+      UNKNOWN=$(get_diff "$INPUT_PREVIOUS_SHA" "$INPUT_CURRENT_SHA" X | awk -v d="$INPUT_SEPARATOR" '{s=(NR==1?s:s d)$0}END{print s}')
+      ALL_CHANGED_AND_MODIFIED=$(get_diff "$INPUT_PREVIOUS_SHA" "$INPUT_CURRENT_SHA" "*ACDMRTUX" | awk -v d="$INPUT_SEPARATOR" '{s=(NR==1?s:s d)$0}END{print s}')
+      ALL_CHANGED=$(get_diff "$INPUT_PREVIOUS_SHA" "$INPUT_CURRENT_SHA" "ACMR" | awk -v d="$INPUT_SEPARATOR" '{s=(NR==1?s:s d)$0}END{print s}')
+      ALL_MODIFIED=$(get_diff "$INPUT_PREVIOUS_SHA" "$INPUT_CURRENT_SHA" "ACMRD" | awk -v d="$INPUT_SEPARATOR" '{s=(NR==1?s:s d)$0}END{print s}')
+    fi
    if [[ $INPUT_INCLUDE_ALL_OLD_NEW_RENAMED_FILES == "true" ]]; then
-      ALL_OLD_NEW_RENAMED=$(get_renames "$INPUT_PREVIOUS_SHA" "$INPUT_CURRENT_SHA" | awk -v d="$INPUT_OLD_NEW_FILES_SEPARATOR" '{s=(NR==1?s:s d)$0}END{print s}')
+      if [[ "$INPUT_DIR_NAMES" == "true" ]]; then
+        ALL_OLD_NEW_RENAMED=$(get_renames "$INPUT_PREVIOUS_SHA" "$INPUT_CURRENT_SHA" | xargs -I {} dirname {} | get_dirname_max_depth | uniq | awk -v d="$INPUT_OLD_NEW_FILES_SEPARATOR" '{s=(NR==1?s:s d)$0}END{print s}')
+      else
+        ALL_OLD_NEW_RENAMED=$(get_renames "$INPUT_PREVIOUS_SHA" "$INPUT_CURRENT_SHA" | awk -v d="$INPUT_OLD_NEW_FILES_SEPARATOR" '{s=(NR==1?s:s d)$0}END{print s}')
+      fi
    fi
  else
-    ADDED=$(get_diff "$INPUT_PREVIOUS_SHA" "$INPUT_CURRENT_SHA" A | awk -v d="|" '{s=(NR==1?s:s d)$0}END{print s}' | jq -R 'split("|") | @json' | sed -r 's/^"|"$//g' | tr -s /)
-    COPIED=$(get_diff "$INPUT_PREVIOUS_SHA" "$INPUT_CURRENT_SHA" C | awk -v d="|" '{s=(NR==1?s:s d)$0}END{print s}' | jq -R 'split("|") | @json' | sed -r 's/^"|"$//g' | tr -s /)
-    DELETED=$(get_diff "$INPUT_PREVIOUS_SHA" "$INPUT_CURRENT_SHA" D | awk -v d="|" '{s=(NR==1?s:s d)$0}END{print s}' | jq -R 'split("|") | @json' | sed -r 's/^"|"$//g' | tr -s /)
-    MODIFIED=$(get_diff "$INPUT_PREVIOUS_SHA" "$INPUT_CURRENT_SHA" M | awk -v d="|" '{s=(NR==1?s:s d)$0}END{print s}' | jq -R 'split("|") | @json' | sed -r 's/^"|"$//g' | tr -s /)
-    RENAMED=$(get_diff "$INPUT_PREVIOUS_SHA" "$INPUT_CURRENT_SHA" R | awk -v d="|" '{s=(NR==1?s:s d)$0}END{print s}' | jq -R 'split("|") | @json' | sed -r 's/^"|"$//g' | tr -s /)
-    TYPE_CHANGED=$(get_diff "$INPUT_PREVIOUS_SHA" "$INPUT_CURRENT_SHA" T | awk -v d="|" '{s=(NR==1?s:s d)$0}END{print s}' | jq -R 'split("|") | @json' | sed -r 's/^"|"$//g' | tr -s /)
-    UNMERGED=$(get_diff "$INPUT_PREVIOUS_SHA" "$INPUT_CURRENT_SHA" U | awk -v d="|" '{s=(NR==1?s:s d)$0}END{print s}' | jq -R 'split("|") | @json' | sed -r 's/^"|"$//g' | tr -s /)
-    UNKNOWN=$(get_diff "$INPUT_PREVIOUS_SHA" "$INPUT_CURRENT_SHA" X | awk -v d="|" '{s=(NR==1?s:s d)$0}END{print s}' | jq -R 'split("|") | @json' | sed -r 's/^"|"$//g' | tr -s /)
-    ALL_CHANGED_AND_MODIFIED=$(get_diff "$INPUT_PREVIOUS_SHA" "$INPUT_CURRENT_SHA" "*ACDMRTUX" | awk -v d="|" '{s=(NR==1?s:s d)$0}END{print s}' | jq -R 'split("|") | @json' | sed -r 's/^"|"$//g' | tr -s /)
-    ALL_CHANGED=$(get_diff "$INPUT_PREVIOUS_SHA" "$INPUT_CURRENT_SHA" "ACMR" | awk -v d="|" '{s=(NR==1?s:s d)$0}END{print s}' | jq -R 'split("|") | @json' | sed -r 's/^"|"$//g' | tr -s /)
-    ALL_MODIFIED=$(get_diff "$INPUT_PREVIOUS_SHA" "$INPUT_CURRENT_SHA" "ACMRD" | awk -v d="|" '{s=(NR==1?s:s d)$0}END{print s}' | jq -R 'split("|") | @json' | sed -r 's/^"|"$//g' | tr -s /)
+    if [[ "$INPUT_DIR_NAMES" == "true" ]]; then
+      ADDED=$(get_diff "$INPUT_PREVIOUS_SHA" "$INPUT_CURRENT_SHA" A | xargs -I {} dirname {} | get_dirname_max_depth | uniq | json_output)
+      COPIED=$(get_diff "$INPUT_PREVIOUS_SHA" "$INPUT_CURRENT_SHA" C | xargs -I {} dirname {} | get_dirname_max_depth | uniq | json_output)
+      DELETED=$(get_diff "$INPUT_PREVIOUS_SHA" "$INPUT_CURRENT_SHA" D | xargs -I {} dirname {} | get_dirname_max_depth | uniq | json_output)
+      MODIFIED=$(get_diff "$INPUT_PREVIOUS_SHA" "$INPUT_CURRENT_SHA" M | xargs -I {} dirname {} | get_dirname_max_depth | uniq | json_output)
+      RENAMED=$(get_diff "$INPUT_PREVIOUS_SHA" "$INPUT_CURRENT_SHA" R | xargs -I {} dirname {} | get_dirname_max_depth | uniq | json_output)
+      TYPE_CHANGED=$(get_diff "$INPUT_PREVIOUS_SHA" "$INPUT_CURRENT_SHA" T | xargs -I {} dirname {} | get_dirname_max_depth | uniq | json_output)
+      UNMERGED=$(get_diff "$INPUT_PREVIOUS_SHA" "$INPUT_CURRENT_SHA" U | xargs -I {} dirname {} | get_dirname_max_depth | uniq | json_output)
+      UNKNOWN=$(get_diff "$INPUT_PREVIOUS_SHA" "$INPUT_CURRENT_SHA" X | xargs -I {} dirname {} | get_dirname_max_depth | uniq | json_output)
+      ALL_CHANGED_AND_MODIFIED=$(get_diff "$INPUT_PREVIOUS_SHA" "$INPUT_CURRENT_SHA" "*ACDMRTUX" | xargs -I {} dirname {} | get_dirname_max_depth | uniq | json_output)
+      ALL_CHANGED=$(get_diff "$INPUT_PREVIOUS_SHA" "$INPUT_CURRENT_SHA" "ACMR" | xargs -I {} dirname {} | get_dirname_max_depth | uniq | json_output)
+      ALL_MODIFIED=$(get_diff "$INPUT_PREVIOUS_SHA" "$INPUT_CURRENT_SHA" "ACMRD" | xargs -I {} dirname {} | get_dirname_max_depth | uniq | json_output)
+    else
+      ADDED=$(get_diff "$INPUT_PREVIOUS_SHA" "$INPUT_CURRENT_SHA" A | json_output)
+      COPIED=$(get_diff "$INPUT_PREVIOUS_SHA" "$INPUT_CURRENT_SHA" C | json_output)
+      DELETED=$(get_diff "$INPUT_PREVIOUS_SHA" "$INPUT_CURRENT_SHA" D | json_output)
+      MODIFIED=$(get_diff "$INPUT_PREVIOUS_SHA" "$INPUT_CURRENT_SHA" M | json_output)
+      RENAMED=$(get_diff "$INPUT_PREVIOUS_SHA" "$INPUT_CURRENT_SHA" R | json_output)
+      TYPE_CHANGED=$(get_diff "$INPUT_PREVIOUS_SHA" "$INPUT_CURRENT_SHA" T | json_output)
+      UNMERGED=$(get_diff "$INPUT_PREVIOUS_SHA" "$INPUT_CURRENT_SHA" U | json_output)
+      UNKNOWN=$(get_diff "$INPUT_PREVIOUS_SHA" "$INPUT_CURRENT_SHA" X | json_output)
+      ALL_CHANGED_AND_MODIFIED=$(get_diff "$INPUT_PREVIOUS_SHA" "$INPUT_CURRENT_SHA" "*ACDMRTUX" | json_output)
+      ALL_CHANGED=$(get_diff "$INPUT_PREVIOUS_SHA" "$INPUT_CURRENT_SHA" "ACMR" | json_output)
+      ALL_MODIFIED=$(get_diff "$INPUT_PREVIOUS_SHA" "$INPUT_CURRENT_SHA" "ACMRD" | json_output)
+    fi
    if [[ $INPUT_INCLUDE_ALL_OLD_NEW_RENAMED_FILES == "true" ]]; then
-      ALL_OLD_NEW_RENAMED=$(get_renames "$INPUT_PREVIOUS_SHA" "$INPUT_CURRENT_SHA" | awk -v d="|" '{s=(NR==1?s:s d)$0}END{print s}' | jq -R 'split("|") | @json' | sed -r 's/^"|"$//g' | tr -s /)
+      if [[ "$INPUT_DIR_NAMES" == "true" ]]; then
+        ALL_OLD_NEW_RENAMED=$(get_renames "$INPUT_PREVIOUS_SHA" "$INPUT_CURRENT_SHA" | xargs -I {} dirname {} | get_dirname_max_depth | uniq | json_output)
+      else
+        ALL_OLD_NEW_RENAMED=$(get_renames "$INPUT_PREVIOUS_SHA" "$INPUT_CURRENT_SHA" | json_output)
+      fi
    fi
  fi
 else
@@ -231,9 +259,17 @@ else
  fi

  if [[ "$INPUT_JSON" == "false" ]]; then
-    OTHER_CHANGED=$(echo "${OTHER_CHANGED}" | awk '{gsub(/\|/,"\n"); print $0;}' | awk -v d="$INPUT_SEPARATOR" '{s=(NR==1?s:s d)$0}END{print s}')
+    if [[ "$INPUT_DIR_NAMES" == "true" ]]; then
+      OTHER_CHANGED=$(echo "${OTHER_CHANGED}" | awk '{gsub(/\|/,"\n"); print $0;}' | xargs -I {} dirname {} | get_dirname_max_depth | uniq | awk -v d="$INPUT_SEPARATOR" '{s=(NR==1?s:s d)$0}END{print s}')
+    else
+      OTHER_CHANGED=$(echo "${OTHER_CHANGED}" | awk '{gsub(/\|/,"\n"); print $0;}' | awk -v d="$INPUT_SEPARATOR" '{s=(NR==1?s:s d)$0}END{print s}')
+    fi
  else
-    OTHER_CHANGED=$(echo "${OTHER_CHANGED}" | jq -R 'split("|") | @json' | sed -r 's/^"|"$//g' | tr -s /)
+    if [[ "$INPUT_DIR_NAMES" == "true" ]]; then
+      OTHER_CHANGED=$(echo "${OTHER_CHANGED}" | awk '{gsub(/\|/,"\n"); print $0;}' | xargs -I {} dirname {} | get_dirname_max_depth | uniq | json_output)
+    else
+      OTHER_CHANGED=$(echo "${OTHER_CHANGED}" | awk '{gsub(/\|/,"\n"); print $0;}' | json_output)
+    fi
  fi

  if [[ -n "${OTHER_CHANGED}" && "${OTHER_CHANGED}" != "[]" ]]; then
@@ -283,9 +319,17 @@ else
  fi

  if [[ "$INPUT_JSON" == "false" ]]; then
-    OTHER_MODIFIED=$(echo "${OTHER_MODIFIED}" | awk '{gsub(/\|/,"\n"); print $0;}' | awk -v d="$INPUT_SEPARATOR" '{s=(NR==1?s:s d)$0}END{print s}')
+    if [[ "$INPUT_DIR_NAMES" == "true" ]]; then
+      OTHER_MODIFIED=$(echo "${OTHER_MODIFIED}" | awk '{gsub(/\|/,"\n"); print $0;}' | xargs -I {} dirname {} | get_dirname_max_depth | uniq | awk -v d="$INPUT_SEPARATOR" '{s=(NR==1?s:s d)$0}END{print s}')
+    else
+      OTHER_MODIFIED=$(echo "${OTHER_MODIFIED}" | awk '{gsub(/\|/,"\n"); print $0;}' | awk -v d="$INPUT_SEPARATOR" '{s=(NR==1?s:s d)$0}END{print s}')
+    fi
  else
-    OTHER_MODIFIED=$(echo "${OTHER_MODIFIED}" | jq -R 'split("|") | @json' | sed -r 's/^"|"$//g' | tr -s /)
+    if [[ "$INPUT_DIR_NAMES" == "true" ]]; then
+      OTHER_MODIFIED=$(echo "${OTHER_MODIFIED}" | awk '{gsub(/\|/,"\n"); print $0;}' | xargs -I {} dirname {} | get_dirname_max_depth | uniq | json_output)
+    else
+      OTHER_MODIFIED=$(echo "${OTHER_MODIFIED}" | awk '{gsub(/\|/,"\n"); print $0;}' | json_output)
+    fi
  fi

  if [[ -n "${OTHER_MODIFIED}" && "$OTHER_MODIFIED" != "[]" ]]; then
@@ -334,9 +378,17 @@ else
  fi

  if [[ "$INPUT_JSON" == "false" ]]; then
-    OTHER_DELETED=$(echo "${OTHER_DELETED}" | awk '{gsub(/\|/,"\n"); print $0;}' | awk -v d="$INPUT_SEPARATOR" '{s=(NR==1?s:s d)$0}END{print s}')
+    if [[ "$INPUT_DIR_NAMES" == "true" ]]; then
+      OTHER_DELETED=$(echo "${OTHER_DELETED}" | awk '{gsub(/\|/,"\n"); print $0;}' | xargs -I {} dirname {} | get_dirname_max_depth | uniq | awk -v d="$INPUT_SEPARATOR" '{s=(NR==1?s:s d)$0}END{print s}')
+    else
+      OTHER_DELETED=$(echo "${OTHER_DELETED}" | awk '{gsub(/\|/,"\n"); print $0;}' | awk -v d="$INPUT_SEPARATOR" '{s=(NR==1?s:s d)$0}END{print s}')
+    fi
  else
-    OTHER_DELETED=$(echo "${OTHER_DELETED}" | jq -R 'split("|") | @json' | sed -r 's/^"|"$//g' | tr -s /)
+    if [[ "$INPUT_DIR_NAMES" == "true" ]]; then
+      OTHER_DELETED=$(echo "${OTHER_DELETED}" | awk '{gsub(/\|/,"\n"); print $0;}' | xargs -I {} dirname {} | get_dirname_max_depth | uniq | json_output)
+    else
+      OTHER_DELETED=$(echo "${OTHER_DELETED}" | awk '{gsub(/\|/,"\n"); print $0;}' | json_output)
+    fi
  fi

  if [[ -n "${OTHER_DELETED}" && "${OTHER_DELETED}" != "[]" ]]; then
@@ -356,29 +408,57 @@ else
    fi
  fi
  if [[ "$INPUT_JSON" == "false" ]]; then
-    ADDED=$(echo "${ADDED}" | awk '{gsub(/\|/,"\n"); print $0;}' | awk -v d="$INPUT_SEPARATOR" '{s=(NR==1?s:s d)$0}END{print s}')
-    COPIED=$(echo "${COPIED}" | awk '{gsub(/\|/,"\n"); print $0;}' | awk -v d="$INPUT_SEPARATOR" '{s=(NR==1?s:s d)$0}END{print s}')
-    DELETED=$(echo "${DELETED}" | awk '{gsub(/\|/,"\n"); print $0;}' | awk -v d="$INPUT_SEPARATOR" '{s=(NR==1?s:s d)$0}END{print s}')
-    MODIFIED=$(echo "${MODIFIED}" | awk '{gsub(/\|/,"\n"); print $0;}' | awk -v d="$INPUT_SEPARATOR" '{s=(NR==1?s:s d)$0}END{print s}')
-    RENAMED=$(echo "${RENAMED}" | awk '{gsub(/\|/,"\n"); print $0;}' | awk -v d="$INPUT_SEPARATOR" '{s=(NR==1?s:s d)$0}END{print s}')
-    TYPE_CHANGED=$(echo "${TYPE_CHANGED}" | awk '{gsub(/\|/,"\n"); print $0;}' | awk -v d="$INPUT_SEPARATOR" '{s=(NR==1?s:s d)$0}END{print s}')
-    UNMERGED=$(echo "${UNMERGED}" | awk '{gsub(/\|/,"\n"); print $0;}' | awk -v d="$INPUT_SEPARATOR" '{s=(NR==1?s:s d)$0}END{print s}')
-    UNKNOWN=$(echo "${UNKNOWN}" | awk '{gsub(/\|/,"\n"); print $0;}' | awk -v d="$INPUT_SEPARATOR" '{s=(NR==1?s:s d)$0}END{print s}')
-    ALL_CHANGED_AND_MODIFIED=$(echo "${ALL_CHANGED_AND_MODIFIED}" | awk '{gsub(/\|/,"\n"); print $0;}' | awk -v d="$INPUT_SEPARATOR" '{s=(NR==1?s:s d)$0}END{print s}')
-    ALL_CHANGED=$(echo "${ALL_CHANGED}" | awk '{gsub(/\|/,"\n"); print $0;}' | awk -v d="$INPUT_SEPARATOR" '{s=(NR==1?s:s d)$0}END{print s}')
-    ALL_MODIFIED=$(echo "${ALL_MODIFIED}" | awk '{gsub(/\|/,"\n"); print $0;}' | awk -v d="$INPUT_SEPARATOR" '{s=(NR==1?s:s d)$0}END{print s}')
+    if [[ "$INPUT_DIR_NAMES" == "true" ]]; then
+      ADDED=$(echo "${ADDED}" | awk '{gsub(/\|/,"\n"); print $0;}' | xargs -I {} dirname {} | get_dirname_max_depth | uniq | awk -v d="$INPUT_SEPARATOR" '{s=(NR==1?s:s d)$0}END{print s}')
+      COPIED=$(echo "${COPIED}" | awk '{gsub(/\|/,"\n"); print $0;}' | xargs -I {} dirname {} | get_dirname_max_depth | uniq | awk -v d="$INPUT_SEPARATOR" '{s=(NR==1?s:s d)$0}END{print s}')
+      DELETED=$(echo "${DELETED}" | awk '{gsub(/\|/,"\n"); print $0;}' | xargs -I {} dirname {} | get_dirname_max_depth | uniq | awk -v d="$INPUT_SEPARATOR" '{s=(NR==1?s:s d)$0}END{print s}')
+      MODIFIED=$(echo "${MODIFIED}" | awk '{gsub(/\|/,"\n"); print $0;}' | xargs -I {} dirname {} | get_dirname_max_depth | uniq | awk -v d="$INPUT_SEPARATOR" '{s=(NR==1?s:s d)$0}END{print s}')
+      RENAMED=$(echo "${RENAMED}" | awk '{gsub(/\|/,"\n"); print $0;}' | xargs -I {} dirname {} | get_dirname_max_depth | uniq | awk -v d="$INPUT_SEPARATOR" '{s=(NR==1?s:s d)$0}END{print s}')
+      TYPE_CHANGED=$(echo "${TYPE_CHANGED}" | awk '{gsub(/\|/,"\n"); print $0;}' | xargs -I {} dirname {} | get_dirname_max_depth | uniq | awk -v d="$INPUT_SEPARATOR" '{s=(NR==1?s:s d)$0}END{print s}')
+      UNMERGED=$(echo "${UNMERGED}" | awk '{gsub(/\|/,"\n"); print $0;}' | xargs -I {} dirname {} | get_dirname_max_depth | uniq | awk -v d="$INPUT_SEPARATOR" '{s=(NR==1?s:s d)$0}END{print s}')
+      UNKNOWN=$(echo "${UNKNOWN}" | awk '{gsub(/\|/,"\n"); print $0;}' | xargs -I {} dirname {} | get_dirname_max_depth | uniq | awk -v d="$INPUT_SEPARATOR" '{s=(NR==1?s:s d)$0}END{print s}')
+      ALL_CHANGED_AND_MODIFIED=$(echo "${ALL_CHANGED_AND_MODIFIED}" | awk '{gsub(/\|/,"\n"); print $0;}' | xargs -I {} dirname {} | get_dirname_max_depth | uniq | awk -v d="$INPUT_SEPARATOR" '{s=(NR==1?s:s d)$0}END{print s}')
+      ALL_CHANGED=$(echo "${ALL_CHANGED}" | awk '{gsub(/\|/,"\n"); print $0;}' | xargs -I {} dirname {} | get_dirname_max_depth | uniq | awk -v d="$INPUT_SEPARATOR" '{s=(NR==1?s:s d)$0}END{print s}')
+      ALL_MODIFIED=$(echo "${ALL_MODIFIED}" | awk '{gsub(/\|/,"\n"); print $0;}' | xargs -I {} dirname {} | get_dirname_max_depth | uniq | awk -v d="$INPUT_SEPARATOR" '{s=(NR==1?s:s d)$0}END{print s}')
+    else
+      ADDED=$(echo "${ADDED}" | awk '{gsub(/\|/,"\n"); print $0;}' | awk -v d="$INPUT_SEPARATOR" '{s=(NR==1?s:s d)$0}END{print s}')
+      COPIED=$(echo "${COPIED}" | awk '{gsub(/\|/,"\n"); print $0;}' | awk -v d="$INPUT_SEPARATOR" '{s=(NR==1?s:s d)$0}END{print s}')
+      DELETED=$(echo "${DELETED}" | awk '{gsub(/\|/,"\n"); print $0;}' | awk -v d="$INPUT_SEPARATOR" '{s=(NR==1?s:s d)$0}END{print s}')
+      MODIFIED=$(echo "${MODIFIED}" | awk '{gsub(/\|/,"\n"); print $0;}' | awk -v d="$INPUT_SEPARATOR" '{s=(NR==1?s:s d)$0}END{print s}')
+      RENAMED=$(echo "${RENAMED}" | awk '{gsub(/\|/,"\n"); print $0;}' | awk -v d="$INPUT_SEPARATOR" '{s=(NR==1?s:s d)$0}END{print s}')
+      TYPE_CHANGED=$(echo "${TYPE_CHANGED}" | awk '{gsub(/\|/,"\n"); print $0;}' | awk -v d="$INPUT_SEPARATOR" '{s=(NR==1?s:s d)$0}END{print s}')
+      UNMERGED=$(echo "${UNMERGED}" | awk '{gsub(/\|/,"\n"); print $0;}' | awk -v d="$INPUT_SEPARATOR" '{s=(NR==1?s:s d)$0}END{print s}')
+      UNKNOWN=$(echo "${UNKNOWN}" | awk '{gsub(/\|/,"\n"); print $0;}' | awk -v d="$INPUT_SEPARATOR" '{s=(NR==1?s:s d)$0}END{print s}')
+      ALL_CHANGED_AND_MODIFIED=$(echo "${ALL_CHANGED_AND_MODIFIED}" | awk '{gsub(/\|/,"\n"); print $0;}' | awk -v d="$INPUT_SEPARATOR" '{s=(NR==1?s:s d)$0}END{print s}')
+      ALL_CHANGED=$(echo "${ALL_CHANGED}" | awk '{gsub(/\|/,"\n"); print $0;}' | awk -v d="$INPUT_SEPARATOR" '{s=(NR==1?s:s d)$0}END{print s}')
+      ALL_MODIFIED=$(echo "${ALL_MODIFIED}" | awk '{gsub(/\|/,"\n"); print $0;}' | awk -v d="$INPUT_SEPARATOR" '{s=(NR==1?s:s d)$0}END{print s}')
+    fi
  else
-    ADDED=$(echo "${ADDED}" | jq -R 'split("|") | @json' | sed -r 's/^"|"$//g' | tr -s /)
-    COPIED=$(echo "${COPIED}" | jq -R 'split("|") | @json' | sed -r 's/^"|"$//g' | tr -s /)
-    DELETED=$(echo "${DELETED}" | jq -R 'split("|") | @json' | sed -r 's/^"|"$//g' | tr -s /)
-    MODIFIED=$(echo "${MODIFIED}" | jq -R 'split("|") | @json' | sed -r 's/^"|"$//g' | tr -s /)
-    RENAMED=$(echo "${RENAMED}" | jq -R 'split("|") | @json' | sed -r 's/^"|"$//g' | tr -s /)
-    TYPE_CHANGED=$(echo "${TYPE_CHANGED}" | jq -R 'split("|") | @json' | sed -r 's/^"|"$//g' | tr -s /)
-    UNMERGED=$(echo "${UNMERGED}" | jq -R 'split("|") | @json' | sed -r 's/^"|"$//g' | tr -s /)
-    UNKNOWN=$(echo "${UNKNOWN}" | jq -R 'split("|") | @json' | sed -r 's/^"|"$//g' | tr -s /)
-    ALL_CHANGED_AND_MODIFIED=$(echo "${ALL_CHANGED_AND_MODIFIED}" | jq -R 'split("|") | @json' | sed -r 's/^"|"$//g' | tr -s /)
-    ALL_CHANGED=$(echo "${ALL_CHANGED}" | jq -R 'split("|") | @json' | sed -r 's/^"|"$//g' | tr -s /)
-    ALL_MODIFIED=$(echo "${ALL_MODIFIED}" | jq -R 'split("|") | @json' | sed -r 's/^"|"$//g' | tr -s /)
+    if [[ "$INPUT_DIR_NAMES" == "true" ]]; then
+      ADDED=$(echo "${ADDED}" | awk '{gsub(/\|/,"\n"); print $0;}' | xargs -I {} dirname {} | get_dirname_max_depth | uniq | json_output)
+      COPIED=$(echo "${COPIED}" | awk '{gsub(/\|/,"\n"); print $0;}' | xargs -I {} dirname {} | get_dirname_max_depth | uniq | json_output)
+      DELETED=$(echo "${DELETED}" | awk '{gsub(/\|/,"\n"); print $0;}' | xargs -I {} dirname {} | get_dirname_max_depth | uniq | json_output)
+      MODIFIED=$(echo "${MODIFIED}" | awk '{gsub(/\|/,"\n"); print $0;}' | xargs -I {} dirname {} | get_dirname_max_depth | uniq | json_output)
+      RENAMED=$(echo "${RENAMED}" | awk '{gsub(/\|/,"\n"); print $0;}' | xargs -I {} dirname {} | get_dirname_max_depth | uniq | json_output)
+      TYPE_CHANGED=$(echo "${TYPE_CHANGED}" | awk '{gsub(/\|/,"\n"); print $0;}' | xargs -I {} dirname {} | get_dirname_max_depth | uniq | json_output)
+      UNMERGED=$(echo "${UNMERGED}" | awk '{gsub(/\|/,"\n"); print $0;}' | xargs -I {} dirname {} | get_dirname_max_depth | uniq | json_output)
+      UNKNOWN=$(echo "${UNKNOWN}" | awk '{gsub(/\|/,"\n"); print $0;}' | xargs -I {} dirname {} | get_dirname_max_depth | uniq | json_output)
+      ALL_CHANGED_AND_MODIFIED=$(echo "${ALL_CHANGED_AND_MODIFIED}" | awk '{gsub(/\|/,"\n"); print $0;}' | xargs -I {} dirname {} | get_dirname_max_depth | uniq | json_output)
+      ALL_CHANGED=$(echo "${ALL_CHANGED}" | awk '{gsub(/\|/,"\n"); print $0;}' | xargs -I {} dirname {} | get_dirname_max_depth | uniq | json_output)
+      ALL_MODIFIED=$(echo "${ALL_MODIFIED}" | awk '{gsub(/\|/,"\n"); print $0;}' | xargs -I {} dirname {} | get_dirname_max_depth | uniq | json_output)
+    else
+      ADDED=$(echo "${ADDED}" | awk '{gsub(/\|/,"\n"); print $0;}' | json_output)
+      COPIED=$(echo "${COPIED}" | awk '{gsub(/\|/,"\n"); print $0;}' | json_output)
+      DELETED=$(echo "${DELETED}" | awk '{gsub(/\|/,"\n"); print $0;}' | json_output)
+      MODIFIED=$(echo "${MODIFIED}" | awk '{gsub(/\|/,"\n"); print $0;}' | json_output)
+      RENAMED=$(echo "${RENAMED}" | awk '{gsub(/\|/,"\n"); print $0;}' | json_output)
+      TYPE_CHANGED=$(echo "${TYPE_CHANGED}" | awk '{gsub(/\|/,"\n"); print $0;}' | json_output)
+      UNMERGED=$(echo "${UNMERGED}" | awk '{gsub(/\|/,"\n"); print $0;}' | json_output)
+      UNKNOWN=$(echo "${UNKNOWN}" | awk '{gsub(/\|/,"\n"); print $0;}' | json_output)
+      ALL_CHANGED_AND_MODIFIED=$(echo "${ALL_CHANGED_AND_MODIFIED}" | awk '{gsub(/\|/,"\n"); print $0;}' | json_output)
+      ALL_CHANGED=$(echo "${ALL_CHANGED}" | awk '{gsub(/\|/,"\n"); print $0;}' | json_output)
+      ALL_MODIFIED=$(echo "${ALL_MODIFIED}" | awk '{gsub(/\|/,"\n"); print $0;}' | json_output)
+    fi
  fi
 fi

--- a/rename-1.txt
+++ b/rename-1.txt
--- a/test/test/test.txt
+++ b/test/test/test.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-This is a test file
+This is a test file.
Author	SHA1	Message	Date
Tonye Jack	0562b9f865	fix: handle case of invalid file patterns (#950 )	2023-01-18 11:54:46 -07:00
Tonye Jack	be519638b0	Update README.md	2023-01-17 17:27:32 -07:00
Tonye Jack	596fc641d0	Update README.md	2023-01-17 17:19:40 -07:00
Tonye Jack	c0c2634976	Update README.md	2023-01-17 05:26:20 -07:00
Tonye Jack	5ac4c9fe42	Updated README.md (#948 ) Co-authored-by: jackton1 <jackton1@users.noreply.github.com>	2023-01-13 19:34:44 +00:00
Tonye Jack	93ae7c6b6a	Update README.md	2023-01-13 12:16:39 -07:00
Tonye Jack	ca8881ae34	Upgraded to v35.4.1 (#946 ) Co-authored-by: jackton1 <jackton1@users.noreply.github.com>	2023-01-11 23:15:50 +00:00
Tonye Jack	487675b843	fix: bug retrieving diff with custom a base sha (#945 ) Co-authored-by: repo-ranger[bot] <39074581+repo-ranger[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>	2023-01-11 20:58:50 +00:00
Tonye Jack	988322a381	Update diff-sha.sh	2023-01-11 13:36:35 -07:00
Tonye Jack	30649ae7e0	Updated README.md (#943 ) Co-authored-by: repo-ranger[bot] <repo-ranger[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>	2023-01-10 19:55:11 +00:00
Tonye Jack	52c733bd7b	chore: make since_last_remote_commit optional (#942 )	2023-01-10 19:38:39 +00:00
Tonye Jack	e6a750f507	Update README.md	2023-01-06 10:58:28 -07:00
Tonye Jack	b1a4c25c63	Updated .github/workflows/update-readme.yml	2023-01-05 22:01:58 -07:00
Tonye Jack	15be594e99	Updated .github/workflows/update-readme.yml	2023-01-05 21:46:20 -07:00
Tonye Jack	5af8560e3b	Updated .github/workflows/update-readme.yml	2023-01-05 21:22:49 -07:00
Tonye Jack	ef3b39a58e	Updated .github/workflows/update-readme.yml	2023-01-05 21:21:03 -07:00
Tonye Jack	a7850c2ddb	Upgraded to v35.4.0 (#937 ) Co-authored-by: jackton1 <jackton1@users.noreply.github.com>	2023-01-05 20:25:57 +00:00
Chiel Fernhout	9a6dabf8d1	Make example consistent and out of the box usable (#931 ) Co-authored-by: Tonye Jack <jtonye@ymail.com>	2023-01-05 19:24:02 +00:00
Tonye Jack	4f9f822a4a	Update README.md	2023-01-05 12:09:37 -07:00
Tonye Jack	e5ceb2cea2	Update README.md	2023-01-05 11:20:14 -07:00
Tonye Jack	238f44e1cf	Upgraded to v35.3.2 (#936 ) Co-authored-by: jackton1 <jackton1@users.noreply.github.com>	2023-01-05 11:12:15 -07:00
Tonye Jack	dc4c7d50aa	fix: error overriding the base sha (#933 )	2023-01-05 11:12:03 -07:00
Tonye Jack	ebf889a3b1	feat: skip fetching remote refs for non shallow clones (#934 )	2023-01-05 11:01:14 -07:00
Tonye Jack	45c8d9cb88	Updated README.md (#935 ) Co-authored-by: jackton1 <jackton1@users.noreply.github.com>	2023-01-05 11:00:54 -07:00
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