chore: cleanup imports (#1576 )

chore: refactor function (#1572 )
Co-authored-by: GitHub Action <action@github.com> Co-authored-by: repo-ranger[bot] <39074581+repo-ranger[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
2023-09-17 03:16:01 +00:00 · 2023-09-16 11:44:37 +00:00 · 2023-09-16 09:06:38 +00:00 · 2023-09-16 00:28:53 +00:00 · 2023-09-15 22:09:24 +00:00 · 2023-09-15 08:58:26 +00:00
30 changed files with 4002 additions and 1912 deletions
--- a/.eslintignore
+++ b/.eslintignore
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 dist/
 lib/
 node_modules/
-jest.config.js
+jest.config.js
+coverage/
--- a/.eslintrc.json
+++ b/.eslintrc.json
@@ -5,7 +5,8 @@
    "github"
  ],
  "extends": [
-    "plugin:github/recommended"
+    "plugin:github/recommended",
+    "plugin:prettier/recommended"
  ],
  "parser": "@typescript-eslint/parser",
  "parserOptions": {
--- a/.github/FUNDING.yml
+++ b/.github/FUNDING.yml
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-# These are supported funding model platforms
-
-github: jackton1
-patreon: # Replace with a single Patreon username
-open_collective: tj-actions
-ko_fi: # Replace with a single Ko-fi username
-tidelift: # Replace with a single Tidelift platform-name/package-name e.g., npm/babel
-community_bridge: # Replace with a single Community Bridge project-name e.g., cloud-foundry
-liberapay: # Replace with a single Liberapay username
-issuehunt: # Replace with a single IssueHunt username
-otechie: # Replace with a single Otechie username
-custom: []
--- a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/bug_report.yaml
+++ b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/bug_report.yaml
@@ -1,98 +0,0 @@
-name: 🐞 Bug
-description: Create a report to help us improve
-title: "[BUG] <title>"
-labels: [bug, needs triage]
-
-body:
-  - type: markdown
-    attributes:
-      value: |
-        Thanks for taking the time to fill out this bug report!
-  - type: checkboxes
-    attributes:
-      label: Is there an existing issue for this?
-      description: Please search to see if an issue already exists for the bug you encountered.
-      options:
-        - label: I have searched the existing issues
-          required: true
-  - type: checkboxes
-    attributes:
-      label: Does this issue exist in the latest version?
-      description: Please view all releases to confirm that this issue hasn't already been fixed.
-      options:
-        - label: I'm using the latest release
-          required: true
-  - type: textarea
-    id: what-happened
-    attributes:
-      label: Describe the bug?
-      description: A clear and concise description of what the bug is
-      placeholder: Tell us what you see!
-    validations:
-      required: true
-  - type: textarea
-    id: reproduce
-    attributes:
-      label: To Reproduce
-      description: Steps to reproduce the behavior?
-      placeholder: |
-        1. In this environment...
-        2. With this config...
-        3. Run '...'
-        4. See error...
-    validations:
-      required: true
-  - type: dropdown
-    id: os
-    attributes:
-      label: What OS are you seeing the problem on?
-      multiple: true
-      options:
-        - all
-        - ubuntu-latest or ubuntu-20.04
-        - ubuntu-18.04
-        - macos-latest or macos-10.15
-        - macos-11
-        - windows-latest or windows-2019
-        - windows-2016
-    validations:
-      required: true
-  - type: textarea
-    id: expected
-    attributes:
-      label: Expected behavior?
-      description: A clear and concise description of what you expected to happen.
-      placeholder: Tell us what you expected!
-    validations:
-      required: true
-  - type: textarea
-    id: logs
-    attributes:
-      label: Relevant log output
-      description: Please copy and paste any relevant log output which is obtained after enabling debug logging. This will be automatically formatted into code, so no need for backticks.
-      placeholder: |
-        1. Re-running the workflow with debug logging enabled.
-        2. Copy or download the log archive.
-        3. Paste the contents here or upload the file in a subsequent comment.
-      render: shell
-    validations:
-      required: true
-  - type: textarea
-    attributes:
-      label: Anything else?
-      description: |
-        Links? or References?
-
-        Anything that will give us more context about the issue you are encountering!
-
-        Tip: You can attach images or log files by clicking this area to highlight it and then dragging files in.
-    validations:
-      required: false
-  - type: checkboxes
-    id: terms
-    attributes:
-      label: Code of Conduct
-      description: By submitting this issue, you agree to follow our [Code of Conduct](../blob/main/CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md)
-      options:
-        - label: I agree to follow this project's Code of Conduct
-          required: true
--- a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/feature_request.yaml
+++ b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/feature_request.yaml
@@ -1,59 +0,0 @@
-name: Feature request
-description: Suggest an idea for this project
-title: "[Feature] <title>"
-labels: [enhancement]
-
-body:
-  - type: markdown
-    attributes:
-      value: |
-        Thanks for taking the time to fill out this feature request!
-  - type: checkboxes
-    attributes:
-      label: Is this feature missing in the latest version?
-      description: Please upgrade to the latest version to verify that this feature is still missing.
-      options:
-        - label: I'm using the latest release
-          required: true
-  - type: textarea
-    id: what-happened
-    attributes:
-      label: Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.
-      description: |
-        A clear and concise description of what the problem is. Ex. I'm always frustrated when [...]
-      placeholder: Tell us what you see!
-    validations:
-      required: true
-  - type: textarea
-    id: requests
-    attributes:
-      label: Describe the solution you'd like?
-      description: A clear and concise description of what you want to happen.
-    validations:
-      required: true
-  - type: textarea
-    id: alternative
-    attributes:
-      label: Describe alternatives you've considered?
-      description: A clear and concise description of any alternative solutions or features you've considered.
-    validations:
-      required: false
-  - type: textarea
-    attributes:
-      label: Anything else?
-      description: |
-        Links? or References?
-
-        Add any other context or screenshots about the feature request here.
-
-        Tip: You can attach images or log files by clicking this area to highlight it and then dragging files in.
-    validations:
-      required: false
-  - type: checkboxes
-    id: terms
-    attributes:
-      label: Code of Conduct
-      description: By submitting this issue, you agree to follow our [Code of Conduct](../blob/main/CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md)
-      options:
-        - label: I agree to follow this project's Code of Conduct
-          required: true
--- a/.github/dependabot.yml
+++ b/.github/dependabot.yml
@@ -15,3 +15,10 @@ updates:
  open-pull-requests-limit: 10
  labels:
    - "merge when passing"
+- package-ecosystem: gitsubmodule
+  directory: /
+  schedule:
+    interval: daily
+  open-pull-requests-limit: 10
+  labels:
+    - "merge when passing"
--- a/.github/workflows/codacy-analysis.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/codacy-analysis.yml
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ jobs:
    steps:
      # Checkout the repository to the GitHub Actions runner
      - name: Checkout code
-        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        uses: actions/checkout@3df4ab11eba7bda6032a0b82a6bb43b11571feac # v4

      # Execute Codacy Analysis CLI and generate a SARIF output with the security issues identified during the analysis
      - name: Run Codacy Analysis CLI
--- a/.github/workflows/codeql.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/codeql.yml
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ jobs:

    steps:
    - name: Checkout repository
-      uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      uses: actions/checkout@3df4ab11eba7bda6032a0b82a6bb43b11571feac # v4

    # Initializes the CodeQL tools for scanning.
    - name: Initialize CodeQL
--- a/.github/workflows/manual-test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/manual-test.yml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ jobs:

    steps:
      - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        uses: actions/checkout@3df4ab11eba7bda6032a0b82a6bb43b11571feac # v4
        with:
          submodules: true
          fetch-depth: 0
--- a/.github/workflows/matrix-test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/matrix-test.yml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ jobs:
      matrix: ${{ steps.set-matrix.outputs.matrix }}
    steps:
      - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        uses: actions/checkout@3df4ab11eba7bda6032a0b82a6bb43b11571feac # v4
        with:
          fetch-depth: 0
      - name: Get changed files
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ jobs:
      fail-fast: false
    steps:
      - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        uses: actions/checkout@3df4ab11eba7bda6032a0b82a6bb43b11571feac # v4
      - name: Test
        run: |
          echo ${{ matrix.files }}
--- a/.github/workflows/submodule-sync.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/submodule-sync.yml
@@ -1,29 +0,0 @@
-on:
-  workflow_dispatch:
-
-jobs:
-  sync:
-    name: Submodule Sync
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-
-    steps:
-      - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v3
-        with:
-          fetch-depth: 0
-          submodules: recursive
-
-      - name: Git Sumbodule Update
-        run: |
-          git pull --recurse-submodules
-          git submodule update --remote --recursive
-      
-      - name: Create Pull Request
-        uses: peter-evans/create-pull-request@v5.0.2
-        with:
-          title: "Updated submodule"
-          labels: "merge when passing"
-          branch: "chore/update-submodule"
-          commit-message: "Updated submodule"
-          body: "Updated submodule"
-          token: ${{ secrets.PAT_TOKEN }}
--- a/.github/workflows/sync-release-version.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/sync-release-version.yml
@@ -8,11 +8,11 @@ jobs:
  update-version:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - uses: actions/checkout@3df4ab11eba7bda6032a0b82a6bb43b11571feac # v4
        with:
          fetch-depth: 0
      - name: Run release-tagger
-        uses: tj-actions/release-tagger@v3
+        uses: tj-actions/release-tagger@v4
      - name: Sync release version.
        uses: tj-actions/sync-release-version@v13
        id: sync-release-version
@@ -21,6 +21,14 @@ jobs:
          only_major: true
          paths: |
            README.md
+      - name: Sync release package version.
+        uses: tj-actions/sync-release-version@v13
+        id: sync-release-package-version
+        with:
+          pattern: '"version": "'
+          strip_prefix: "v"
+          paths: |
+            package.json
      - name: Run git-cliff
        uses: tj-actions/git-cliff@v1
      - name: Create Pull Request
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
--- a/.github/workflows/update-readme.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/update-readme.yml
@@ -9,12 +9,12 @@ jobs:
  sync-assets:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - uses: actions/checkout@3df4ab11eba7bda6032a0b82a6bb43b11571feac # v4
        with:
          fetch-depth: 0

      - name: Run auto-doc
-        uses: tj-actions/auto-doc@v2
+        uses: tj-actions/auto-doc@v3

      - name: Run remark
        uses: tj-actions/remark@v3
--- a/.nvmrc
+++ b/.nvmrc
@@ -1 +1 @@
-16
+20
--- a/HISTORY.md
+++ b/HISTORY.md
@@ -1,5 +1,440 @@
 # Changelog

+# [39.0.2](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/compare/v39.0.1...v39.0.2) - (2023-09-11)
+
+## <!-- 1 -->🐛 Bug Fixes
+
+- **deps:** Update dependency @actions/core to v1.10.1 ([7e3122d](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/commit/7e3122dc950f53aecf77675b13eb8549fc50702d))  - (renovate[bot])
+
+## <!-- 16 -->➕ Add
+
+- Added missing changes and modified dist assets.
+ ([dc40835](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/commit/dc40835d4da682fdd0d708a18736c67f61dd30bd))  - (GitHub Action)
+
+## <!-- 7 -->⚙️ Miscellaneous Tasks
+
+- **deps:** Update typescript-eslint monorepo to v6.7.0 ([6ee9cdc](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/commit/6ee9cdc5816333acda68e01cf12eedc619e28316))  - (renovate[bot])
+- **deps:** Lock file maintenance ([0734795](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/commit/073479583b8aa435de99bca59cf0f1d7c9ca60f1))  - (renovate[bot])
+- **deps:** Lock file maintenance ([d76ddee](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/commit/d76ddeeeaafef4ed076ba691b79b2ce022583e29))  - (renovate[bot])
+
+## <!-- 9 -->⬆️ Upgrades
+
+- Upgraded to v39.0.1 ([#1557](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/issues/1557))
+
+Co-authored-by: jackton1 <jackton1@users.noreply.github.com> ([7cdc56d](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/commit/7cdc56dd7a1e035be75e46b4023543b68e58a0ac))  - (tj-actions[bot])
+
+# [39.0.1](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/compare/v39.0.0...v39.0.1) - (2023-09-09)
+
+## <!-- 1 -->🐛 Bug Fixes
+
+- Bug returning empty output for pull request close event ([#1556](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/issues/1556)) ([246636f](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/commit/246636f5fa148b5ad8e65ca4c57b18af3123e5f6))  - (Tonye Jack)
+- Raise error when the previous sha cannot be determined and since_last_remote_commit is true ([#1554](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/issues/1554)) ([523e8b6](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/commit/523e8b6f11215082522b8e62c274b358f64422fa))  - (Tonye Jack)
+- Raise errors when unable to locate the previous commit in local history ([#1551](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/issues/1551)) ([796ac2d](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/commit/796ac2d08f9344cd0602d9bfe4a0393cdfda6ff7))  - (Tonye Jack)
+
+## <!-- 26 -->🔄 Update
+
+- Update README.md ([fe0fb71](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/commit/fe0fb71961c75e134247bf312ee383e33bc06156))  - (Tonye Jack)
+- Update README.md ([e60a7a9](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/commit/e60a7a9173bef6e97132058dd044b946b197f9b6))  - (Tonye Jack)
+- Updated README.md ([#1548](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/issues/1548))
+
+Co-authored-by: repo-ranger[bot] <repo-ranger[bot]@users.noreply.github.com> ([534262e](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/commit/534262e0b262de5c56969bb66d47df047cba50ff))  - (tj-actions[bot])
+- Updated README.md ([#1546](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/issues/1546))
+
+Co-authored-by: renovate[bot] <renovate[bot]@users.noreply.github.com> ([89cb9ea](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/commit/89cb9ea919269ab73a63fbafb7aed58174e5e411))  - (tj-actions[bot])
+
+## <!-- 7 -->⚙️ Miscellaneous Tasks
+
+- Update check ([#1555](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/issues/1555)) ([81bb5d8](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/commit/81bb5d895445a08f2e12fa348b88cd6aea2e94c4))  - (Tonye Jack)
+- **deps:** Update dependency eslint to v8.49.0 ([4a0a3c4](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/commit/4a0a3c4aa538c8f49477d4306b29b349031685d8))  - (renovate[bot])
+- **deps:** Update dependency @types/node to v20.6.0 ([9dfd3f6](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/commit/9dfd3f686b90dc76c07e414be407ec7d43bf9e7f))  - (renovate[bot])
+- Update docs to site example ([#1547](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/issues/1547)) ([673189f](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/commit/673189f77bde91f43ac9301ef8ebcc4ce105358e))  - (Tonye Jack)
+- **deps:** Lock file maintenance ([7113206](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/commit/711320618723bac63c2926a9710f091acbbe736e))  - (renovate[bot])
+- Add warning on valid output keys ([#1544](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/issues/1544)) ([926a3fd](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/commit/926a3fd7779d0f54baac89dbb55d6302825ae6f9))  - (Tonye Jack)
+- **deps:** Update reviewdog/action-shellcheck action to v1.19 ([de23f62](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/commit/de23f62d1eecad9116a04783c7f26d8885f0733b))  - (renovate[bot])
+- **deps:** Update dependency @vercel/ncc to ^0.38.0 ([afbabc4](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/commit/afbabc4364fff08a6b98f3d686abae4217a7123f))  - (renovate[bot])
+- **deps:** Update tj-actions/eslint-changed-files action to v21 ([#1539](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/issues/1539)) ([eda0811](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/commit/eda0811ed2364c6ea09da7989ab0e572f2f5fd61))  - (renovate[bot])
+- **deps:** Update dependency @types/lodash to v4.14.198 ([bda67fc](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/commit/bda67fc879fa09a72253e0ed6b5cffeac9f14f44))  - (renovate[bot])
+- Update sync-release-version.yml ([#1537](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/issues/1537)) ([5a5d398](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/commit/5a5d398e5fb9b4d2776feb62de64e396ecb74de8))  - (Tonye Jack)
+
+## <!-- 9 -->⬆️ Upgrades
+
+- Upgraded to v39 ([#1536](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/issues/1536))
+
+Co-authored-by: jackton1 <jackton1@users.noreply.github.com> ([f699bde](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/commit/f699bde5ad428fbc4281b9ca6865153f4b1e7a55))  - (tj-actions[bot])
+
+# [39.0.0](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/compare/v38.2.2...v39.0.0) - (2023-09-04)
+
+## <!-- 26 -->🔄 Update
+
+- Update README.md ([632c84d](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/commit/632c84dcca8d5cbc35825d0cddfd0c2870886adc))  - (Tonye Jack)
+
+## <!-- 7 -->⚙️ Miscellaneous Tasks
+
+- **deps:** Lock file maintenance ([d68a666](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/commit/d68a6666bebcffa866de06e2468374eda79f6187))  - (renovate[bot])
+
+## <!-- 9 -->⬆️ Upgrades
+
+- Nodejs to v20 ([#1535](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/issues/1535)) ([48566bb](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/commit/48566bbcc22ceb7c5809ebdd27377309f2c3de8c))  - (Tonye Jack)
+- Upgraded to v38.2.2 ([#1533](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/issues/1533))
+
+Co-authored-by: jackton1 <jackton1@users.noreply.github.com>
+Co-authored-by: repo-ranger[bot] <39074581+repo-ranger[bot]@users.noreply.github.com> ([07660d5](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/commit/07660d51a9f53df8dfaa952899fe3170cc8d7a1d))  - (tj-actions[bot])
+
+# [38.2.2](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/compare/v38.2.1...v38.2.2) - (2023-09-04)
+
+## <!-- 1 -->🐛 Bug Fixes
+
+- Bug with outputs when json is set to true ([#1531](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/issues/1531)) ([8d335b7](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/commit/8d335b7b7dd078ea984daff751cca794ed2e3f55))  - (Tonye Jack)
+
+## <!-- 7 -->⚙️ Miscellaneous Tasks
+
+- **deps:** Lock file maintenance ([1aee362](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/commit/1aee3621b1c10305ee778298fcf32324684e5448))  - (renovate[bot])
+- **deps:** Update typescript-eslint monorepo to v6.6.0 ([fd460fa](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/commit/fd460fa3ba5a11b8fde158a65d59d764c344878e))  - (renovate[bot])
+- **deps:** Update actions/checkout action to v4 ([#1527](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/issues/1527)) ([5b84ed2](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/commit/5b84ed26a3cc4c8a3f72c23739e361226a1c3773))  - (renovate[bot])
+- **deps:** Lock file maintenance ([e03c026](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/commit/e03c026bf43272cfd653bdebb67d53eefa7e381c))  - (renovate[bot])
+- **deps:** Update dependency @types/node to v20.5.9 ([5704310](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/commit/5704310356f399321c158190d53b4862c1adcdcd))  - (renovate[bot])
+- **deps:** Update dependency @types/node to v20.5.8 ([c922361](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/commit/c922361eb2e5315d71b2b0ce26a3ce1919ae0725))  - (renovate[bot])
+- **deps:** Lock file maintenance ([79d644d](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/commit/79d644d1a2bc9ca4316052da1b06e73cde530d09))  - (renovate[bot])
+
+## <!-- 9 -->⬆️ Upgrades
+
+- Upgraded to v38.2.1 ([#1523](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/issues/1523))
+
+Co-authored-by: jackton1 <jackton1@users.noreply.github.com>
+Co-authored-by: repo-ranger[bot] <39074581+repo-ranger[bot]@users.noreply.github.com> ([48576e6](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/commit/48576e65843bb9b05d25cac69fe8b1c142a9485a))  - (tj-actions[bot])
+
+# [38.2.1](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/compare/v38.2.0...v38.2.1) - (2023-09-01)
+
+## <!-- 1 -->🐛 Bug Fixes
+
+- Bug matching patterns ([#1520](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/issues/1520)) ([8476756](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/commit/8476756ae3363aa4c10685f8804636de76aee77c))  - (Tonye Jack)
+
+## <!-- 17 -->➖ Remove
+
+- Deleted .github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/feature_request.yaml ([4fac98a](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/commit/4fac98a65655335ee89759e4c87d265b0114e15c))  - (Tonye Jack)
+- Deleted .github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/bug_report.yaml ([bed56b2](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/commit/bed56b29b814ce968175396abd67152a01b3a722))  - (Tonye Jack)
+- Delete FUNDING.yml ([c3ceccf](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/commit/c3ceccf9bce227317f59ed99512b300e0aa6c2ae))  - (Tonye Jack)
+
+## <!-- 26 -->🔄 Update
+
+- Update bug_report.yaml ([2338e28](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/commit/2338e28eefcb81d8c25c7e6ca50543f53f60446b))  - (Tonye Jack)
+- Update bug_report.yaml ([d4eb53d](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/commit/d4eb53db66ce407e266022c530dec9703cdffd3d))  - (Tonye Jack)
+- Update bug_report.yaml ([8f777bb](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/commit/8f777bbc0dbc0dfc6994d2c93114bfb970d95e61))  - (Tonye Jack)
+- Update bug_report.yaml ([7d256b9](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/commit/7d256b941a1ffb4dea0a5f3b7a3a34b6fe962e4c))  - (Tonye Jack)
+
+## <!-- 7 -->⚙️ Miscellaneous Tasks
+
+- Update warning message ([#1521](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/issues/1521)) ([2f7246c](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/commit/2f7246cb26e8bb6709b6cbfc1fec7febfe82e96a))  - (Tonye Jack)
+- **deps:** Bump test/demo from `8bbc726` to `5dfac2e` ([#1518](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/issues/1518)) ([d90c240](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/commit/d90c240f2ad4ec04d8f0f48e5ac290ad96ebe850))  - (dependabot[bot])
+- **deps:** Lock file maintenance ([3be651e](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/commit/3be651e99d3d4eae395694f6c6f3b9d18457f6c8))  - (renovate[bot])
+- **deps:** Lock file maintenance ([c899288](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/commit/c89928824ff66dd05ee32708cd6228b6d65c9405))  - (renovate[bot])
+
+## <!-- 9 -->⬆️ Upgrades
+
+- Upgraded to v38.2.0 ([#1515](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/issues/1515))
+
+Co-authored-by: jackton1 <jackton1@users.noreply.github.com> ([047f654](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/commit/047f65464639f7d9b9efefea74419be4c0b50b5f))  - (tj-actions[bot])
+
+# [38.2.0](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/compare/v38.1.3...v38.2.0) - (2023-08-30)
+
+## <!-- 0 -->🚀 Features
+
+- Add support for failing on error ([#1511](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/issues/1511)) ([f1b3c2f](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/commit/f1b3c2fa8b5692e972e331fdd79882d38273972c))  - (Tonye Jack)
+
+## <!-- 1 -->🐛 Bug Fixes
+
+- **deps:** Update dependency yaml to v2.3.2 ([7555f14](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/commit/7555f14f918691d9063483ad675c79b69b47adcd))  - (renovate[bot])
+
+## <!-- 16 -->➕ Add
+
+- Added missing changes and modified dist assets.
+ ([b1c183b](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/commit/b1c183b83c74c3f32fb9bb133284a41b10553736))  - (GitHub Action)
+
+## <!-- 26 -->🔄 Update
+
+- Updated README.md ([#1514](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/issues/1514))
+
+Co-authored-by: jackton1 <jackton1@users.noreply.github.com> ([50f6234](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/commit/50f623482f13ff783ea3495d9c9a106d8f17d2ff))  - (tj-actions[bot])
+- Update README.md ([2e0f79f](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/commit/2e0f79f8b6a541bee4a978276043a311172d0dc2))  - (Tonye Jack)
+- Updated README.md ([#1513](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/issues/1513))
+
+Co-authored-by: jackton1 <jackton1@users.noreply.github.com> ([308cb3d](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/commit/308cb3daf981b614d1eb8f01ba365f9d478fb50d))  - (tj-actions[bot])
+- Updated README.md ([#1510](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/issues/1510))
+
+Co-authored-by: jackton1 <jackton1@users.noreply.github.com> ([2f6d66a](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/commit/2f6d66af9db64309ccb993e5969f61d180c9d5ff))  - (tj-actions[bot])
+- Update README.md ([ef21b84](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/commit/ef21b845077a6a12523c59bee84fab2847a3c6ed))  - (Tonye Jack)
+- Update README.md ([c9dd672](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/commit/c9dd6721cf288da7c7c5d06f78cb27e66d7d8279))  - (Tonye Jack)
+
+## <!-- 7 -->⚙️ Miscellaneous Tasks
+
+- **deps:** Update dependency @types/uuid to v9.0.3 ([#1512](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/issues/1512)) ([0fc9663](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/commit/0fc9663aa70243d87319dbd32fd926344d18d38f))  - (renovate[bot])
+- **deps:** Update dependency prettier to v3.0.3 ([4285197](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/commit/428519788bc9daeb52f4031e6be46b6a8b42d57a))  - (renovate[bot])
+- **deps:** Update dependency eslint-plugin-github to v4.10.0 ([522df62](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/commit/522df62704d7d3a82510f5b1af9bcac3e8c95a60))  - (renovate[bot])
+- **deps:** Update typescript-eslint monorepo to v6.5.0 ([d35b677](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/commit/d35b677f4bef732191226506c4e785f7dfea2cd0))  - (renovate[bot])
+- **deps:** Lock file maintenance ([bc2a793](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/commit/bc2a7930225604ad9877b568ec5bb044d0b1f59c))  - (renovate[bot])
+
+## <!-- 9 -->⬆️ Upgrades
+
+- Upgraded to v38.1.3 ([#1503](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/issues/1503))
+
+Co-authored-by: jackton1 <jackton1@users.noreply.github.com> ([a40e52b](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/commit/a40e52b504ccee766d2304f1b5ff1aeba55a832e))  - (tj-actions[bot])
+
+# [38.1.3](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/compare/v38.1.2...v38.1.3) - (2023-08-26)
+
+## <!-- 7 -->⚙️ Miscellaneous Tasks
+
+- **deps:** Update tj-actions/release-tagger action to v4 ([#1502](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/issues/1502)) ([c860b5c](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/commit/c860b5c47fa71f461da850094ef2f6e3d6514e44))  - (renovate[bot])
+
+# [38.1.2](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/compare/v38.1.1...v38.1.2) - (2023-08-26)
+
+## <!-- 7 -->⚙️ Miscellaneous Tasks
+
+- Update warning message ([#1500](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/issues/1500)) ([2f8b802](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/commit/2f8b80270f04e421b28efb2abaccef4fce4815b6))  - (Tonye Jack)
+- **deps:** Lock file maintenance ([d01e38a](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/commit/d01e38ae60f5527562be5c2d2bee11d666a25759))  - (renovate[bot])
+- Update submodule ([#1498](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/issues/1498)) ([eed6844](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/commit/eed6844f8b8930b86537b173c0c545d73fdf2177))  - (Tonye Jack)
+- Update warning message ([#1497](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/issues/1497)) ([f6e73eb](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/commit/f6e73eb5b610c261657b2de25ec64c4252069608))  - (Tonye Jack)
+- **deps:** Update dependency eslint to v8.48.0 ([34c9fcc](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/commit/34c9fcc96ac0a5d0be0519ed91e3f625c9b8ad09))  - (renovate[bot])
+
+## <!-- 9 -->⬆️ Upgrades
+
+- Upgraded to v38.1.1 ([#1495](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/issues/1495))
+
+Co-authored-by: jackton1 <jackton1@users.noreply.github.com>
+Co-authored-by: repo-ranger[bot] <39074581+repo-ranger[bot]@users.noreply.github.com> ([3034ed7](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/commit/3034ed7851a1bae2de6ae8f20e9c9890917b859a))  - (tj-actions[bot])
+
+# [38.1.1](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/compare/v38.1.0...v38.1.1) - (2023-08-25)
+
+## <!-- 16 -->➕ Add
+
+- Added missing changes and modified dist assets.
+ ([c0d418d](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/commit/c0d418d2f41e21e92203a1022c4606ef77aa6bc2))  - (GitHub Action)
+
+## <!-- 26 -->🔄 Update
+
+- Updated README.md ([#1493](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/issues/1493))
+
+Co-authored-by: jackton1 <jackton1@users.noreply.github.com> ([b7f1b73](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/commit/b7f1b7347fea1df67230801b66081fe3cba7dc69))  - (tj-actions[bot])
+- Update README.md ([fc4a224](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/commit/fc4a224c47dadefa07dc096ed0ff953c0bd17144))  - (Tonye Jack)
+- Updated .github/FUNDING.yml ([8e62bee](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/commit/8e62bee92f800ef13879d41004367f912f016c85))  - (Tonye Jack)
+- Updated .github/FUNDING.yml ([02ce009](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/commit/02ce009f4243cd05f1381c43c6a1d48f68a3b485))  - (Tonye Jack)
+- Updated README.md ([#1486](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/issues/1486))
+
+Co-authored-by: jackton1 <jackton1@users.noreply.github.com> ([88a8df6](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/commit/88a8df65a2f24314ca8833c27ec427ffe6809039))  - (tj-actions[bot])
+- Updated README.md ([#1485](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/issues/1485))
+
+Co-authored-by: repo-ranger[bot] <repo-ranger[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
+Co-authored-by: repo-ranger[bot] <39074581+repo-ranger[bot]@users.noreply.github.com> ([5c42e98](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/commit/5c42e98b8fe904db676293fa7156514c905af8c4))  - (tj-actions[bot])
+- Updated README.md ([#1483](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/issues/1483))
+
+Co-authored-by: jackton1 <jackton1@users.noreply.github.com>
+Co-authored-by: repo-ranger[bot] <39074581+repo-ranger[bot]@users.noreply.github.com> ([088d89c](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/commit/088d89c918a1e7d236520ec4e7daea1d959d41e5))  - (tj-actions[bot])
+- Update update-readme.yml ([8299ae0](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/commit/8299ae07ec237ebe1c58a4cc49b9c1e064d927fa))  - (Tonye Jack)
+- Update update-readme.yml ([fd8ad0b](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/commit/fd8ad0b93433d4d8c80427eb93ae5e78b8a1ce7c))  - (Tonye Jack)
+
+## <!-- 7 -->⚙️ Miscellaneous Tasks
+
+- **deps:** Bump test/demo from `f0065d7` to `8bbc726` ([#1492](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/issues/1492)) ([b86b505](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/commit/b86b5055c618b14573c5d8f6d7198309ea0828ac))  - (dependabot[bot])
+- **deps:** Lock file maintenance ([2cd8943](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/commit/2cd89433debfbbf5e77c95d38dac646ff3a76ebc))  - (renovate[bot])
+- **deps:** Update dependency @types/node to v20.5.6 ([6cb2857](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/commit/6cb2857ef0a3296d70201f34aa4ca530deb48e38))  - (renovate[bot])
+- **deps:** Update dependency typescript to v5.2.2 ([716bc48](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/commit/716bc48e21c1367a2c750432fff2cc1dd8fe4ead))  - (renovate[bot])
+- **deps:** Update dependency jest to v29.6.4 ([6afd248](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/commit/6afd248b1827a2f7943482875140b770f36cc4e8))  - (renovate[bot])
+- **deps:** Update tj-actions/auto-doc action to v3 ([#1484](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/issues/1484)) ([fd5abe1](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/commit/fd5abe1ac5fb8d024051c757ad9bf1fc6b767e6c))  - (renovate[bot])
+
+## <!-- 9 -->⬆️ Upgrades
+
+- Upgraded to v38.1.0 ([#1482](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/issues/1482))
+
+Co-authored-by: jackton1 <jackton1@users.noreply.github.com> ([2fc6aa8](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/commit/2fc6aa80df596875e0f74f1df939e72b7627e867))  - (tj-actions[bot])
+
+# [38.1.0](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/compare/v38.0.0...v38.1.0) - (2023-08-23)
+
+## <!-- 0 -->🚀 Features
+
+- Add support for fetching additional history for submodules ([#1476](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/issues/1476)) ([5693615](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/commit/569361586a6cff9491312916c5e703a443417e81))  - (Tonye Jack)
+
+## <!-- 26 -->🔄 Update
+
+- Updated README.md ([#1477](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/issues/1477))
+
+Co-authored-by: jackton1 <jackton1@users.noreply.github.com> ([e4e7694](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/commit/e4e76943d643113dcf1458aecb541063cbdc63fd))  - (tj-actions[bot])
+
+## <!-- 7 -->⚙️ Miscellaneous Tasks
+
+- **deps:** Bump test/demo from `e168fac` to `f0065d7` ([#1481](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/issues/1481)) ([1c26215](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/commit/1c26215f3fbd51eba03bc199e5cbabdfc3584ce3))  - (dependabot[bot])
+- **deps-dev:** Bump @types/node from 20.5.3 to 20.5.4 ([#1480](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/issues/1480)) ([7b1e154](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/commit/7b1e1540e27d3397053816b2bcf36f17cfc6cf2f))  - (dependabot[bot])
+- Move submodule update to dependabot and remove unused workflow ([#1478](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/issues/1478)) ([02010ed](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/commit/02010edac36d80b90e96e94e505a9e34a67f7b89))  - (Tonye Jack)
+- **deps:** Lock file maintenance ([7852182](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/commit/785218258b790e5191c8655f483824c7e8c226da))  - (renovate[bot])
+
+## <!-- 9 -->⬆️ Upgrades
+
+- Upgraded to v38 ([#1474](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/issues/1474))
+
+Co-authored-by: jackton1 <jackton1@users.noreply.github.com> ([0b45bc6](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/commit/0b45bc64c29a84aea65c944b5a06b6c75844dfaa))  - (tj-actions[bot])
+
+# [38.0.0](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/compare/v37.6.1...v38.0.0) - (2023-08-23)
+
+## <!-- 0 -->🚀 Features
+
+- Add support for including matching changed files when dir_names is set to true ([#1464](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/issues/1464)) ([8789204](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/commit/8789204f9747de46e322edc26ccef589722b5d12))  - (Tonye Jack)
+
+## <!-- 1 -->🐛 Bug Fixes
+
+- Error getting diff for submodules ([#1473](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/issues/1473)) ([17f3fec](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/commit/17f3fec1edef0c3916d59cbcee1585fcd457e456))  - (Tonye Jack)
+- Bug with locating the previous tag ([#1470](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/issues/1470)) ([fc63326](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/commit/fc633265449c7430ee5634b1c673247b313ef8cf))  - (Tonye Jack)
+
+## <!-- 26 -->🔄 Update
+
+- Updated README.md ([#1466](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/issues/1466))
+
+Co-authored-by: repo-ranger[bot] <repo-ranger[bot]@users.noreply.github.com> ([e8f1278](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/commit/e8f12786b4779b5208c8e0593863215f52c804e0))  - (tj-actions[bot])
+- Update README.md ([f8b4039](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/commit/f8b4039d9628a18c5e26b11a098230dd037e299e))  - (Tonye Jack)
+- Update README.md ([0e8eddf](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/commit/0e8eddfd8c525e4d8522d7de71af8ad5e4290b90))  - (Tonye Jack)
+
+## <!-- 7 -->⚙️ Miscellaneous Tasks
+
+- Update test ([#1469](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/issues/1469)) ([52dbf3e](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/commit/52dbf3e3cf799a1324a9c148c64948abbf8c3fa6))  - (Tonye Jack)
+- **deps:** Update dependency @types/jest to v29.5.4 ([#1472](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/issues/1472)) ([0a814e4](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/commit/0a814e4372753d6beb4a9ec8f4166aea312f679a))  - (renovate[bot])
+- **deps:** Update dependency @types/node to v20.5.3 ([#1467](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/issues/1467)) ([18bacaa](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/commit/18bacaab15227e761b04fb4097648318590be71a))  - (renovate[bot])
+- Update .eslintrc.json ([#1465](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/issues/1465)) ([819fb64](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/commit/819fb645201f8693c48ca1158b4069d0c7cec64d))  - (Tonye Jack)
+- **deps:** Update typescript-eslint monorepo to v6.4.1 ([#1463](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/issues/1463)) ([31003b4](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/commit/31003b45e6faa01151aeb2508de21d895b9024d8))  - (renovate[bot])
+- **deps:** Update dependency jest to v29.6.3 ([#1462](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/issues/1462)) ([1f04b16](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/commit/1f04b16682ff06e18be316b672337f43ebd8f768))  - (renovate[bot])
+- **deps:** Lock file maintenance ([#1461](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/issues/1461)) ([0a8b04e](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/commit/0a8b04e3e345eae4a8aa28fb46959c1509197ee5))  - (renovate[bot])
+- **deps:** Update dependency @types/node to v20.5.1 ([#1460](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/issues/1460)) ([6da496e](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/commit/6da496e2f92930ffc11735db0b53e4e2027e9e26))  - (renovate[bot])
+- **deps:** Update actions/setup-node action to v3.8.1 ([#1459](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/issues/1459)) ([68d38a3](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/commit/68d38a3f163ab827c733c45c9f23d607401a34ce))  - (renovate[bot])
+
+## <!-- 9 -->⬆️ Upgrades
+
+- Upgraded to v37.6.1 ([#1458](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/issues/1458))
+
+Co-authored-by: jackton1 <jackton1@users.noreply.github.com> ([3645cf9](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/commit/3645cf9fc374b6e501b12888142f2aabc6b3cbf9))  - (tj-actions[bot])
+
+# [37.6.1](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/compare/v37.6.0...v37.6.1) - (2023-08-15)
+
+## <!-- 26 -->🔄 Update
+
+- Update README.md ([9273633](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/commit/927363397d870aec841c3616c5136442218239af))  - (Tonye Jack)
+- Update README.md ([a2e7076](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/commit/a2e707696afd3f2f1738328cbfed71c56cd9b744))  - (Tonye Jack)
+
+## <!-- 7 -->⚙️ Miscellaneous Tasks
+
+- **deps:** Update dependency prettier to v3.0.2 ([#1457](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/issues/1457)) ([a0585ff](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/commit/a0585ff9904b77d046192a7846e59783d6ea287b))  - (renovate[bot])
+- **deps:** Update typescript-eslint monorepo to v6.4.0 ([#1456](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/issues/1456)) ([ec3a2a3](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/commit/ec3a2a3b3bf9648f952a5c642013948f99ab154f))  - (renovate[bot])
+- **deps:** Update actions/setup-node action to v3.8.0 ([#1455](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/issues/1455)) ([24e2a6f](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/commit/24e2a6fb86042fb1e67a527045d6f8dea53b7d06))  - (renovate[bot])
+- **deps:** Lock file maintenance ([#1454](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/issues/1454)) ([1144bc6](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/commit/1144bc6587e8570446c99b3cd5961539c750de3e))  - (renovate[bot])
+- **deps:** Update dependency @types/node to v20.5.0 ([#1453](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/issues/1453)) ([fa84d94](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/commit/fa84d9471e31552ac5031e74416776d80f7b3c23))  - (renovate[bot])
+- **deps:** Update dependency @types/node to v20.4.10 ([#1452](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/issues/1452)) ([71dfd0d](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/commit/71dfd0dc2e7cde599586ee53148fcf31fda68499))  - (renovate[bot])
+- **deps:** Update dependency eslint to v8.47.0 ([#1451](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/issues/1451)) ([b941520](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/commit/b941520afb05ff090564ee87734ece045963aaa7))  - (renovate[bot])
+- **deps:** Lock file maintenance ([#1450](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/issues/1450)) ([be11012](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/commit/be110124f6253e3471e3c0280329c359fef9b077))  - (renovate[bot])
+- **deps:** Update dependency @types/lodash to v4.14.197 ([#1446](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/issues/1446)) ([9dc097c](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/commit/9dc097cfe56dd6dca442b8b71b988aad4c385f94))  - (renovate[bot])
+- **deps:** Update dependency @types/node to v20.4.9 ([#1444](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/issues/1444)) ([e3b0c8a](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/commit/e3b0c8a681e6f809136066ceeaae9a9203eddf29))  - (renovate[bot])
+- Fix typo ([a62be95](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/commit/a62be95af39e3e8d28a0ff4a80d07d30e7d16e17))  - (Tonye Jack)
+- **deps:** Update typescript-eslint monorepo to v6.3.0 ([#1442](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/issues/1442)) ([f267068](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/commit/f267068b025785a2b8e6c5fd692c18782759af31))  - (renovate[bot])
+
+## <!-- 9 -->⬆️ Upgrades
+
+- Upgraded to v37.6.0 ([#1441](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/issues/1441))
+
+Co-authored-by: jackton1 <jackton1@users.noreply.github.com> ([7f0849b](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/commit/7f0849be06042444c62445709a000389e08d70e6))  - (tj-actions[bot])
+
+# [37.6.0](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/compare/v37.5.2...v37.6.0) - (2023-08-07)
+
+## <!-- 0 -->🚀 Features
+
+- Improve checking local branch history ([#1436](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/issues/1436)) ([d4e6e22](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/commit/d4e6e22e932832260459e972c83fa76adca04a5c))  - (Tonye Jack)
+
+## <!-- 26 -->🔄 Update
+
+- Update README.md ([1e9cd5f](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/commit/1e9cd5f2990496e3dc049d7978a807ed153b11a7))  - (Tonye Jack)
+- Update README.md ([6b028b6](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/commit/6b028b63039ee69ccfad97e35166eb997f6807ff))  - (Tonye Jack)
+- Updated README.md ([#1432](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/issues/1432))
+
+Co-authored-by: jackton1 <jackton1@users.noreply.github.com> ([b61db78](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/commit/b61db7817fbdc9f587fb205f4276886cda5913c5))  - (tj-actions[bot])
+- Update README.md ([6a48a0a](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/commit/6a48a0a0182db1daa7e00603ede7e99364f65ff2))  - (Tonye Jack)
+- Update README.md ([3415802](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/commit/3415802ae92f45865a7bb5f80578ad22994f57ea))  - (Tonye Jack)
+- Update README.md ([20a19b9](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/commit/20a19b977fa3a78c7d87956e7b388681926d3b56))  - (Tonye Jack)
+- Update README.md ([10228bf](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/commit/10228bf07b9286b8db198de83022b52ab908bde7))  - (Tonye Jack)
+
+## <!-- 6 -->🧪 Testing
+
+- Improve test coverage ([#1435](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/issues/1435)) ([29022e8](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/commit/29022e81a423492ed68172112181d0109be5e64e))  - (Tonye Jack)
+
+## <!-- 7 -->⚙️ Miscellaneous Tasks
+
+- Improve test coverage ([#1440](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/issues/1440)) ([87697c0](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/commit/87697c0dca7dd44e37a2b79a79489332556ff1f3))  - (Tonye Jack)
+- Simplify code ([#1439](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/issues/1439)) ([0acc1c3](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/commit/0acc1c308efedeb1a3a82d4c3812e380cacc86ec))  - (Tonye Jack)
+- **deps:** Lock file maintenance ([#1438](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/issues/1438)) ([312a3d8](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/commit/312a3d8003811361254cc82903f9a5e057bd1d66))  - (renovate[bot])
+- **deps:** Update dependency @types/node to v20.4.8 ([#1425](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/issues/1425)) ([701bae5](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/commit/701bae514b676a5deb33f611a66c7639c3ee2690))  - (renovate[bot])
+- **deps:** Lock file maintenance ([#1437](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/issues/1437)) ([8bffb97](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/commit/8bffb974e49dd3c5f242d8af10b9326194c99740))  - (renovate[bot])
+- **deps-dev:** Bump @types/node from 20.4.6 to 20.4.7 ([#1433](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/issues/1433)) ([f762082](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/commit/f76208237d15a696b0174f93dbb00254bc016c65))  - (dependabot[bot])
+
+## <!-- 9 -->⬆️ Upgrades
+
+- Upgraded to v37.5.2 ([#1431](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/issues/1431))
+
+Co-authored-by: jackton1 <jackton1@users.noreply.github.com> ([24ac45c](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/commit/24ac45c74eee7f284e92f053e045dd94823f7255))  - (tj-actions[bot])
+
+# [37.5.2](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/compare/v37.5.1...v37.5.2) - (2023-08-03)
+
+## <!-- 26 -->🔄 Update
+
+- Update README.md ([948fd1a](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/commit/948fd1aec0f923945aefa5b428966a3148c14b6f))  - (Tonye Jack)
+- Update README.md ([bde04d3](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/commit/bde04d3ec66f15d1bc7856d05ca626fb6573dc64))  - (Tonye Jack)
+- Update README.md ([3fdcd6b](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/commit/3fdcd6b1fa054b93db539c7b381c93fa2268d74e))  - (Tonye Jack)
+- Update README.md ([6b62acf](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/commit/6b62acfc401246667fa6575c368224614e69d150))  - (Tonye Jack)
+- Updated README.md ([#1420](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/issues/1420))
+
+Co-authored-by: jackton1 <jackton1@users.noreply.github.com> ([c10ebdc](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/commit/c10ebdc85fde7af2ea8c66779702ccdc2c09c3ba))  - (tj-actions[bot])
+- Update README.md ([1b00b76](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/commit/1b00b76bc1c9caf00f684c3bb3147d85da101580))  - (Tonye Jack)
+
+## <!-- 7 -->⚙️ Miscellaneous Tasks
+
+- Improve test coverage ([#1430](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/issues/1430)) ([85c8b82](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/commit/85c8b8252fc9893e00b3633a16670e53040e6d71))  - (Tonye Jack)
+- **deps:** Update dependency prettier to v3.0.1 ([#1428](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/issues/1428)) ([213a6fb](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/commit/213a6fbf71815875a70e39d3f252fe0b13646e14))  - (renovate[bot])
+- **deps:** Lock file maintenance ([#1427](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/issues/1427)) ([c089e39](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/commit/c089e392a94aa3fb0651d7893b8d45513851ca14))  - (renovate[bot])
+- **deps-dev:** Bump @types/node from 20.4.5 to 20.4.6 ([#1426](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/issues/1426)) ([387fa91](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/commit/387fa91a199f7def6ffb96525119cce72a40c3d2))  - (dependabot[bot])
+- **deps:** Lock file maintenance ([#1424](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/issues/1424)) ([ce7dcea](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/commit/ce7dceac93d38ea5365ee8ec231c4c25529ecbfd))  - (renovate[bot])
+- **deps:** Lock file maintenance ([#1423](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/issues/1423)) ([18832c2](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/commit/18832c2f0d0dcbf0a631fb9ae64a5b2c840b72d8))  - (renovate[bot])
+- **deps:** Update typescript-eslint monorepo to v6.2.1 ([#1422](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/issues/1422)) ([2b564ea](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/commit/2b564ea5437173b3e7dcb0d7aec9ee0ad166d488))  - (renovate[bot])
+- **deps:** Lock file maintenance ([#1421](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/issues/1421)) ([62411c0](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/commit/62411c0bbfd74101a58615b1443f3b112aab34f7))  - (renovate[bot])
+- **deps:** Lock file maintenance ([#1419](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/issues/1419)) ([8ffb34e](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/commit/8ffb34e4dbad285f2f06e6fc82d72b24d5de2534))  - (renovate[bot])
+
+## <!-- 9 -->⬆️ Upgrades
+
+- Upgraded to v37.5.1 ([#1418](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/issues/1418))
+
+Co-authored-by: jackton1 <jackton1@users.noreply.github.com> ([81ce706](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/commit/81ce7062432f3f2a5ba687cce3f289de9da66332))  - (tj-actions[bot])
+
+# [37.5.1](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/compare/v37.5.0...v37.5.1) - (2023-07-28)
+
+## <!-- 26 -->🔄 Update
+
+- Update README.md ([ca51c3f](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/commit/ca51c3f4304b9cd96adebaa47025a2014040eb61))  - (Tonye Jack)
+- Update README.md ([5716c62](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/commit/5716c6246fcfd7031340a7be53243a6a6b689c3e))  - (Tonye Jack)
+- Update README.md ([f6edf88](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/commit/f6edf885b4a59cd97f396367b3e6fe4f26454601))  - (Tonye Jack)
+- Update README.md ([331d2da](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/commit/331d2daf96995ca6711e07b13681faa6a55bda62))  - (Tonye Jack)
+- Updated README.md ([#1412](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/issues/1412))
+
+Co-authored-by: jackton1 <jackton1@users.noreply.github.com> ([174b246](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/commit/174b246d44adb53ce1a125fc589734fce01e47eb))  - (tj-actions[bot])
+- Update README.md ([0bf8395](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/commit/0bf83955a913aa99abe90724dc460e86708af650))  - (Tonye Jack)
+- Update README.md ([69c6091](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/commit/69c6091ee4f562b2c6509ded97c4e5330ac95b09))  - (Tonye Jack)
+- Update README.md ([ba9054e](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/commit/ba9054e8d5ffe1537ded23c6a65348cb9b78e8c4))  - (Tonye Jack)
+- Update README.md ([7e9cc01](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/commit/7e9cc01c5474ea22e06e55ea8a296c8653e64d0c))  - (Tonye Jack)
+
+## <!-- 7 -->⚙️ Miscellaneous Tasks
+
+- **deps:** Update dependency eslint to v8.46.0 ([#1417](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/issues/1417)) ([a96679d](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/commit/a96679dfee2a1e64b1db5a210c0ffaf1f2cb24ce))  - (renovate[bot])
+- **deps:** Lock file maintenance ([#1416](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/issues/1416)) ([0c65957](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/commit/0c659577d4b26faf3f99868ea9cabd2775f9b3cb))  - (renovate[bot])
+- **deps:** Update dependency jest to v29.6.2 ([#1415](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/issues/1415)) ([ea41e77](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/commit/ea41e772876ff19a8d86e3315c52ceff3dae1941))  - (renovate[bot])
+- **deps:** Update dependency @types/lodash to v4.14.196 ([#1413](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/issues/1413)) ([4acaa72](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/commit/4acaa728bbc362e0ced57dad81204885d253a0e6))  - (renovate[bot])
+- **deps:** Update dependency @types/node to v20.4.5 ([#1409](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/issues/1409)) ([cf02ab9](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/commit/cf02ab960fc3dee58fc4911fac2c6946f4f64552))  - (renovate[bot])
+- **deps:** Lock file maintenance ([#1408](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/issues/1408)) ([b50d1ab](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/commit/b50d1ab2d1388e35e9163a8eb2ae8b903e62ca8e))  - (renovate[bot])
+
+## <!-- 9 -->⬆️ Upgrades
+
+- Upgraded to v37.5.0 ([#1407](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/issues/1407))
+
+Co-authored-by: jackton1 <jackton1@users.noreply.github.com> ([0f52c86](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/commit/0f52c861db7764988bb85cbb66a0b166787f586b))  - (tj-actions[bot])
+
 # [37.5.0](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/compare/v37.4.0...v37.5.0) - (2023-07-24)

 ## <!-- 0 -->🚀 Features
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -13,43 +13,41 @@

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

-<div align="center">
-  <img width="auto" alt="Screen Shot 2021-11-19 at 4 59 21 PM" src="https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/17484350/229027815-eee0bf22-f3e5-444d-9d90-6409c68a0dc9.png">
-</div>
-
 ## changed-files

 Effortlessly track all changed files and directories relative to a target branch, preceding commit or the last remote commit returning **relative paths** from the project root using this GitHub action.

 ## Table of contents

-*   [Features](#features)
-*   [Usage](#usage)
-    *   [On `pull_request`](#on-pull_request)
-        *   [Using local .git history](#using-local-git-history)
-        *   [Using Github's API](#using-githubs-api)
-    *   [On `push`](#on-push)
-*   [Useful Acronyms](#useful-acronyms)
-*   [Outputs](#outputs)
-*   [Inputs](#inputs)
-*   [Versioning](#versioning)
-*   [Examples](#examples)
-*   [Real-world usage](#real-world-usage)
-*   [Known Limitation](#known-limitation)
-*   [Migration guide](#migration-guide)
-*   [Credits](#credits)
-*   [Report Bugs](#report-bugs)
+*   [Features 🚀](#features-)
+*   [Usage 💻](#usage-)
+    *   [On `pull_request` 🔀](#on-pull_request-)
+        *   [Using local .git history 📁](#using-local-git-history-)
+        *   [Using Github's API :octocat:](#using-githubs-api-octocat)
+    *   [On `push` ⬆️](#on-push-️)
+*   [Useful Acronyms 🧮](#useful-acronyms-)
+*   [Outputs 📤](#outputs-)
+*   [Inputs ⚙️](#inputs-️)
+*   [Versioning 🏷️](#versioning-️)
+*   [Examples 📄](#examples-)
+*   [Real-world usage 🌐](#real-world-usage-)
+    *   [Open source projects 📦](#open-source-projects-)
+    *   [Scalability Example 📈](#scalability-example-)
+*   [Known Limitation ⚠️](#known-limitation-️)
+*   [Migration guide 🔄](#migration-guide-)
+*   [Credits 👏](#credits-)
+*   [Report Bugs 🐛](#report-bugs-)
 *   [Contributors ✨](#contributors-)

-## Features
+## Features 🚀

 *   Fast execution, averaging 0-10 seconds.
 *   Leverages either [Github's REST API](https://docs.github.com/en/rest/reference/repos#list-commits) or [Git's native diff](https://git-scm.com/docs/git-diff) to determine changed files.
 *   Facilitates easy debugging.
 *   Scales to handle large repositories.
 *   Supports Git submodules.
-*   Supports [merge queues](https://docs.github.com/en/repositories/configuring-branches-and-merges-in-your-repository/configuring-pull-request-merges/managing-a-merge-queue) for pull reequests.
-*   Generates escaped JSON output for running matrix jobs based on changed files.
+*   Supports [merge queues](https://docs.github.com/en/repositories/configuring-branches-and-merges-in-your-repository/configuring-pull-request-merges/managing-a-merge-queue) for pull requests.
+*   Generates escaped [JSON output for running matrix jobs](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/blob/main/.github/workflows/matrix-test.yml) based on changed files.
 *   Lists changed directories.
    *   Limits matching changed directories to a specified maximum depth.
    *   Optionally excludes the current directory.
@@ -66,31 +64,33 @@ Effortlessly track all changed files and directories relative to a target branch
    *   Between the last remote branch commit and the current HEAD.
 *   Restricts change detection to a subset of files and directories:
    *   Provides boolean output indicating changes in specific files.
-    *   Uses [Glob pattern](https://docs.github.com/en/actions/learn-github-actions/workflow-syntax-for-github-actions#filter-pattern-cheat-sheet) matching.
+    *   Uses [Glob pattern](https://codepen.io/mrmlnc/pen/OXQjMe) matching.
        *   Supports Globstar.
        *   Supports brace expansion.
        *   Supports negation.
    *   Uses [YAML](https://yaml.org/) syntax for specifying patterns.
-        *   Supports [YAML anchors & aliases](https://www.educative.io/blog/advanced-yaml-syntax-cheatsheet#anchors).
-        *   Supports [YAML multi-line strings](https://learnxinyminutes.com/docs/yaml/).
+        *   Supports [YAML anchors & aliases](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/blob/main/test/changed-files.yml#L8-L12).
+        *   Supports [YAML multi-line strings](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/blob/main/test/changed-files.yml#L13-L16).

-And many more.
+And many more...

-## Usage
+## Usage 💻

-> **Warning**:
+> **Warning**
 >
-> *   For `push` events: \*\*When configuring [`actions/checkout`](https://github.com/actions/checkout#usage), make sure to set [`fetch-depth`](https://github.com/actions/checkout#usage) to either `0` or `2`, depending on your use case.
-> *   For mono repositories where pulling all the branch history might not be desired, you can still use the default [`fetch-depth`](https://github.com/actions/checkout#usage), which is set to `1` for `pull_request` events.
+> *   For `push` events: When configuring [`actions/checkout`](https://github.com/actions/checkout#usage), make sure to set [`fetch-depth`](https://github.com/actions/checkout#usage) to either `0` or `2`, depending on your use case.
+> *   For mono repositories where pulling all branch history might not be desired, you can still use the default [`fetch-depth`](https://github.com/actions/checkout#usage), which is set to `1` for `pull_request` events.
 > *   Avoid using single or double quotes for multiline inputs, as the value is already a string separated by a newline character. See [Examples](#examples) for more information.
 > *   If [`fetch-depth`](https://github.com/actions/checkout#usage) isn't set to `0`, ensure that `persist-credentials` is set to `true` when configuring [`actions/checkout`](https://github.com/actions/checkout#usage).
 > *   For repositories that have PRs generated from forks, when configuring [`actions/checkout`](https://github.com/actions/checkout#usage), set the [`repository`](https://github.com/actions/checkout#usage) to `${{ github.event.pull_request.head.repo.full_name }}`. See [Example](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/blob/main/.github/workflows/test.yml#L47-L51).

 Visit the [discussions for more information](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/discussions) or [create a new discussion](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/discussions/new/choose) for usage-related questions.

-### On `pull_request`
+### On `pull_request` 🔀

-#### Using local .git history
+Detect changes to all files in a Pull request relative to the target branch or since the last pushed commit.
+
+#### Using local .git history 📁

 ```yaml
 name: CI
@@ -108,20 +108,20 @@ jobs:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest  # windows-latest || macos-latest
    name: Test changed-files
    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
        with:
          fetch-depth: 0  # OR "2" -> To retrieve the preceding commit.

      # Example 1
      - name: Get all test, doc and src files that have changed
        id: changed-files-yaml
-        uses: tj-actions/changed-files@v37
+        uses: tj-actions/changed-files@v39
        with:
          files_yaml: |
            doc:
-              - '**.md'
+              - '**/*.md'
              - docs/**
-              - docs/README.md
+              - README.md
            test:
              - test/**
              - '!test/**.md'
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ jobs:
          # Optionally set `files_yaml_from_source_file` to read the YAML from a file. e.g `files_yaml_from_source_file: .github/changed-files.yml`

      - name: Run step if test file(s) change
-        # NOTE: The key has to start with the same key used above e.g. `test_(...)` | `doc_(...)` | `src_(...)` when trying to access the `any_changed` output.
+        # NOTE: Ensure all outputs are prefixed by the same key used above e.g. `test_(...)` | `doc_(...)` | `src_(...)` when trying to access the `any_changed` output.
        if: steps.changed-files-yaml.outputs.test_any_changed == 'true'  
        run: |
          echo "One or more test file(s) has changed."
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ jobs:
      # Example 2
      - name: Get changed files
        id: changed-files
-        uses: tj-actions/changed-files@v37
+        uses: tj-actions/changed-files@v39
        
        # To compare changes between the current commit and the last pushed remote commit set `since_last_remote_commit: true`. e.g
        # with:
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ jobs:
      # Example 3
      - name: Get changed files in the docs folder
        id: changed-files-specific
-        uses: tj-actions/changed-files@v37
+        uses: tj-actions/changed-files@v39
        with:
          files: docs/*.{js,html}  # Alternatively using: `docs/**` or `docs`
          files_ignore: docs/static.js
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ jobs:
          echo "List all the files that have changed: ${{ steps.changed-files-specific.outputs.all_changed_files }}"
 ```

-#### Using Github's API
+#### Using Github's API :octocat:

 ```yaml
 name: CI
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ jobs:
    steps:
      - name: Get changed files
        id: changed-files
-        uses: tj-actions/changed-files@v37
+        uses: tj-actions/changed-files@v39

      - name: List all changed files
        run: |
@@ -209,7 +209,9 @@ jobs:
          done
 ```

-### On `push`
+### On `push` ⬆️
+
+Detect changes to files made since the last pushed commit.

 ```yaml
 name: CI
@@ -234,6 +236,8 @@ on:
 #    tags:
 #      - '**'
 #
+#  merge_group:
+#
 # ...and many more


@@ -251,14 +255,13 @@ jobs:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest  # windows-latest || macos-latest
    name: Test changed-files
    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
        with:
          fetch-depth: 0  # OR "2" -> To retrieve the preceding commit.

-      # Example 1
      - name: Get changed files
        id: changed-files
-        uses: tj-actions/changed-files@v37
+        uses: tj-actions/changed-files@v39

      # NOTE: `since_last_remote_commit: true` is implied by default and falls back to the previous local commit.

@@ -267,11 +270,6 @@ jobs:
          for file in ${{ steps.changed-files.outputs.all_changed_files }}; do
            echo "$file was changed"
          done
-
-      # Example 2: See above
-      ...
-
-      # Example 3: See above
      ...
 ```

@@ -287,7 +285,7 @@ Support this project with a :star:

 [buymeacoffee-shield]: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/assets/img/custom_images/orange_img.png

-## Useful Acronyms
+## Useful Acronyms 🧮

 |  Acronym  |   Meaning    |
 |:---------:|:------------:|
@@ -300,105 +298,115 @@ Support this project with a :star:
 |     U     |   Unmerged   |
 |     X     |   Unknown    |

-## Outputs
+> **Warning**
+>
+> *   When using `files_yaml*` inputs ensure all outputs are prefixed by the key `test_{...}` e.g. `test_added_files`, `test_any_changed`
+> *   All keys must start with a letter or \_ and contain only alphanumeric characters, -, or \_.
+
+## Outputs 📤

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

-|                OUTPUT                |  TYPE  |                                                                                                                                                       DESCRIPTION                                                                                                                                                       |
-|--------------------------------------|--------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
-|             added\_files              | string |                                                                                                                                       Returns only files that are <br>Added (A).                                                                                                                                        |
-|          added\_files\_count           | string |                                                                                                                                           Returns the number of `added_files`                                                                                                                                           |
-|    all\_changed\_and\_modified\_files    | string |                                                                                                                     Returns all changed and modified <br>files i.e. *a combination of (ACMRDTUX)*                                                                                                                       |
-| all\_changed\_and\_modified\_files\_count | string |                                                                                                                                 Returns the number of `all_changed_and_modified_files`                                                                                                                                  |
-|          all\_changed\_files           | string |                                                                                                       Returns all changed files i.e. <br>*a combination of all added, copied, modified and renamed files (ACMR)*                                                                                                        |
-|       all\_changed\_files\_count        | string |                                                                                                                                        Returns the number of `all_changed_files`                                                                                                                                        |
-|          all\_modified\_files          | string |                                                                                                 Returns all changed files i.e. <br>*a combination of all added, copied, modified, renamed and deleted files (ACMRD)*.                                                                                                   |
-|       all\_modified\_files\_count       | string |                                                                                                                                       Returns the number of `all_modified_files`                                                                                                                                        |
-|      all\_old\_new\_renamed\_files       | string | Returns only files that are <br>Renamed and lists their old <br>and new names. **NOTE:** This <br>requires setting `include_all_old_new_renamed_files` to `true`. <br>Also, keep in mind that <br>this output is global and <br>wouldn't be nested in outputs <br>generated when the `*_yaml_*` input <br>is used. (R)  |
-|   all\_old\_new\_renamed\_files\_count    | string |                                                                                                                                    Returns the number of `all_old_new_renamed_files`                                                                                                                                    |
-|             any\_changed              | string |                                                      Returns `true` when any of <br>the filenames provided using the <br>`files*` or `files_ignore*` inputs has changed. i.e. <br>*using a combination of all added, copied, modified and renamed files (ACMR)*.                                                        |
-|             any\_deleted              | string |                                                                                            Returns `true` when any of <br>the filenames provided using the <br>`files*` or `files_ignore*` inputs has been deleted. <br>(D)                                                                                             |
-|             any\_modified             | string |                                              Returns `true` when any of <br>the filenames provided using the <br>`files*` or `files_ignore*` inputs has been modified. <br>i.e. *using a combination of all added, copied, modified, renamed, and deleted files (ACMRD)*.                                               |
-|             copied\_files             | string |                                                                                                                                      Returns only files that are <br>Copied (C).                                                                                                                                        |
-|          copied\_files\_count          | string |                                                                                                                                          Returns the number of `copied_files`                                                                                                                                           |
-|            deleted\_files             | string |                                                                                                                                      Returns only files that are <br>Deleted (D).                                                                                                                                       |
-|         deleted\_files\_count          | string |                                                                                                                                          Returns the number of `deleted_files`                                                                                                                                          |
-|            modified\_files            | string |                                                                                                                                     Returns only files that are <br>Modified (M).                                                                                                                                       |
-|         modified\_files\_count         | string |                                                                                                                                         Returns the number of `modified_files`                                                                                                                                          |
-|             only\_changed             | string |                                                             Returns `true` when only files <br>provided using the `files*` or `files_ignore*` inputs <br>has changed. i.e. *using a combination of all added, copied, modified and renamed files (ACMR)*.                                                               |
-|             only\_deleted             | string |                                                                                                   Returns `true` when only files <br>provided using the `files*` or `files_ignore*` inputs <br>has been deleted. (D)                                                                                                    |
-|            only\_modified             | string |                                                                                                Returns `true` when only files <br>provided using the `files*` or `files_ignore*` inputs <br>has been modified. (ACMRD).                                                                                                 |
-|         other\_changed\_files          | string |                                                                               Returns all other changed files <br>not listed in the files <br>input i.e. *using a combination of all added, copied, modified and renamed files (ACMR)*.                                                                                 |
-|      other\_changed\_files\_count       | string |                                                                                                                                       Returns the number of `other_changed_files`                                                                                                                                       |
-|         other\_deleted\_files          | string |                                                                                                  Returns all other deleted files <br>not listed in the files <br>input i.e. *a  combination of all deleted files (D)*                                                                                                   |
-|      other\_deleted\_files\_count       | string |                                                                                                                                       Returns the number of `other_deleted_files`                                                                                                                                       |
-|         other\_modified\_files         | string |                                                                                 Returns all other modified files <br>not listed in the files <br>input i.e. *a  combination of all added, copied, modified, and deleted files (ACMRD)*                                                                                  |
-|      other\_modified\_files\_count      | string |                                                                                                                                      Returns the number of `other_modified_files`                                                                                                                                       |
-|            renamed\_files             | string |                                                                                                                                      Returns only files that are <br>Renamed (R).                                                                                                                                       |
-|         renamed\_files\_count          | string |                                                                                                                                          Returns the number of `renamed_files`                                                                                                                                          |
-|          type\_changed\_files          | string |                                                                                                                             Returns only files that have <br>their file type changed (T).                                                                                                                               |
-|       type\_changed\_files\_count       | string |                                                                                                                                       Returns the number of `type_changed_files`                                                                                                                                        |
-|            unknown\_files             | string |                                                                                                                                      Returns only files that are <br>Unknown (X).                                                                                                                                       |
-|         unknown\_files\_count          | string |                                                                                                                                          Returns the number of `unknown_files`                                                                                                                                          |
-|            unmerged\_files            | string |                                                                                                                                     Returns only files that are <br>Unmerged (U).                                                                                                                                       |
-|         unmerged\_files\_count         | string |                                                                                                                                         Returns the number of `unmerged_files`                                                                                                                                          |
+|                                                                     OUTPUT                                                                     |  TYPE  |                                                                                                                                                       DESCRIPTION                                                                                                                                                       |
+|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
+|                                      <a name="output_added_files"></a>[added\_files](#output_added_files)                                       | string |                                                                                                                                       Returns only files that are <br>Added (A).                                                                                                                                        |
+|                             <a name="output_added_files_count"></a>[added\_files\_count](#output_added_files_count)                              | string |                                                                                                                                           Returns the number of `added_files`                                                                                                                                           |
+|          <a name="output_all_changed_and_modified_files"></a>[all\_changed\_and\_modified\_files](#output_all_changed_and_modified_files)          | string |                                                                                                                     Returns all changed and modified <br>files i.e. *a combination of (ACMRDTUX)*                                                                                                                       |
+| <a name="output_all_changed_and_modified_files_count"></a>[all\_changed\_and\_modified\_files\_count](#output_all_changed_and_modified_files_count) | string |                                                                                                                                 Returns the number of `all_changed_and_modified_files`                                                                                                                                  |
+|                             <a name="output_all_changed_files"></a>[all\_changed\_files](#output_all_changed_files)                              | string |                                                                                                       Returns all changed files i.e. <br>*a combination of all added, copied, modified and renamed files (ACMR)*                                                                                                        |
+|                    <a name="output_all_changed_files_count"></a>[all\_changed\_files\_count](#output_all_changed_files_count)                     | string |                                                                                                                                        Returns the number of `all_changed_files`                                                                                                                                        |
+|                            <a name="output_all_modified_files"></a>[all\_modified\_files](#output_all_modified_files)                            | string |                                                                                                 Returns all changed files i.e. <br>*a combination of all added, copied, modified, renamed and deleted files (ACMRD)*.                                                                                                   |
+|                   <a name="output_all_modified_files_count"></a>[all\_modified\_files\_count](#output_all_modified_files_count)                   | string |                                                                                                                                       Returns the number of `all_modified_files`                                                                                                                                        |
+|                 <a name="output_all_old_new_renamed_files"></a>[all\_old\_new\_renamed\_files](#output_all_old_new_renamed_files)                  | string | Returns only files that are <br>Renamed and lists their old <br>and new names. **NOTE:** This <br>requires setting `include_all_old_new_renamed_files` to `true`. <br>Also, keep in mind that <br>this output is global and <br>wouldn't be nested in outputs <br>generated when the `*_yaml_*` input <br>is used. (R)  |
+|        <a name="output_all_old_new_renamed_files_count"></a>[all\_old\_new\_renamed\_files\_count](#output_all_old_new_renamed_files_count)         | string |                                                                                                                                    Returns the number of `all_old_new_renamed_files`                                                                                                                                    |
+|                                      <a name="output_any_changed"></a>[any\_changed](#output_any_changed)                                       | string |                                                     Returns `true` when any of <br>the filenames provided using the <br>`files*` or `files_ignore*` inputs has changed. i.e. <br>*includes a combination of all added, copied, modified and renamed files (ACMR)*.                                                      |
+|                                      <a name="output_any_deleted"></a>[any\_deleted](#output_any_deleted)                                       | string |                                                                                            Returns `true` when any of <br>the filenames provided using the <br>`files*` or `files_ignore*` inputs has been deleted. <br>(D)                                                                                             |
+|                                     <a name="output_any_modified"></a>[any\_modified](#output_any_modified)                                     | string |                                            Returns `true` when any of <br>the filenames provided using the <br>`files*` or `files_ignore*` inputs has been modified. <br>i.e. *includes a combination of all added, copied, modified, renamed, and deleted files (ACMRD)*.                                              |
+|                                     <a name="output_copied_files"></a>[copied\_files](#output_copied_files)                                     | string |                                                                                                                                      Returns only files that are <br>Copied (C).                                                                                                                                        |
+|                            <a name="output_copied_files_count"></a>[copied\_files\_count](#output_copied_files_count)                            | string |                                                                                                                                          Returns the number of `copied_files`                                                                                                                                           |
+|                                   <a name="output_deleted_files"></a>[deleted\_files](#output_deleted_files)                                    | string |                                                                                                                                      Returns only files that are <br>Deleted (D).                                                                                                                                       |
+|                          <a name="output_deleted_files_count"></a>[deleted\_files\_count](#output_deleted_files_count)                           | string |                                                                                                                                          Returns the number of `deleted_files`                                                                                                                                          |
+|                                  <a name="output_modified_files"></a>[modified\_files](#output_modified_files)                                  | string |                                                                                                                                     Returns only files that are <br>Modified (M).                                                                                                                                       |
+|                         <a name="output_modified_files_count"></a>[modified\_files\_count](#output_modified_files_count)                         | string |                                                                                                                                         Returns the number of `modified_files`                                                                                                                                          |
+|                                     <a name="output_only_changed"></a>[only\_changed](#output_only_changed)                                     | string |                                                            Returns `true` when only files <br>provided using the `files*` or `files_ignore*` inputs <br>has changed. i.e. *includes a combination of all added, copied, modified and renamed files (ACMR)*.                                                             |
+|                                     <a name="output_only_deleted"></a>[only\_deleted](#output_only_deleted)                                     | string |                                                                                                   Returns `true` when only files <br>provided using the `files*` or `files_ignore*` inputs <br>has been deleted. (D)                                                                                                    |
+|                                   <a name="output_only_modified"></a>[only\_modified](#output_only_modified)                                    | string |                                                                                                Returns `true` when only files <br>provided using the `files*` or `files_ignore*` inputs <br>has been modified. (ACMRD).                                                                                                 |
+|                          <a name="output_other_changed_files"></a>[other\_changed\_files](#output_other_changed_files)                           | string |                                                                              Returns all other changed files <br>not listed in the files <br>input i.e. *includes a combination of all added, copied, modified and renamed files (ACMR)*.                                                                               |
+|                 <a name="output_other_changed_files_count"></a>[other\_changed\_files\_count](#output_other_changed_files_count)                  | string |                                                                                                                                       Returns the number of `other_changed_files`                                                                                                                                       |
+|                          <a name="output_other_deleted_files"></a>[other\_deleted\_files](#output_other_deleted_files)                           | string |                                                                                                  Returns all other deleted files <br>not listed in the files <br>input i.e. *a  combination of all deleted files (D)*                                                                                                   |
+|                 <a name="output_other_deleted_files_count"></a>[other\_deleted\_files\_count](#output_other_deleted_files_count)                  | string |                                                                                                                                       Returns the number of `other_deleted_files`                                                                                                                                       |
+|                         <a name="output_other_modified_files"></a>[other\_modified\_files](#output_other_modified_files)                         | string |                                                                                 Returns all other modified files <br>not listed in the files <br>input i.e. *a  combination of all added, copied, modified, and deleted files (ACMRD)*                                                                                  |
+|                <a name="output_other_modified_files_count"></a>[other\_modified\_files\_count](#output_other_modified_files_count)                | string |                                                                                                                                      Returns the number of `other_modified_files`                                                                                                                                       |
+|                                   <a name="output_renamed_files"></a>[renamed\_files](#output_renamed_files)                                    | string |                                                                                                                                      Returns only files that are <br>Renamed (R).                                                                                                                                       |
+|                          <a name="output_renamed_files_count"></a>[renamed\_files\_count](#output_renamed_files_count)                           | string |                                                                                                                                          Returns the number of `renamed_files`                                                                                                                                          |
+|                            <a name="output_type_changed_files"></a>[type\_changed\_files](#output_type_changed_files)                            | string |                                                                                                                             Returns only files that have <br>their file type changed (T).                                                                                                                               |
+|                   <a name="output_type_changed_files_count"></a>[type\_changed\_files\_count](#output_type_changed_files_count)                   | string |                                                                                                                                       Returns the number of `type_changed_files`                                                                                                                                        |
+|                                   <a name="output_unknown_files"></a>[unknown\_files](#output_unknown_files)                                    | string |                                                                                                                                      Returns only files that are <br>Unknown (X).                                                                                                                                       |
+|                          <a name="output_unknown_files_count"></a>[unknown\_files\_count](#output_unknown_files_count)                           | string |                                                                                                                                          Returns the number of `unknown_files`                                                                                                                                          |
+|                                  <a name="output_unmerged_files"></a>[unmerged\_files](#output_unmerged_files)                                  | string |                                                                                                                                     Returns only files that are <br>Unmerged (U).                                                                                                                                       |
+|                         <a name="output_unmerged_files_count"></a>[unmerged\_files\_count](#output_unmerged_files_count)                         | string |                                                                                                                                         Returns the number of `unmerged_files`                                                                                                                                          |

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

-## Inputs
+## Inputs ⚙️

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

-|                    INPUT                     |  TYPE  | REQUIRED |          DEFAULT          |                                                                                                                                 DESCRIPTION                                                                                                                                  |
-|----------------------------------------------|--------|----------|---------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
-|                   api\_url                    | string |  false   | `"${{ github.api_url }}"` |                                                                                                                               Github API URL.                                                                                                                                |
-|                   base\_sha                   | string |  false   |                           |                                                                                                     Specify a different base commit <br>SHA used for comparing changes                                                                                                       |
-|                diff\_relative                 | string |  false   |         `"true"`          |                                         Exclude changes outside the current <br>directory and show path names <br>relative to it. **NOTE:** This <br>requires you to specify the <br>top level directory via the <br>`path` input.                                           |
-|                  dir\_names                   | string |  false   |         `"false"`         |                                    Output unique changed directories instead <br>of filenames. **NOTE:** This returns <br>`.` for changed files located <br>in the current working directory <br>which defaults to `$GITHUB_WORKSPACE`.                                      |
-|        dir\_names\_exclude\_current\_dir         | string |  false   |         `"false"`         |                                                                               Exclude the current directory represented <br>by `.` from the output <br>when `dir_names` is set to <br>`true`.                                                                                |
-|             dir\_names\_max\_depth              | string |  false   |                           |                                                                        Limit the directory output to <br>a maximum depth e.g `test/test1/test2` <br>with max depth of `2` <br>returns `test/test1`.                                                                          |
-|                 escape\_json                  | string |  false   |         `"true"`          |                                                                                                                             Escape JSON output.                                                                                                                              |
-|                 fetch\_depth                  | string |  false   |          `"50"`           |                                                                     Depth of additional branch history <br>fetched. **NOTE**: This can be <br>adjusted to resolve errors with <br>insufficient history.                                                                      |
-|                    files                     | string |  false   |                           |                                                File and directory patterns used <br>to detect changes (Defaults to the entire repo if unset) **NOTE:** <br>Multiline file/directory patterns should not <br>include quotes.                                                  |
-|            files\_from\_source\_file            | string |  false   |                           |                                                                                                           Source file(s) used to populate <br>the `files` input.                                                                                                             |
-|       files\_from\_source\_file\_separator       | string |  false   |          `"\n"`           |                                                                                                       Separator used to split the <br>`files_from_source_file` input                                                                                                         |
-|                 files\_ignore                 | string |  false   |                           |                                                                               Ignore changes to these file(s) <br>**NOTE:** Multiline file/directory patterns should <br>not include quotes.                                                                                 |
-|        files\_ignore\_from\_source\_file         | string |  false   |                           |                                                                                                        Source file(s) used to populate <br>the `files_ignore` input                                                                                                          |
-|   files\_ignore\_from\_source\_file\_separator    | string |  false   |          `"\n"`           |                                                                                                    Separator used to split the <br>`files_ignore_from_source_file` input                                                                                                     |
-|            files\_ignore\_separator            | string |  false   |          `"\n"`           |                                                                                                            Separator used to split the <br>`files_ignore` input                                                                                                              |
-|              files\_ignore\_yaml               | string |  false   |                           |                                                                                                    YAML used to define a <br>set of file patterns to <br>ignore changes                                                                                                      |
-|      files\_ignore\_yaml\_from\_source\_file      | string |  false   |                           |                                                         Source file(s) used to populate <br>the `files_ignore_yaml` input. [Example](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/blob/main/test/changed-files.yml)                                                           |
-| files\_ignore\_yaml\_from\_source\_file\_separator | string |  false   |          `"\n"`           |                                                                                                 Separator used to split the <br>`files_ignore_yaml_from_source_file` input                                                                                                   |
-|               files\_separator                | string |  false   |          `"\n"`           |                                                                                                                Separator used to split the <br>`files` input                                                                                                                 |
-|                  files\_yaml                  | string |  false   |                           |                                                                                                    YAML used to define a <br>set of file patterns to <br>detect changes                                                                                                      |
-|         files\_yaml\_from\_source\_file          | string |  false   |                           |                                                             Source file(s) used to populate <br>the `files_yaml` input. [Example](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/blob/main/test/changed-files.yml)                                                              |
-|    files\_yaml\_from\_source\_file\_separator     | string |  false   |          `"\n"`           |                                                                                                     Separator used to split the <br>`files_yaml_from_source_file` input                                                                                                      |
-|      include\_all\_old\_new\_renamed\_files       | string |  false   |         `"false"`         |                                                       Include `all_old_new_renamed_files` output. Note this <br>can generate a large output <br>See: [#501](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/issues/501).                                                         |
-|                     json                     | string |  false   |         `"false"`         |                                                                                   Output list of changed files <br>in a JSON formatted string <br>which can be used for <br>matrix jobs.                                                                                     |
-|           old\_new\_files\_separator            | string |  false   |           `" "`           |                                                                                                         Split character for old and <br>new renamed filename pairs.                                                                                                          |
-|              old\_new\_separator               | string |  false   |           `","`           |                                                                                                             Split character for old and <br>new filename pairs.                                                                                                              |
-|                  output\_dir                  | string |  false   |    `".github/outputs"`    |                                                                                                                       Directory to store output files.                                                                                                                       |
-|  output\_renamed\_files\_as\_deleted\_and\_added   | string |  false   |         `"false"`         |                                                                                                            Output renamed files as deleted <br>and added files.                                                                                                              |
-|                     path                     | string |  false   |           `"."`           |                                                                                               Specify a relative path under <br>`$GITHUB_WORKSPACE` to locate the repository.                                                                                                |
-|                  quotepath                   | string |  false   |         `"true"`          |                                                                         Use non-ascii characters to match <br>files and output the filenames <br>completely verbatim by setting this <br>to `false`                                                                          |
-|            recover\_deleted\_files             | string |  false   |         `"false"`         |                                                                                                                            Recover deleted files.                                                                                                                            |
-|     recover\_deleted\_files\_to\_destination     | string |  false   |                           |                                                                                      Recover deleted files to a <br>new destination directory, defaults to <br>the original location.                                                                                        |
-|                recover\_files                 | string |  false   |                           | File and directory patterns used <br>to recover deleted files, defaults <br>to the patterns provided via <br>the `files`, `files_from_source_file`, `files_ignore` and <br>`files_ignore_from_source_file` inputs or all deleted <br>files if no patterns are <br>provided.  |
-|             recover\_files\_ignore             | string |  false   |                           |                                                                                                  File and directory patterns to <br>ignore when recovering deleted files.                                                                                                    |
-|        recover\_files\_ignore\_separator        | string |  false   |          `"\n"`           |                                                                                                        Separator used to split the <br>`recover_files_ignore` input                                                                                                          |
-|           recover\_files\_separator            | string |  false   |          `"\n"`           |                                                                                                            Separator used to split the <br>`recover_files` input                                                                                                             |
-|                  separator                   | string |  false   |           `" "`           |                                                                                                                      Split character for output strings                                                                                                                      |
-|                     sha                      | string |  false   |                           |                                                                                                        Specify a different commit SHA <br>used for comparing changes                                                                                                         |
-|                    since                     | string |  false   |                           |                                                                                             Get changed files for commits <br>whose timestamp is older than <br>the given time.                                                                                              |
-|           since\_last\_remote\_commit           | string |  false   |         `"false"`         |              Use the last commit on <br>the remote branch as the <br>`base_sha`. Defaults to the last <br>non-merge commit on the target <br>branch for pull request events <br>and the previous remote commit <br>of the current branch for <br>push events.                |
-|              skip\_initial\_fetch              | string |  false   |         `"false"`         |       Skip the initial fetch to <br>improve performance for shallow repositories. <br>**NOTE**: This could lead to <br>errors with missing history and <br>the intended use is limited <br>to when you've fetched the <br>history necessary to perform the <br>diff.         |
-|                    token                     | string |  false   |  `"${{ github.token }}"`  |                                                                                                       Github token used to fetch <br>changed files from Github's API.                                                                                                        |
-|                    until                     | string |  false   |                           |                                                                                            Get changed files for commits <br>whose timestamp is earlier than <br>the given time.                                                                                             |
-|              write\_output\_files              | string |  false   |         `"false"`         |                                         Write outputs to the `output_dir` <br>defaults to `.github/outputs` folder. **NOTE:** <br>This creates a `.txt` file <br>by default and a `.json` <br>file if `json` is set <br>to `true`.                                           |
+|                                                                                INPUT                                                                                 |  TYPE  | REQUIRED |          DEFAULT          |                                                                                                                                 DESCRIPTION                                                                                                                                  |
+|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------|----------|---------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
+|                                                        <a name="input_api_url"></a>[api\_url](#input_api_url)                                                         | string |  false   | `"${{ github.api_url }}"` |                                                                                                                               Github API URL.                                                                                                                                |
+|                                                       <a name="input_base_sha"></a>[base\_sha](#input_base_sha)                                                       | string |  false   |                           |                                                                                                     Specify a different base commit <br>SHA used for comparing changes                                                                                                       |
+|                                               <a name="input_diff_relative"></a>[diff\_relative](#input_diff_relative)                                                | string |  false   |         `"true"`          |                                         Exclude changes outside the current <br>directory and show path names <br>relative to it. **NOTE:** This <br>requires you to specify the <br>top level directory via the <br>`path` input.                                           |
+|                                                     <a name="input_dir_names"></a>[dir\_names](#input_dir_names)                                                      | string |  false   |         `"false"`         |                                    Output unique changed directories instead <br>of filenames. **NOTE:** This returns <br>`.` for changed files located <br>in the current working directory <br>which defaults to `$GITHUB_WORKSPACE`.                                      |
+|                       <a name="input_dir_names_exclude_current_dir"></a>[dir\_names\_exclude\_current\_dir](#input_dir_names_exclude_current_dir)                        | string |  false   |         `"false"`         |                                                                               Exclude the current directory represented <br>by `.` from the output <br>when `dir_names` is set to <br>`true`.                                                                                |
+|                                <a name="input_dir_names_include_files"></a>[dir\_names\_include\_files](#input_dir_names_include_files)                                 | string |  false   |                           |                                                         Include files in the output <br>when `dir_names` is set to <br>`true`. **NOTE:** This returns only <br>the matching files and also <br>the directory names.                                                          |
+|                 <a name="input_dir_names_include_files_separator"></a>[dir\_names\_include\_files\_separator](#input_dir_names_include_files_separator)                  | string |  false   |          `"\n"`           |                                                                                                       Separator used to split the <br>`dir_names_include_files` input                                                                                                        |
+|                                      <a name="input_dir_names_max_depth"></a>[dir\_names\_max\_depth](#input_dir_names_max_depth)                                       | string |  false   |                           |                                                                        Limit the directory output to <br>a maximum depth e.g `test/test1/test2` <br>with max depth of `2` <br>returns `test/test1`.                                                                          |
+|                                                  <a name="input_escape_json"></a>[escape\_json](#input_escape_json)                                                   | string |  false   |         `"true"`          |                                                                                                                             Escape JSON output.                                                                                                                              |
+|                            <a name="input_fail_on_initial_diff_error"></a>[fail\_on\_initial\_diff\_error](#input_fail_on_initial_diff_error)                            | string |  false   |         `"false"`         |                                                                                                                    Fail when the initial diff <br>fails.                                                                                                                     |
+|                         <a name="input_fail_on_submodule_diff_error"></a>[fail\_on\_submodule\_diff\_error](#input_fail_on_submodule_diff_error)                         | string |  false   |         `"false"`         |                                                                                                                   Fail when the submodule diff <br>fails.                                                                                                                    |
+|                <a name="input_fetch_additional_submodule_history"></a>[fetch\_additional\_submodule\_history](#input_fetch_additional_submodule_history)                | string |  false   |         `"false"`         |                                                                                                                   Fetch additional history for submodules.                                                                                                                   |
+|                                                  <a name="input_fetch_depth"></a>[fetch\_depth](#input_fetch_depth)                                                   | string |  false   |          `"50"`           |                                                                     Depth of additional branch history <br>fetched. **NOTE**: This can be <br>adjusted to resolve errors with <br>insufficient history.                                                                      |
+|                                                           <a name="input_files"></a>[files](#input_files)                                                            | string |  false   |                           |                                                File and directory patterns used <br>to detect changes (Defaults to the entire repo if unset) **NOTE:** <br>Multiline file/directory patterns should not <br>include quotes.                                                  |
+|                                  <a name="input_files_from_source_file"></a>[files\_from\_source\_file](#input_files_from_source_file)                                  | string |  false   |                           |                                                                                                           Source file(s) used to populate <br>the `files` input.                                                                                                             |
+|                   <a name="input_files_from_source_file_separator"></a>[files\_from\_source\_file\_separator](#input_files_from_source_file_separator)                   | string |  false   |          `"\n"`           |                                                                                                       Separator used to split the <br>`files_from_source_file` input                                                                                                         |
+|                                                 <a name="input_files_ignore"></a>[files\_ignore](#input_files_ignore)                                                 | string |  false   |                           |                                                                               Ignore changes to these file(s) <br>**NOTE:** Multiline file/directory patterns should <br>not include quotes.                                                                                 |
+|                       <a name="input_files_ignore_from_source_file"></a>[files\_ignore\_from\_source\_file](#input_files_ignore_from_source_file)                        | string |  false   |                           |                                                                                                        Source file(s) used to populate <br>the `files_ignore` input                                                                                                          |
+|        <a name="input_files_ignore_from_source_file_separator"></a>[files\_ignore\_from\_source\_file\_separator](#input_files_ignore_from_source_file_separator)         | string |  false   |          `"\n"`           |                                                                                                    Separator used to split the <br>`files_ignore_from_source_file` input                                                                                                     |
+|                                  <a name="input_files_ignore_separator"></a>[files\_ignore\_separator](#input_files_ignore_separator)                                  | string |  false   |          `"\n"`           |                                                                                                            Separator used to split the <br>`files_ignore` input                                                                                                              |
+|                                         <a name="input_files_ignore_yaml"></a>[files\_ignore\_yaml](#input_files_ignore_yaml)                                          | string |  false   |                           |                                                                                                    YAML used to define a <br>set of file patterns to <br>ignore changes                                                                                                      |
+|                <a name="input_files_ignore_yaml_from_source_file"></a>[files\_ignore\_yaml\_from\_source\_file](#input_files_ignore_yaml_from_source_file)                | string |  false   |                           |                                                         Source file(s) used to populate <br>the `files_ignore_yaml` input. [Example](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/blob/main/test/changed-files.yml)                                                           |
+| <a name="input_files_ignore_yaml_from_source_file_separator"></a>[files\_ignore\_yaml\_from\_source\_file\_separator](#input_files_ignore_yaml_from_source_file_separator) | string |  false   |          `"\n"`           |                                                                                                 Separator used to split the <br>`files_ignore_yaml_from_source_file` input                                                                                                   |
+|                                            <a name="input_files_separator"></a>[files\_separator](#input_files_separator)                                             | string |  false   |          `"\n"`           |                                                                                                                Separator used to split the <br>`files` input                                                                                                                 |
+|                                                    <a name="input_files_yaml"></a>[files\_yaml](#input_files_yaml)                                                    | string |  false   |                           |                                                                                                    YAML used to define a <br>set of file patterns to <br>detect changes                                                                                                      |
+|                          <a name="input_files_yaml_from_source_file"></a>[files\_yaml\_from\_source\_file](#input_files_yaml_from_source_file)                           | string |  false   |                           |                                                             Source file(s) used to populate <br>the `files_yaml` input. [Example](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/blob/main/test/changed-files.yml)                                                              |
+|           <a name="input_files_yaml_from_source_file_separator"></a>[files\_yaml\_from\_source\_file\_separator](#input_files_yaml_from_source_file_separator)            | string |  false   |          `"\n"`           |                                                                                                     Separator used to split the <br>`files_yaml_from_source_file` input                                                                                                      |
+|                 <a name="input_include_all_old_new_renamed_files"></a>[include\_all\_old\_new\_renamed\_files](#input_include_all_old_new_renamed_files)                  | string |  false   |         `"false"`         |                                                       Include `all_old_new_renamed_files` output. Note this <br>can generate a large output <br>See: [#501](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/issues/501).                                                         |
+|                                                             <a name="input_json"></a>[json](#input_json)                                                             | string |  false   |         `"false"`         |                                  Output list of changed files <br>in a JSON formatted string <br>which can be used for <br>matrix jobs. [Example](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/blob/main/.github/workflows/matrix-test.yml)                                   |
+|                                <a name="input_old_new_files_separator"></a>[old\_new\_files\_separator](#input_old_new_files_separator)                                 | string |  false   |           `" "`           |                                                                                                         Split character for old and <br>new renamed filename pairs.                                                                                                          |
+|                                         <a name="input_old_new_separator"></a>[old\_new\_separator](#input_old_new_separator)                                          | string |  false   |           `","`           |                                                                                                             Split character for old and <br>new filename pairs.                                                                                                              |
+|                                                    <a name="input_output_dir"></a>[output\_dir](#input_output_dir)                                                    | string |  false   |    `".github/outputs"`    |                                                                                                                       Directory to store output files.                                                                                                                       |
+|     <a name="input_output_renamed_files_as_deleted_and_added"></a>[output\_renamed\_files\_as\_deleted\_and\_added](#input_output_renamed_files_as_deleted_and_added)      | string |  false   |         `"false"`         |                                                                                                            Output renamed files as deleted <br>and added files.                                                                                                              |
+|                                                             <a name="input_path"></a>[path](#input_path)                                                             | string |  false   |           `"."`           |                                                                                               Specify a relative path under <br>`$GITHUB_WORKSPACE` to locate the repository.                                                                                                |
+|                                                     <a name="input_quotepath"></a>[quotepath](#input_quotepath)                                                      | string |  false   |         `"true"`          |                                                                         Use non-ascii characters to match <br>files and output the filenames <br>completely verbatim by setting this <br>to `false`                                                                          |
+|                                   <a name="input_recover_deleted_files"></a>[recover\_deleted\_files](#input_recover_deleted_files)                                    | string |  false   |         `"false"`         |                                                                                                                            Recover deleted files.                                                                                                                            |
+|             <a name="input_recover_deleted_files_to_destination"></a>[recover\_deleted\_files\_to\_destination](#input_recover_deleted_files_to_destination)             | string |  false   |                           |                                                                                      Recover deleted files to a <br>new destination directory, defaults to <br>the original location.                                                                                        |
+|                                               <a name="input_recover_files"></a>[recover\_files](#input_recover_files)                                                | string |  false   |                           | File and directory patterns used <br>to recover deleted files, defaults <br>to the patterns provided via <br>the `files`, `files_from_source_file`, `files_ignore` and <br>`files_ignore_from_source_file` inputs or all deleted <br>files if no patterns are <br>provided.  |
+|                                     <a name="input_recover_files_ignore"></a>[recover\_files\_ignore](#input_recover_files_ignore)                                     | string |  false   |                           |                                                                                                  File and directory patterns to <br>ignore when recovering deleted files.                                                                                                    |
+|                      <a name="input_recover_files_ignore_separator"></a>[recover\_files\_ignore\_separator](#input_recover_files_ignore_separator)                      | string |  false   |          `"\n"`           |                                                                                                        Separator used to split the <br>`recover_files_ignore` input                                                                                                          |
+|                                <a name="input_recover_files_separator"></a>[recover\_files\_separator](#input_recover_files_separator)                                 | string |  false   |          `"\n"`           |                                                                                                            Separator used to split the <br>`recover_files` input                                                                                                             |
+|                                                     <a name="input_separator"></a>[separator](#input_separator)                                                      | string |  false   |           `" "`           |                                                                                                                      Split character for output strings                                                                                                                      |
+|                                                              <a name="input_sha"></a>[sha](#input_sha)                                                               | string |  false   |                           |                                                                                                        Specify a different commit SHA <br>used for comparing changes                                                                                                         |
+|                                                           <a name="input_since"></a>[since](#input_since)                                                            | string |  false   |                           |                                                                                             Get changed files for commits <br>whose timestamp is older than <br>the given time.                                                                                              |
+|                               <a name="input_since_last_remote_commit"></a>[since\_last\_remote\_commit](#input_since_last_remote_commit)                               | string |  false   |         `"false"`         |              Use the last commit on <br>the remote branch as the <br>`base_sha`. Defaults to the last <br>non-merge commit on the target <br>branch for pull request events <br>and the previous remote commit <br>of the current branch for <br>push events.                |
+|                                        <a name="input_skip_initial_fetch"></a>[skip\_initial\_fetch](#input_skip_initial_fetch)                                        | string |  false   |         `"false"`         |       Skip the initial fetch to <br>improve performance for shallow repositories. <br>**NOTE**: This could lead to <br>errors with missing history and <br>the intended use is limited <br>to when you've fetched the <br>history necessary to perform the <br>diff.         |
+|                                                           <a name="input_token"></a>[token](#input_token)                                                            | string |  false   |  `"${{ github.token }}"`  |                                                                                                       Github token used to fetch <br>changed files from Github's API.                                                                                                        |
+|                                                           <a name="input_until"></a>[until](#input_until)                                                            | string |  false   |                           |                                                                                            Get changed files for commits <br>whose timestamp is earlier than <br>the given time.                                                                                             |
+|                                        <a name="input_write_output_files"></a>[write\_output\_files](#input_write_output_files)                                        | string |  false   |         `"false"`         |                                         Write outputs to the `output_dir` <br>defaults to `.github/outputs` folder. **NOTE:** <br>This creates a `.txt` file <br>by default and a `.json` <br>file if `json` is set <br>to `true`.                                           |

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

-## Versioning
+## Versioning 🏷️

 This GitHub Action follows the principles of [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org) for versioning releases.

@@ -410,7 +418,7 @@ The format of the version string is as follows:

 *   patch: indicates bug fixes or other small changes that are backward compatible.

-## Examples
+## Examples 📄

 <details>
 <summary>Get all changed files in the current branch</summary>
@@ -419,7 +427,7 @@ The format of the version string is as follows:
 ...
    - name: Get changed files
      id: changed-files
-      uses: tj-actions/changed-files@v37
+      uses: tj-actions/changed-files@v39
 ...
 ```

@@ -432,7 +440,7 @@ The format of the version string is as follows:
 ...
    - name: Get all changed files and use a comma separator in the output
      id: changed-files
-      uses: tj-actions/changed-files@v37
+      uses: tj-actions/changed-files@v39
      with:
        separator: ","
 ...
@@ -449,7 +457,7 @@ See [inputs](#inputs) for more information.
 ...
    - name: Get changed files
      id: changed-files
-      uses: tj-actions/changed-files@v37
+      uses: tj-actions/changed-files@v39

    - name: List all added files
      run: |
@@ -470,7 +478,7 @@ See [outputs](#outputs) for a list of all available outputs.
 ...
    - name: Get changed files
      id: changed-files
-      uses: tj-actions/changed-files@v37
+      uses: tj-actions/changed-files@v39

    - name: Run a step if my-file.txt was modified
      if: contains(steps.changed-files.outputs.modified_files, 'my-file.txt')
@@ -530,7 +538,7 @@ See [outputs](#outputs) for a list of all available outputs.
 ...
    - name: Get changed files
      id: changed-files
-      uses: tj-actions/changed-files@v37
+      uses: tj-actions/changed-files@v39
      with:
        files: |
          my-file.txt
@@ -538,7 +546,7 @@ See [outputs](#outputs) for a list of all available outputs.
          *.png
          !*.md
          test_directory
-          **.sql
+          **/*.sql
 ...
 ```

@@ -553,7 +561,7 @@ See [inputs](#inputs) for more information.
 ...
    - name: Get changed files
      id: changed-files-specific
-      uses: tj-actions/changed-files@v37
+      uses: tj-actions/changed-files@v39
      with:
        files: |
          my-file.txt
@@ -561,7 +569,7 @@ See [inputs](#inputs) for more information.
          *.png
          !*.md
          test_directory
-          **.sql
+          **/*.sql

    - name: Run step if any of the listed files above change
      if: steps.changed-files-specific.outputs.any_changed == 'true'
@@ -600,7 +608,7 @@ See [outputs](#outputs) for a list of all available outputs.
 ...
    - name: Get changed files using a source file or list of file(s) to populate to files input.
      id: changed-files-specific-source-file
-      uses: tj-actions/changed-files@v37
+      uses: tj-actions/changed-files@v39
      with:
        files_from_source_file: test/changed-files-list.txt
 ...
@@ -617,7 +625,7 @@ See [inputs](#inputs) for more information.
 ...
    - name: Get changed files using a source file or list of file(s) to populate to files input and optionally specify more files.
      id: changed-files-specific-source-file-and-specify-files
-      uses: tj-actions/changed-files@v37
+      uses: tj-actions/changed-files@v39
      with:
        files_from_source_file: |
          test/changed-files-list.txt
@@ -638,7 +646,7 @@ See [inputs](#inputs) for more information.
 ...
    - name: Get changed files using a different SHA
      id: changed-files
-      uses: tj-actions/changed-files@v37
+      uses: tj-actions/changed-files@v39
      with:
        sha: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha }}
 ...
@@ -655,7 +663,7 @@ See [inputs](#inputs) for more information.
 ...
    - name: Get changed files using a different base SHA
      id: changed-files
-      uses: tj-actions/changed-files@v37
+      uses: tj-actions/changed-files@v39
      with:
        base_sha: ${{ github.event.pull_request.base.sha }}
 ...
@@ -681,17 +689,17 @@ jobs:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
        with:
          fetch-depth: 0

      - name: Get changed files
        id: changed-files
-        uses: tj-actions/changed-files@v37
+        uses: tj-actions/changed-files@v39

      - name: Get changed files in the .github folder
        id: changed-files-specific
-        uses: tj-actions/changed-files@v37
+        uses: tj-actions/changed-files@v39
        with:
          base_sha: ${{ steps.get-base-sha.outputs.base_sha }}
          files: .github/**
@@ -714,14 +722,14 @@ See [inputs](#inputs) for more information.
 ```yaml
 ...
    - name: Checkout into dir1
-      uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      uses: actions/checkout@v4
      with:
        fetch-depth: 0
        path: dir1

    - name: Run changed-files with defaults in dir1
      id: changed-files-for-dir1
-      uses: tj-actions/changed-files@v37
+      uses: tj-actions/changed-files@v39
      with:
        path: dir1

@@ -744,7 +752,7 @@ See [inputs](#inputs) for more information.
 ...
    - name: Run changed-files with quotepath disabled
      id: changed-files-quotepath
-      uses: tj-actions/changed-files@v37
+      uses: tj-actions/changed-files@v39
      with:
        quotepath: "false"

@@ -783,7 +791,7 @@ See [inputs](#inputs) for more information.

      - name: Run changed-files with the commit of the last successful test workflow run
        id: changed-files-base-sha-push
-        uses: tj-actions/changed-files@v37
+        uses: tj-actions/changed-files@v39
        with:
          base_sha: ${{ steps.last_successful_commit_push.outputs.base }}
 ...
@@ -810,7 +818,7 @@ See [inputs](#inputs) for more information.

      - name: Run changed-files with the commit of the last successful test workflow run on the main branch
        id: changed-files-base-sha-pull-request
-        uses: tj-actions/changed-files@v37
+        uses: tj-actions/changed-files@v39
        with:
          base_sha: ${{ steps.last_successful_commit_pull_request.outputs.base }}
 ...
@@ -820,7 +828,9 @@ See [inputs](#inputs) for more information.
 </li>
 </ul>

-> **Warning**: This setting overrides the commit sha used by setting `since_last_remote_commit` to true.
+> **Warning**
+>
+> This setting overrides the commit sha used by setting `since_last_remote_commit` to true.
 > It is recommended to use either solution that works for your use case.

 See [inputs](#inputs) for more information.
@@ -834,7 +844,7 @@ See [inputs](#inputs) for more information.
 ...
    - name: Run changed-files with dir_names
      id: changed-files-dir-names
-      uses: tj-actions/changed-files@v37
+      uses: tj-actions/changed-files@v39
      with:
        dir_names: "true"
 ...
@@ -851,7 +861,7 @@ See [inputs](#inputs) for more information.
 ...
    - name: Run changed-files with JSON output
      id: changed-files-json
-      uses: tj-actions/changed-files@v37
+      uses: tj-actions/changed-files@v39
      with:
        json: "true"
 ...
@@ -868,13 +878,13 @@ See [inputs](#inputs) for more information.
 ...
    - name: Get changed-files since 2022-08-19
      id: changed-files-since
-      uses: tj-actions/changed-files@v37
+      uses: tj-actions/changed-files@v39
      with:
        since: "2022-08-19"

    - name: Get changed-files until 2022-08-20
      id: changed-files-until
-      uses: tj-actions/changed-files@v37
+      uses: tj-actions/changed-files@v39
      with:
        until: "2022-08-20"
 ...
@@ -884,7 +894,9 @@ See [inputs](#inputs) for more information.

 </details>

-## Real-world usage
+## Real-world usage 🌐
+
+### Open source projects 📦

 *   [vitejs/vite: uses tj-actions/changed-files to automate testing](https://github.com/vitejs/vite/blob/8da04227d6f818a8ad9efc0056101968037c2e36/.github/workflows/ci.yml#L61)

@@ -902,20 +914,24 @@ See [inputs](#inputs) for more information.

 *   [nhost: uses tj-actions/changed-files to automate testing based on changes detected](https://github.com/nhost/nhost/blob/main/.github/workflows/ci.yaml#L44-L48)

-![image](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/assets/17484350/23767413-4c51-42fb-ab1c-39ef72c44904)
+*   [qmk\_firmware uses tj-actions/changed-files to run linters](https://github.com/qmk/qmk_firmware/blob/7a737235ffd49c32d2c5561e8fe53fd96baa7f96/.github/workflows/lint.yml#L30)

 And many more...

-## Known Limitation
+### Scalability Example 📈

-> **Warning**:
+![image](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/assets/17484350/23767413-4c51-42fb-ab1c-39ef72c44904)
+
+## Known Limitation ⚠️
+
+> **Warning**
 >
 > *   Spaces in file names can introduce bugs when using bash loops. See: [#216](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/issues/216)
 >     However, this action will handle spaces in file names, with a recommendation of using a separator to prevent any hidden issues.
 >
 >     ![Screen Shot 2021-10-23 at 9 37 34 AM](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/17484350/138558767-b13c90bf-a1ae-4e86-9520-70a6a4624f41.png)

-## Migration guide
+## Migration guide 🔄

 With the switch from using grep's Extended regex to match files to the natively supported workflow glob pattern matching syntax introduced in [v13](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/releases/tag/v13) you'll need to modify patterns used to match `files`.

@@ -929,14 +945,13 @@ With the switch from using grep's Extended regex to match files to the natively
 -            \.sh$
 -            .(sql|py)$
 -            ^(dir1|dir2)
-+            *.{sh,sql,py}
-+            dir1
-+            dir2
+            **/*.{sh,sql,py}
+            {dir1,dir2}/**
 ```

 *   Free software: [MIT license](LICENSE)

-## Credits
+## Credits 👏

 This package was created with [cookiecutter-action](https://github.com/tj-actions/cookiecutter-action).

@@ -947,7 +962,7 @@ This package was created with [cookiecutter-action](https://github.com/tj-action
 *   [tj-actions/demo3](https://github.com/tj-actions/demo3)
 *   [tj-actions/release-tagger](https://github.com/tj-actions/release-tagger)

-## Report Bugs
+## Report Bugs 🐛

 Report bugs at https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/issues.

--- a/action.yml
+++ b/action.yml
@@ -112,8 +112,16 @@ inputs:
    description: "Exclude the current directory represented by `.` from the output when `dir_names` is set to `true`."
    required: false
    default: "false"
+  dir_names_include_files:
+    description: "Include files in the output when `dir_names` is set to `true`. **NOTE:** This returns only the matching files and also the directory names."
+    required: false
+    default: ""
+  dir_names_include_files_separator:
+    description: "Separator used to split the `dir_names_include_files` input"
+    default: "\n"
+    required: false
  json:
-    description: "Output list of changed files in a JSON formatted string which can be used for matrix jobs."
+    description: "Output list of changed files in a JSON formatted string which can be used for matrix jobs. [Example](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/blob/main/.github/workflows/matrix-test.yml)"
    required: false
    default: "false"
  escape_json:
@@ -128,6 +136,10 @@ inputs:
    description: "Skip the initial fetch to improve performance for shallow repositories. **NOTE**: This could lead to errors with missing history and the intended use is limited to when you've fetched the history necessary to perform the diff."
    required: false
    default: "false"
+  fetch_additional_submodule_history:
+    description: "Fetch additional history for submodules."
+    required: false
+    default: "false"
  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: false
@@ -176,6 +188,14 @@ inputs:
    description: "Github API URL."
    required: false
    default: ${{ github.api_url }}
+  fail_on_initial_diff_error:
+    description: "Fail when the initial diff fails."
+    required: false
+    default: "false"
+  fail_on_submodule_diff_error:
+    description: "Fail when the submodule diff fails."
+    required: false
+    default: "false"

 outputs:
  added_files:
@@ -223,11 +243,11 @@ outputs:
  all_changed_files_count:
    description: "Returns the number of `all_changed_files`"
  any_changed:
-    description: "Returns `true` when any of the filenames provided using the `files*` or `files_ignore*` inputs has changed. i.e. *using a combination of all added, copied, modified and renamed files (ACMR)*."
+    description: "Returns `true` when any of the filenames provided using the `files*` or `files_ignore*` inputs has changed. i.e. *includes a combination of all added, copied, modified and renamed files (ACMR)*."
  only_changed:
-    description: "Returns `true` when only files provided using the `files*` or `files_ignore*` inputs has changed. i.e. *using a combination of all added, copied, modified and renamed files (ACMR)*."
+    description: "Returns `true` when only files provided using the `files*` or `files_ignore*` inputs has changed. i.e. *includes a combination of all added, copied, modified and renamed files (ACMR)*."
  other_changed_files:
-    description: "Returns all other changed files not listed in the files input i.e. *using a combination of all added, copied, modified and renamed files (ACMR)*."
+    description: "Returns all other changed files not listed in the files input i.e. *includes a combination of all added, copied, modified and renamed files (ACMR)*."
  other_changed_files_count:
    description: "Returns the number of `other_changed_files`"
  all_modified_files:
@@ -235,7 +255,7 @@ outputs:
  all_modified_files_count:
    description: "Returns the number of `all_modified_files`"
  any_modified:
-    description: "Returns `true` when any of the filenames provided using the `files*` or `files_ignore*` inputs has been modified. i.e. *using a combination of all added, copied, modified, renamed, and deleted files (ACMRD)*."
+    description: "Returns `true` when any of the filenames provided using the `files*` or `files_ignore*` inputs has been modified. i.e. *includes a combination of all added, copied, modified, renamed, and deleted files (ACMRD)*."
  only_modified:
    description: "Returns `true` when only files provided using the `files*` or `files_ignore*` inputs has been modified. (ACMRD)."
  other_modified_files:
@@ -252,7 +272,7 @@ outputs:
    description: "Returns the number of `other_deleted_files`"

 runs:
-  using: 'node16'
+  using: 'node20'
  main: 'dist/index.js'

 branding:
--- a/dist/index.js
+++ b/dist/index.js
--- a/dist/index.js.map
+++ b/dist/index.js.map
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
  "name": "@tj-actions/changed-files",
-  "version": "37.4.0",
+  "version": "39.0.2",
  "description": "Github action to retrieve all (added, copied, modified, deleted, renamed, type changed, unmerged, unknown) files and directories.",
  "main": "lib/main.js",
  "publishConfig": {
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
    "build": "tsc",
    "format": "prettier --write **/*.ts",
    "format-check": "prettier --check **/*.ts",
-    "lint": "eslint src/**/*.ts",
+    "lint": "eslint **/*.ts --max-warnings 0",
    "lint:fix": "eslint --fix src/**/*.ts",
    "package": "ncc build lib/main.js --source-map --license licenses.txt",
    "test": "jest --coverage",
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
    "@actions/core": "^1.10.0",
    "@actions/exec": "^1.1.1",
    "@actions/github": "^5.1.1",
-    "@octokit/rest": "^19.0.13",
+    "@octokit/rest": "^20.0.1",
    "lodash": "^4.17.21",
    "micromatch": "^4.0.5",
    "yaml": "^2.3.1"
@@ -48,11 +48,12 @@
    "@types/uuid": "^9.0.2",
    "@typescript-eslint/eslint-plugin": "^6.0.0",
    "@typescript-eslint/parser": "^6.0.0",
-    "@vercel/ncc": "^0.36.1",
+    "@vercel/ncc": "^0.38.0",
    "eslint": "^8.43.0",
    "eslint-plugin-github": "^4.8.0",
    "eslint-plugin-jest": "^27.2.2",
    "eslint-plugin-prettier": "^5.0.0-alpha.2",
+    "eslint-config-prettier": "^9.0.0",
    "jest": "^29.5.0",
    "prettier": "^3.0.0",
    "ts-jest": "^29.1.0",
--- a/src/tests/utils.test.ts
+++ b/src/tests/utils.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,578 @@
+import {ChangeTypeEnum} from '../changedFiles'
+import {
+  getDirname,
+  getDirnameMaxDepth,
+  getFilteredChangedFiles,
+  normalizeSeparators
+} from '../utils'
+
+const originalPlatform = process.platform
+
+function mockedPlatform(platform: string): void {
+  Object.defineProperty(process, 'platform', {
+    value: platform
+  })
+}
+
+describe('utils test', () => {
+  afterEach(() => {
+    Object.defineProperty(process, 'platform', {
+      value: originalPlatform
+    })
+  })
+
+  describe('getDirnameMaxDepth_function', () => {
+    // Tests that the function returns the correct dirname when the relative path has multiple directories
+    it('test_multiple_directories', () => {
+      const result = getDirnameMaxDepth({
+        relativePath: 'path/to/some/file',
+        dirNamesMaxDepth: 2,
+        excludeCurrentDir: false
+      })
+      expect(result).toEqual('path/to')
+    })
+
+    // Tests that the function returns the correct dirname when the relative path has only one directory
+    it('test_single_directory', () => {
+      const result = getDirnameMaxDepth({
+        relativePath: 'path/to',
+        dirNamesMaxDepth: 1,
+        excludeCurrentDir: false
+      })
+      expect(result).toEqual('path')
+    })
+
+    // Tests that the function returns the correct dirname when the relative path has no directories
+    it('test_no_directories', () => {
+      const result = getDirnameMaxDepth({
+        relativePath: 'file.txt',
+        dirNamesMaxDepth: 1,
+        excludeCurrentDir: false
+      })
+      expect(result).toEqual('.')
+    })
+
+    // Tests that the function returns the correct dirname when dirNamesMaxDepth is set to a value less than the number of directories in the relative path
+    it('test_dirnames_max_depth_less_than_num_directories', () => {
+      const result = getDirnameMaxDepth({
+        relativePath: 'path/to/some/file',
+        dirNamesMaxDepth: 1,
+        excludeCurrentDir: false
+      })
+      expect(result).toEqual('path')
+    })
+
+    // Tests that the function returns an empty string when excludeCurrentDir is true and the output is '.'
+    it('test_exclude_current_dir_is_true_and_output_is_dot', () => {
+      const result = getDirnameMaxDepth({
+        relativePath: '.',
+        dirNamesMaxDepth: 1,
+        excludeCurrentDir: true
+      })
+      expect(result).toEqual('')
+    })
+
+    // Tests that the function returns the correct dirname when the relative path is a Windows drive root and excludeCurrentDir is true
+    it('test_windows_drive_root_and_exclude_current_dir_is_true', () => {
+      mockedPlatform('win32')
+      const result = getDirnameMaxDepth({
+        relativePath: 'C:\\',
+        dirNamesMaxDepth: 1,
+        excludeCurrentDir: true
+      })
+      expect(result).toEqual('')
+    })
+
+    // Tests that getDirnameMaxDepth handles a relative path with a trailing separator correctly
+    it('test_trailing_separator', () => {
+      const input = {
+        relativePath: 'path/to/dir/',
+        dirNamesMaxDepth: 2,
+        excludeCurrentDir: true
+      }
+      const expectedOutput = 'path/to'
+      const actualOutput = getDirnameMaxDepth(input)
+      expect(actualOutput).toEqual(expectedOutput)
+    })
+
+    // Tests that getDirnameMaxDepth returns an empty string when excludeCurrentDir is true and the output is '.'
+    it('test_trailing_separator_exclude_current_dir', () => {
+      const input = {
+        relativePath: 'file',
+        excludeCurrentDir: true
+      }
+      const expectedOutput = ''
+      const actualOutput = getDirnameMaxDepth(input)
+      expect(actualOutput).toEqual(expectedOutput)
+    })
+
+    // Tests that getDirnameMaxDepth returns the correct output for a Windows UNC root path
+    it('test_windows_unc_root', () => {
+      mockedPlatform('win32')
+      const input = {
+        relativePath: '\\hello',
+        dirNamesMaxDepth: 2,
+        excludeCurrentDir: true
+      }
+      const expectedOutput = ''
+      expect(getDirnameMaxDepth(input)).toEqual(expectedOutput)
+    })
+
+    // Tests that getDirnameMaxDepth returns an empty string when given a Windows UNC root and excludeCurrentDir is true
+    it('test_windows_unc_root_exclude_current_dir', () => {
+      mockedPlatform('win32')
+      const relativePath = '\\hello'
+      const result = getDirnameMaxDepth({
+        relativePath,
+        excludeCurrentDir: true
+      })
+      expect(result).toEqual('')
+    })
+
+    // Tests that getDirnameMaxDepth returns the correct dirname with a relative path that contains both forward and backward slashes
+    it('test_relative_path_with_slashes', () => {
+      const relativePath = 'path/to\file'
+      const expectedOutput = 'path'
+      const actualOutput = getDirnameMaxDepth({relativePath})
+      expect(actualOutput).toEqual(expectedOutput)
+    })
+
+    // Tests that getDirnameMaxDepth returns the correct dirname for a relative path that contains special characters
+    it('test_special_characters', () => {
+      const relativePath =
+        'path/with/special/characters/!@#$%^&*()_+{}|:<>?[];,./'
+      const expectedDirname = 'path/with/special/characters'
+      const actualDirname = getDirnameMaxDepth({relativePath})
+      expect(actualDirname).toEqual(expectedDirname)
+    })
+  })
+
+  describe('getDirname_function', () => {
+    // Tests that the function returns the correct dirname for a valid path
+    it('test valid path', () => {
+      expect(getDirname('/path/to/file')).toEqual('/path/to')
+    })
+
+    // Tests that the function returns the correct dirname for a valid Windows UNC root path
+    it('test windows unc root path', () => {
+      mockedPlatform('win32')
+      expect(getDirname('\\helloworld')).toEqual('.')
+    })
+
+    // Tests that the function returns the correct dirname for a path with a trailing slash
+    it('test path with trailing slash', () => {
+      expect(getDirname('/path/to/file/')).toEqual('/path/to')
+    })
+
+    // Tests that the function returns the correct dirname for a Windows UNC root path with a trailing slash
+    it('test windows unc root path with trailing slash', () => {
+      mockedPlatform('win32')
+      expect(getDirname('\\hello\\world\\')).toEqual('.')
+    })
+
+    // Tests that the function returns the correct dirname for a path with multiple slashes
+    it('test path with multiple slashes', () => {
+      expect(getDirname('/path//to/file')).toEqual('/path/to')
+    })
+
+    // Tests that the function returns the correct dirname for a Windows UNC root path with multiple slashes
+    it('test windows unc root path with multiple slashes', () => {
+      mockedPlatform('win32')
+      expect(getDirname('\\hello\\world')).toEqual('.')
+    })
+  })
+
+  describe('normalizeSeparators_function', () => {
+    // Tests that forward slashes are normalized on Linux
+    it('test forward slashes linux', () => {
+      const input = 'path/to/file'
+      const expectedOutput = 'path/to/file'
+      const actualOutput = normalizeSeparators(input)
+      expect(actualOutput).toEqual(expectedOutput)
+    })
+
+    // Tests that backslashes are normalized on Windows
+    it('test backslashes windows', () => {
+      mockedPlatform('win32')
+      const input = 'path\\to\\file'
+      const expectedOutput = 'path\\to\\file'
+      const actualOutput = normalizeSeparators(input)
+      expect(actualOutput).toEqual(expectedOutput)
+    })
+
+    // Tests that forward slashes are normalized on Windows
+    it('test mixed slashes windows', () => {
+      mockedPlatform('win32')
+      const input = 'path/to/file'
+      const expectedOutput = 'path\\to\\file'
+      const actualOutput = normalizeSeparators(input)
+      expect(actualOutput).toEqual(expectedOutput)
+    })
+
+    // Tests that mixed slashes are normalized on Windows
+    it('test mixed slashes windows', () => {
+      mockedPlatform('win32')
+      const input = 'path\\to/file'
+      const expectedOutput = 'path\\to\\file'
+      const actualOutput = normalizeSeparators(input)
+      expect(actualOutput).toEqual(expectedOutput)
+    })
+
+    // Tests that an empty string returns an empty string
+    it('test empty string', () => {
+      const input = ''
+      const expectedOutput = ''
+      const actualOutput = normalizeSeparators(input)
+      expect(actualOutput).toEqual(expectedOutput)
+    })
+
+    // Tests that multiple consecutive slashes are removed
+    it('test multiple consecutive slashes', () => {
+      const input = 'path//to//file'
+      const expectedOutput = 'path/to/file'
+      const actualOutput = normalizeSeparators(input)
+      expect(actualOutput).toEqual(expectedOutput)
+    })
+
+    // Tests that UNC format is preserved on Windows
+    it('test unc format windows', () => {
+      mockedPlatform('win32')
+      const input = '\\\\hello\\world'
+      const expectedOutput = '\\\\hello\\world'
+      const actualOutput = normalizeSeparators(input)
+      expect(actualOutput).toEqual(expectedOutput)
+    })
+
+    // Tests that a drive root is preserved on Windows
+    it('test drive root windows', () => {
+      mockedPlatform('win32')
+      const input = 'C:\\'
+      const expectedOutput = 'C:\\'
+      const actualOutput = normalizeSeparators(input)
+      expect(actualOutput).toEqual(expectedOutput)
+    })
+  })
+
+  describe('getFilteredChangedFiles', () => {
+    // Tests that the function returns an empty object when allDiffFiles and filePatterns are empty
+    it('should return an empty object when allDiffFiles and filePatterns are empty', async () => {
+      const result = await getFilteredChangedFiles({
+        allDiffFiles: {
+          [ChangeTypeEnum.Added]: [],
+          [ChangeTypeEnum.Copied]: [],
+          [ChangeTypeEnum.Deleted]: [],
+          [ChangeTypeEnum.Modified]: [],
+          [ChangeTypeEnum.Renamed]: [],
+          [ChangeTypeEnum.TypeChanged]: [],
+          [ChangeTypeEnum.Unmerged]: [],
+          [ChangeTypeEnum.Unknown]: []
+        },
+        filePatterns: []
+      })
+      expect(result).toEqual({
+        [ChangeTypeEnum.Added]: [],
+        [ChangeTypeEnum.Copied]: [],
+        [ChangeTypeEnum.Deleted]: [],
+        [ChangeTypeEnum.Modified]: [],
+        [ChangeTypeEnum.Renamed]: [],
+        [ChangeTypeEnum.TypeChanged]: [],
+        [ChangeTypeEnum.Unmerged]: [],
+        [ChangeTypeEnum.Unknown]: []
+      })
+    })
+
+    // Tests that the function returns allDiffFiles when filePatterns is empty
+    it('should return allDiffFiles when filePatterns is empty', async () => {
+      const allDiffFiles = {
+        [ChangeTypeEnum.Added]: ['file1.txt'],
+        [ChangeTypeEnum.Copied]: [],
+        [ChangeTypeEnum.Deleted]: [],
+        [ChangeTypeEnum.Modified]: [],
+        [ChangeTypeEnum.Renamed]: [],
+        [ChangeTypeEnum.TypeChanged]: [],
+        [ChangeTypeEnum.Unmerged]: [],
+        [ChangeTypeEnum.Unknown]: []
+      }
+      const result = await getFilteredChangedFiles({
+        allDiffFiles,
+        filePatterns: []
+      })
+      expect(result).toEqual(allDiffFiles)
+    })
+
+    // Tests that the function returns an empty object when allDiffFiles is empty
+    it('should return an empty object when allDiffFiles is empty', async () => {
+      const result = await getFilteredChangedFiles({
+        allDiffFiles: {
+          [ChangeTypeEnum.Added]: [],
+          [ChangeTypeEnum.Copied]: [],
+          [ChangeTypeEnum.Deleted]: [],
+          [ChangeTypeEnum.Modified]: [],
+          [ChangeTypeEnum.Renamed]: [],
+          [ChangeTypeEnum.TypeChanged]: [],
+          [ChangeTypeEnum.Unmerged]: [],
+          [ChangeTypeEnum.Unknown]: []
+        },
+        filePatterns: ['*.txt']
+      })
+      expect(result).toEqual({
+        [ChangeTypeEnum.Added]: [],
+        [ChangeTypeEnum.Copied]: [],
+        [ChangeTypeEnum.Deleted]: [],
+        [ChangeTypeEnum.Modified]: [],
+        [ChangeTypeEnum.Renamed]: [],
+        [ChangeTypeEnum.TypeChanged]: [],
+        [ChangeTypeEnum.Unmerged]: [],
+        [ChangeTypeEnum.Unknown]: []
+      })
+    })
+
+    // Tests that the function returns only the files that match the file patterns on non windows platforms
+    it('should return only the files that match the file patterns', async () => {
+      const allDiffFiles = {
+        [ChangeTypeEnum.Added]: [
+          'file1.txt',
+          'file2.md',
+          'file3.txt',
+          'test/dir/file4.txt',
+          'test/dir/file5.txt',
+          'dir/file6.md'
+        ],
+        [ChangeTypeEnum.Copied]: [],
+        [ChangeTypeEnum.Deleted]: [],
+        [ChangeTypeEnum.Modified]: [],
+        [ChangeTypeEnum.Renamed]: [],
+        [ChangeTypeEnum.TypeChanged]: [],
+        [ChangeTypeEnum.Unmerged]: [],
+        [ChangeTypeEnum.Unknown]: []
+      }
+      const result = await getFilteredChangedFiles({
+        allDiffFiles,
+        filePatterns: ['*.txt']
+      })
+      expect(result).toEqual({
+        [ChangeTypeEnum.Added]: ['file1.txt', 'file3.txt'],
+        [ChangeTypeEnum.Copied]: [],
+        [ChangeTypeEnum.Deleted]: [],
+        [ChangeTypeEnum.Modified]: [],
+        [ChangeTypeEnum.Renamed]: [],
+        [ChangeTypeEnum.TypeChanged]: [],
+        [ChangeTypeEnum.Unmerged]: [],
+        [ChangeTypeEnum.Unknown]: []
+      })
+    })
+
+    // Tests that the function returns only the files that match the file patterns on windows
+    it('should return only the files that match the file patterns on windows', async () => {
+      mockedPlatform('win32')
+      const allDiffFiles = {
+        [ChangeTypeEnum.Added]: [
+          'file1.txt',
+          'file2.md',
+          'file3.txt',
+          'test\\dir\\file4.txt',
+          'test\\dir\\file5.txt',
+          'dir\\file6.md'
+        ],
+        [ChangeTypeEnum.Copied]: [],
+        [ChangeTypeEnum.Deleted]: [],
+        [ChangeTypeEnum.Modified]: [],
+        [ChangeTypeEnum.Renamed]: [],
+        [ChangeTypeEnum.TypeChanged]: [],
+        [ChangeTypeEnum.Unmerged]: [],
+        [ChangeTypeEnum.Unknown]: []
+      }
+      const result = await getFilteredChangedFiles({
+        allDiffFiles,
+        filePatterns: ['*.txt']
+      })
+
+      expect(result).toEqual({
+        [ChangeTypeEnum.Added]: ['file1.txt', 'file3.txt'],
+        [ChangeTypeEnum.Copied]: [],
+        [ChangeTypeEnum.Deleted]: [],
+        [ChangeTypeEnum.Modified]: [],
+        [ChangeTypeEnum.Renamed]: [],
+        [ChangeTypeEnum.TypeChanged]: [],
+        [ChangeTypeEnum.Unmerged]: [],
+        [ChangeTypeEnum.Unknown]: []
+      })
+    })
+
+    // Tests that the function returns only the files that match the file patterns with globstar on non windows platforms
+    it('should return only the files that match the file patterns with globstar', async () => {
+      const allDiffFiles = {
+        [ChangeTypeEnum.Added]: [
+          'file1.txt',
+          'file2.md',
+          'file3.txt',
+          'test/dir/file4.txt',
+          'test/dir/file5.txt',
+          'dir/file6.md'
+        ],
+        [ChangeTypeEnum.Copied]: [],
+        [ChangeTypeEnum.Deleted]: [],
+        [ChangeTypeEnum.Modified]: [],
+        [ChangeTypeEnum.Renamed]: [],
+        [ChangeTypeEnum.TypeChanged]: [],
+        [ChangeTypeEnum.Unmerged]: [],
+        [ChangeTypeEnum.Unknown]: []
+      }
+      const result = await getFilteredChangedFiles({
+        allDiffFiles,
+        filePatterns: ['**.txt']
+      })
+      expect(result).toEqual({
+        [ChangeTypeEnum.Added]: [
+          'file1.txt',
+          'file3.txt',
+          'test/dir/file4.txt',
+          'test/dir/file5.txt'
+        ],
+        [ChangeTypeEnum.Copied]: [],
+        [ChangeTypeEnum.Deleted]: [],
+        [ChangeTypeEnum.Modified]: [],
+        [ChangeTypeEnum.Renamed]: [],
+        [ChangeTypeEnum.TypeChanged]: [],
+        [ChangeTypeEnum.Unmerged]: [],
+        [ChangeTypeEnum.Unknown]: []
+      })
+    })
+
+    // Tests that the function returns only the files that match the file patterns with globstar on windows
+    it('should return only the files that match the file patterns with globstar on windows', async () => {
+      mockedPlatform('win32')
+      const allDiffFiles = {
+        [ChangeTypeEnum.Added]: ['test\\test rename-1.txt'],
+        [ChangeTypeEnum.Copied]: [],
+        [ChangeTypeEnum.Deleted]: [],
+        [ChangeTypeEnum.Modified]: [],
+        [ChangeTypeEnum.Renamed]: [],
+        [ChangeTypeEnum.TypeChanged]: [],
+        [ChangeTypeEnum.Unmerged]: [],
+        [ChangeTypeEnum.Unknown]: []
+      }
+      const result = await getFilteredChangedFiles({
+        allDiffFiles,
+        filePatterns: ['test/**']
+      })
+      expect(result).toEqual({
+        [ChangeTypeEnum.Added]: ['test\\test rename-1.txt'],
+        [ChangeTypeEnum.Copied]: [],
+        [ChangeTypeEnum.Deleted]: [],
+        [ChangeTypeEnum.Modified]: [],
+        [ChangeTypeEnum.Renamed]: [],
+        [ChangeTypeEnum.TypeChanged]: [],
+        [ChangeTypeEnum.Unmerged]: [],
+        [ChangeTypeEnum.Unknown]: []
+      })
+    })
+
+    // Tests that the function returns an empty object when there are no files that match the file patterns
+    it('should return an empty object when there are no files that match the file patterns', async () => {
+      const allDiffFiles = {
+        [ChangeTypeEnum.Added]: ['file1.md', 'file2.md', 'file3.md'],
+        [ChangeTypeEnum.Copied]: [],
+        [ChangeTypeEnum.Deleted]: [],
+        [ChangeTypeEnum.Modified]: [],
+        [ChangeTypeEnum.Renamed]: [],
+        [ChangeTypeEnum.TypeChanged]: [],
+        [ChangeTypeEnum.Unmerged]: [],
+        [ChangeTypeEnum.Unknown]: []
+      }
+      const result = await getFilteredChangedFiles({
+        allDiffFiles,
+        filePatterns: ['*.txt']
+      })
+      expect(result).toEqual({
+        [ChangeTypeEnum.Added]: [],
+        [ChangeTypeEnum.Copied]: [],
+        [ChangeTypeEnum.Deleted]: [],
+        [ChangeTypeEnum.Modified]: [],
+        [ChangeTypeEnum.Renamed]: [],
+        [ChangeTypeEnum.TypeChanged]: [],
+        [ChangeTypeEnum.Unmerged]: [],
+        [ChangeTypeEnum.Unknown]: []
+      })
+    })
+
+    // Tests that the function can handle file names with special characters
+    it('should handle file names with special characters', async () => {
+      const allDiffFiles = {
+        [ChangeTypeEnum.Added]: [
+          'file1.txt',
+          'file2 with spaces.txt',
+          'file3$$.txt'
+        ],
+        [ChangeTypeEnum.Copied]: [],
+        [ChangeTypeEnum.Deleted]: [],
+        [ChangeTypeEnum.Modified]: [],
+        [ChangeTypeEnum.Renamed]: [],
+        [ChangeTypeEnum.TypeChanged]: [],
+        [ChangeTypeEnum.Unmerged]: [],
+        [ChangeTypeEnum.Unknown]: []
+      }
+      const result = await getFilteredChangedFiles({
+        allDiffFiles,
+        filePatterns: ['file2*.txt']
+      })
+      expect(result).toEqual({
+        [ChangeTypeEnum.Added]: ['file2 with spaces.txt'],
+        [ChangeTypeEnum.Copied]: [],
+        [ChangeTypeEnum.Deleted]: [],
+        [ChangeTypeEnum.Modified]: [],
+        [ChangeTypeEnum.Renamed]: [],
+        [ChangeTypeEnum.TypeChanged]: [],
+        [ChangeTypeEnum.Unmerged]: [],
+        [ChangeTypeEnum.Unknown]: []
+      })
+    })
+
+    // Tests that getFilteredChangedFiles correctly filters files using glob patterns
+    it('should filter files using glob patterns', async () => {
+      const allDiffFiles = {
+        [ChangeTypeEnum.Added]: ['test/migrations/test.sql'],
+        [ChangeTypeEnum.Copied]: [],
+        [ChangeTypeEnum.Deleted]: [],
+        [ChangeTypeEnum.Modified]: [],
+        [ChangeTypeEnum.Renamed]: [],
+        [ChangeTypeEnum.TypeChanged]: [],
+        [ChangeTypeEnum.Unmerged]: [],
+        [ChangeTypeEnum.Unknown]: []
+      }
+      const filePatterns = ['test/migrations/**']
+      const filteredFiles = await getFilteredChangedFiles({
+        allDiffFiles,
+        filePatterns
+      })
+      expect(filteredFiles[ChangeTypeEnum.Added]).toEqual([
+        'test/migrations/test.sql'
+      ])
+    })
+
+    // Tests that getFilteredChangedFiles correctly filters files using ignore glob patterns
+    it('should filter files using ignore glob patterns', async () => {
+      const allDiffFiles = {
+        [ChangeTypeEnum.Added]: [],
+        [ChangeTypeEnum.Copied]: [],
+        [ChangeTypeEnum.Deleted]: [],
+        [ChangeTypeEnum.Modified]: [
+          'assets/scripts/configure-minikube-linux.sh'
+        ],
+        [ChangeTypeEnum.Renamed]: [],
+        [ChangeTypeEnum.TypeChanged]: [],
+        [ChangeTypeEnum.Unmerged]: [],
+        [ChangeTypeEnum.Unknown]: []
+      }
+      const filePatterns = [
+        'assets/scripts/**.sh',
+        '!assets/scripts/configure-minikube-linux.sh'
+      ]
+      const filteredFiles = await getFilteredChangedFiles({
+        allDiffFiles,
+        filePatterns
+      })
+      expect(filteredFiles[ChangeTypeEnum.Modified]).toEqual([])
+    })
+  })
+})
--- a/src/changedFiles.ts
+++ b/src/changedFiles.ts
@@ -2,18 +2,89 @@ import * as core from '@actions/core'
 import * as github from '@actions/github'
 import type {RestEndpointMethodTypes} from '@octokit/rest'
 import flatten from 'lodash/flatten'
+import mm from 'micromatch'
 import * as path from 'path'
-
+import {setChangedFilesOutput} from './changedFilesOutput'
 import {DiffResult} from './commitSha'
 import {Inputs} from './inputs'
 import {
+  canDiffCommits,
  getAllChangedFiles,
  getDirnameMaxDepth,
+  getDirNamesIncludeFilesPattern,
+  getFilteredChangedFiles,
  gitRenamedFiles,
  gitSubmoduleDiffSHA,
+  isWindows,
  jsonOutput
 } from './utils'

+export const processChangedFiles = async ({
+  filePatterns,
+  allDiffFiles,
+  inputs,
+  yamlFilePatterns
+}: {
+  filePatterns: string[]
+  allDiffFiles: ChangedFiles
+  inputs: Inputs
+  yamlFilePatterns: Record<string, string[]>
+}): Promise<void> => {
+  if (filePatterns.length > 0) {
+    core.startGroup('changed-files-patterns')
+    const allFilteredDiffFiles = await getFilteredChangedFiles({
+      allDiffFiles,
+      filePatterns
+    })
+    core.debug(
+      `All filtered diff files: ${JSON.stringify(allFilteredDiffFiles)}`
+    )
+    await setChangedFilesOutput({
+      allDiffFiles,
+      allFilteredDiffFiles,
+      inputs,
+      filePatterns
+    })
+    core.info('All Done!')
+    core.endGroup()
+  }
+
+  if (Object.keys(yamlFilePatterns).length > 0) {
+    for (const key of Object.keys(yamlFilePatterns)) {
+      core.startGroup(`changed-files-yaml-${key}`)
+      const allFilteredDiffFiles = await getFilteredChangedFiles({
+        allDiffFiles,
+        filePatterns: yamlFilePatterns[key]
+      })
+      core.debug(
+        `All filtered diff files for ${key}: ${JSON.stringify(
+          allFilteredDiffFiles
+        )}`
+      )
+      await setChangedFilesOutput({
+        allDiffFiles,
+        allFilteredDiffFiles,
+        inputs,
+        filePatterns: yamlFilePatterns[key],
+        outputPrefix: key
+      })
+      core.info('All Done!')
+      core.endGroup()
+    }
+  }
+
+  if (filePatterns.length === 0 && Object.keys(yamlFilePatterns).length === 0) {
+    core.startGroup('changed-files-all')
+    await setChangedFilesOutput({
+      allDiffFiles,
+      allFilteredDiffFiles: allDiffFiles,
+      inputs
+    })
+    core.info('All Done!')
+    core.endGroup()
+  }
+}
+
 export const getRenamedFiles = async ({
  inputs,
  workingDirectory,
@@ -51,11 +122,29 @@ export const getRenamedFiles = async ({
      )

      if (submoduleShaResult.currentSha && submoduleShaResult.previousSha) {
+        let diff = '...'
+
+        if (
+          !(await canDiffCommits({
+            cwd: submoduleWorkingDirectory,
+            sha1: submoduleShaResult.previousSha,
+            sha2: submoduleShaResult.currentSha,
+            diff
+          }))
+        ) {
+          let message = `Unable to use three dot diff for: ${submodulePath} submodule. Falling back to two dot diff. You can set 'fetch_additional_submodule_history: true' to fetch additional submodule history in order to use three dot diff`
+          if (inputs.fetchSubmoduleHistory) {
+            message = `To fetch additional submodule history for: ${submodulePath} you can increase history depth using 'fetch_depth' input`
+          }
+          core.info(message)
+          diff = '..'
+        }
+
        const submoduleRenamedFiles = await gitRenamedFiles({
          cwd: submoduleWorkingDirectory,
          sha1: submoduleShaResult.previousSha,
          sha2: submoduleShaResult.currentSha,
-          diff: diffResult.diff,
+          diff,
          oldNewSeparator: inputs.oldNewSeparator,
          isSubmodule: true,
          parentDir: submodulePath
@@ -98,20 +187,27 @@ export const getAllDiffFiles = async ({
  hasSubmodule,
  diffResult,
  submodulePaths,
-  outputRenamedFilesAsDeletedAndAdded
+  outputRenamedFilesAsDeletedAndAdded,
+  fetchSubmoduleHistory,
+  failOnInitialDiffError,
+  failOnSubmoduleDiffError
 }: {
  workingDirectory: string
  hasSubmodule: boolean
  diffResult: DiffResult
  submodulePaths: string[]
  outputRenamedFilesAsDeletedAndAdded: boolean
+  fetchSubmoduleHistory: boolean
+  failOnInitialDiffError: boolean
+  failOnSubmoduleDiffError: boolean
 }): Promise<ChangedFiles> => {
  const files = await getAllChangedFiles({
    cwd: workingDirectory,
    sha1: diffResult.previousSha,
    sha2: diffResult.currentSha,
    diff: diffResult.diff,
-    outputRenamedFilesAsDeletedAndAdded
+    outputRenamedFilesAsDeletedAndAdded,
+    failOnInitialDiffError
  })

  if (hasSubmodule) {
@@ -130,14 +226,33 @@ export const getAllDiffFiles = async ({
      )

      if (submoduleShaResult.currentSha && submoduleShaResult.previousSha) {
+        let diff = '...'
+
+        if (
+          !(await canDiffCommits({
+            cwd: submoduleWorkingDirectory,
+            sha1: submoduleShaResult.previousSha,
+            sha2: submoduleShaResult.currentSha,
+            diff
+          }))
+        ) {
+          let message = `Set 'fetch_additional_submodule_history: true' to fetch additional submodule history for: ${submodulePath}`
+          if (fetchSubmoduleHistory) {
+            message = `To fetch additional submodule history for: ${submodulePath} you can increase history depth using 'fetch_depth' input`
+          }
+          core.warning(message)
+          diff = '..'
+        }
+
        const submoduleFiles = await getAllChangedFiles({
          cwd: submoduleWorkingDirectory,
          sha1: submoduleShaResult.previousSha,
          sha2: submoduleShaResult.currentSha,
-          diff: diffResult.diff,
+          diff,
          isSubmodule: true,
          parentDir: submodulePath,
-          outputRenamedFilesAsDeletedAndAdded
+          outputRenamedFilesAsDeletedAndAdded,
+          failOnSubmoduleDiffError
        })

        for (const changeType of Object.keys(
@@ -155,6 +270,35 @@ export const getAllDiffFiles = async ({
  return files
 }

+function* getFilePaths({
+  inputs,
+  filePaths,
+  dirNamesIncludeFilePatterns
+}: {
+  inputs: Inputs
+  filePaths: string[]
+  dirNamesIncludeFilePatterns: string[]
+}): Generator<string> {
+  for (const filePath of filePaths) {
+    if (inputs.dirNames) {
+      if (dirNamesIncludeFilePatterns.length > 0) {
+        const isWin = isWindows()
+        const matchOptions = {dot: true, windows: isWin, noext: true}
+        if (mm.isMatch(filePath, dirNamesIncludeFilePatterns, matchOptions)) {
+          yield filePath
+        }
+      }
+      yield getDirnameMaxDepth({
+        relativePath: filePath,
+        dirNamesMaxDepth: inputs.dirNamesMaxDepth,
+        excludeCurrentDir: inputs.dirNamesExcludeCurrentDir
+      })
+    } else {
+      yield filePath
+    }
+  }
+}
+
 function* getChangeTypeFilesGenerator({
  inputs,
  changedFiles,
@@ -164,18 +308,21 @@ function* getChangeTypeFilesGenerator({
  changedFiles: ChangedFiles
  changeTypes: ChangeTypeEnum[]
 }): Generator<string> {
+  const dirNamesIncludeFilePatterns = getDirNamesIncludeFilesPattern({inputs})
+  core.debug(
+    `Dir names include file patterns: ${JSON.stringify(
+      dirNamesIncludeFilePatterns
+    )}`
+  )
+
  for (const changeType of changeTypes) {
-    const files = changedFiles[changeType] || []
-    for (const file of files) {
-      if (inputs.dirNames) {
-        yield getDirnameMaxDepth({
-          pathStr: file,
-          dirNamesMaxDepth: inputs.dirNamesMaxDepth,
-          excludeCurrentDir: inputs.dirNamesExcludeCurrentDir
-        })
-      } else {
-        yield file
-      }
+    const filePaths = changedFiles[changeType] || []
+    for (const filePath of getFilePaths({
+      inputs,
+      filePaths,
+      dirNamesIncludeFilePatterns
+    })) {
+      yield filePath
    }
  }
 }
@@ -188,20 +335,15 @@ export const getChangeTypeFiles = async ({
  inputs: Inputs
  changedFiles: ChangedFiles
  changeTypes: ChangeTypeEnum[]
-}): Promise<{paths: string; count: string}> => {
+}): Promise<{paths: string[] | string; count: string}> => {
  const files = [
    ...new Set(getChangeTypeFilesGenerator({inputs, changedFiles, changeTypes}))
  ].filter(Boolean)

-  if (inputs.json) {
-    return {
-      paths: jsonOutput({value: files, shouldEscape: inputs.escapeJson}),
-      count: files.length.toString()
-    }
-  }
+  const paths = inputs.json ? files : files.join(inputs.separator)

  return {
-    paths: files.join(inputs.separator),
+    paths,
    count: files.length.toString()
  }
 }
@@ -213,16 +355,21 @@ function* getAllChangeTypeFilesGenerator({
  inputs: Inputs
  changedFiles: ChangedFiles
 }): Generator<string> {
-  for (const file of flatten(Object.values(changedFiles))) {
-    if (inputs.dirNames) {
-      yield getDirnameMaxDepth({
-        pathStr: file,
-        dirNamesMaxDepth: inputs.dirNamesMaxDepth,
-        excludeCurrentDir: inputs.dirNamesExcludeCurrentDir
-      })
-    } else {
-      yield file
-    }
+  const dirNamesIncludeFilePatterns = getDirNamesIncludeFilesPattern({inputs})
+  core.debug(
+    `Dir names include file patterns: ${JSON.stringify(
+      dirNamesIncludeFilePatterns
+    )}`
+  )
+
+  const filePaths = flatten(Object.values(changedFiles))
+
+  for (const filePath of getFilePaths({
+    inputs,
+    filePaths,
+    dirNamesIncludeFilePatterns
+  })) {
+    yield filePath
  }
 }

@@ -232,20 +379,15 @@ export const getAllChangeTypeFiles = async ({
 }: {
  inputs: Inputs
  changedFiles: ChangedFiles
-}): Promise<{paths: string; count: string}> => {
+}): Promise<{paths: string[] | string; count: string}> => {
  const files = [
    ...new Set(getAllChangeTypeFilesGenerator({inputs, changedFiles}))
  ].filter(Boolean)

-  if (inputs.json) {
-    return {
-      paths: jsonOutput({value: files, shouldEscape: inputs.escapeJson}),
-      count: files.length.toString()
-    }
-  }
+  const paths = inputs.json ? files : files.join(inputs.separator)

  return {
-    paths: files.join(inputs.separator),
+    paths,
    count: files.length.toString()
  }
 }
@@ -278,9 +420,10 @@ export const getChangedFilesFromGithubAPI = async ({
    per_page: 100
  })

-  const paginatedResponse = await octokit.paginate<
-    RestEndpointMethodTypes['pulls']['listFiles']['response']['data'][0]
-  >(options)
+  const paginatedResponse =
+    await octokit.paginate<
+      RestEndpointMethodTypes['pulls']['listFiles']['response']['data'][0]
+    >(options)

  core.info(`Found ${paginatedResponse.length} changed files from GitHub API`)
  const statusMap: Record<string, ChangeTypeEnum> = {
--- a/src/changedFilesOutput.ts
+++ b/src/changedFilesOutput.ts
@@ -6,29 +6,32 @@ import {
  getChangeTypeFiles
 } from './changedFiles'
 import {Inputs} from './inputs'
-import {getFilteredChangedFiles, setOutput} from './utils'
+import {setOutput} from './utils'

 const getOutputKey = (key: string, outputPrefix: string): string => {
  return outputPrefix ? `${outputPrefix}_${key}` : key
 }

+const getArrayFromPaths = (
+  paths: string | string[],
+  inputs: Inputs
+): string[] => {
+  return Array.isArray(paths) ? paths : paths.split(inputs.separator)
+}
+
 export const setChangedFilesOutput = async ({
  allDiffFiles,
+  allFilteredDiffFiles,
  inputs,
  filePatterns = [],
  outputPrefix = ''
 }: {
  allDiffFiles: ChangedFiles
+  allFilteredDiffFiles: ChangedFiles
  inputs: Inputs
  filePatterns?: string[]
  outputPrefix?: string
 }): Promise<void> => {
-  const allFilteredDiffFiles = await getFilteredChangedFiles({
-    allDiffFiles,
-    filePatterns
-  })
-  core.debug(`All filtered diff files: ${JSON.stringify(allFilteredDiffFiles)}`)
-
  const addedFiles = await getChangeTypeFiles({
    inputs,
    changedFiles: allFilteredDiffFiles,
@@ -38,12 +41,16 @@ export const setChangedFilesOutput = async ({
  await setOutput({
    key: getOutputKey('added_files', outputPrefix),
    value: addedFiles.paths,
-    inputs
+    writeOutputFiles: inputs.writeOutputFiles,
+    outputDir: inputs.outputDir,
+    json: inputs.json,
+    shouldEscape: inputs.escapeJson
  })
  await setOutput({
    key: getOutputKey('added_files_count', outputPrefix),
    value: addedFiles.count,
-    inputs
+    writeOutputFiles: inputs.writeOutputFiles,
+    outputDir: inputs.outputDir
  })

  const copiedFiles = await getChangeTypeFiles({
@@ -55,13 +62,17 @@ export const setChangedFilesOutput = async ({
  await setOutput({
    key: getOutputKey('copied_files', outputPrefix),
    value: copiedFiles.paths,
-    inputs
+    writeOutputFiles: inputs.writeOutputFiles,
+    outputDir: inputs.outputDir,
+    json: inputs.json,
+    shouldEscape: inputs.escapeJson
  })

  await setOutput({
    key: getOutputKey('copied_files_count', outputPrefix),
    value: copiedFiles.count,
-    inputs
+    writeOutputFiles: inputs.writeOutputFiles,
+    outputDir: inputs.outputDir
  })

  const modifiedFiles = await getChangeTypeFiles({
@@ -73,13 +84,17 @@ export const setChangedFilesOutput = async ({
  await setOutput({
    key: getOutputKey('modified_files', outputPrefix),
    value: modifiedFiles.paths,
-    inputs
+    writeOutputFiles: inputs.writeOutputFiles,
+    outputDir: inputs.outputDir,
+    json: inputs.json,
+    shouldEscape: inputs.escapeJson
  })

  await setOutput({
    key: getOutputKey('modified_files_count', outputPrefix),
    value: modifiedFiles.count,
-    inputs
+    writeOutputFiles: inputs.writeOutputFiles,
+    outputDir: inputs.outputDir
  })

  const renamedFiles = await getChangeTypeFiles({
@@ -91,13 +106,17 @@ export const setChangedFilesOutput = async ({
  await setOutput({
    key: getOutputKey('renamed_files', outputPrefix),
    value: renamedFiles.paths,
-    inputs
+    writeOutputFiles: inputs.writeOutputFiles,
+    outputDir: inputs.outputDir,
+    json: inputs.json,
+    shouldEscape: inputs.escapeJson
  })

  await setOutput({
    key: getOutputKey('renamed_files_count', outputPrefix),
    value: renamedFiles.count,
-    inputs
+    writeOutputFiles: inputs.writeOutputFiles,
+    outputDir: inputs.outputDir
  })

  const typeChangedFiles = await getChangeTypeFiles({
@@ -109,13 +128,17 @@ export const setChangedFilesOutput = async ({
  await setOutput({
    key: getOutputKey('type_changed_files', outputPrefix),
    value: typeChangedFiles.paths,
-    inputs
+    writeOutputFiles: inputs.writeOutputFiles,
+    outputDir: inputs.outputDir,
+    json: inputs.json,
+    shouldEscape: inputs.escapeJson
  })

  await setOutput({
    key: getOutputKey('type_changed_files_count', outputPrefix),
    value: typeChangedFiles.count,
-    inputs
+    writeOutputFiles: inputs.writeOutputFiles,
+    outputDir: inputs.outputDir
  })

  const unmergedFiles = await getChangeTypeFiles({
@@ -127,13 +150,17 @@ export const setChangedFilesOutput = async ({
  await setOutput({
    key: getOutputKey('unmerged_files', outputPrefix),
    value: unmergedFiles.paths,
-    inputs
+    writeOutputFiles: inputs.writeOutputFiles,
+    outputDir: inputs.outputDir,
+    json: inputs.json,
+    shouldEscape: inputs.escapeJson
  })

  await setOutput({
    key: getOutputKey('unmerged_files_count', outputPrefix),
    value: unmergedFiles.count,
-    inputs
+    writeOutputFiles: inputs.writeOutputFiles,
+    outputDir: inputs.outputDir
  })

  const unknownFiles = await getChangeTypeFiles({
@@ -145,13 +172,17 @@ export const setChangedFilesOutput = async ({
  await setOutput({
    key: getOutputKey('unknown_files', outputPrefix),
    value: unknownFiles.paths,
-    inputs
+    writeOutputFiles: inputs.writeOutputFiles,
+    outputDir: inputs.outputDir,
+    json: inputs.json,
+    shouldEscape: inputs.escapeJson
  })

  await setOutput({
    key: getOutputKey('unknown_files_count', outputPrefix),
    value: unknownFiles.count,
-    inputs
+    writeOutputFiles: inputs.writeOutputFiles,
+    outputDir: inputs.outputDir
  })

  const allChangedAndModifiedFiles = await getAllChangeTypeFiles({
@@ -166,13 +197,17 @@ export const setChangedFilesOutput = async ({
  await setOutput({
    key: getOutputKey('all_changed_and_modified_files', outputPrefix),
    value: allChangedAndModifiedFiles.paths,
-    inputs
+    writeOutputFiles: inputs.writeOutputFiles,
+    outputDir: inputs.outputDir,
+    json: inputs.json,
+    shouldEscape: inputs.escapeJson
  })

  await setOutput({
    key: getOutputKey('all_changed_and_modified_files_count', outputPrefix),
    value: allChangedAndModifiedFiles.count,
-    inputs
+    writeOutputFiles: inputs.writeOutputFiles,
+    outputDir: inputs.outputDir
  })

  const allChangedFiles = await getChangeTypeFiles({
@@ -189,19 +224,25 @@ export const setChangedFilesOutput = async ({
  await setOutput({
    key: getOutputKey('all_changed_files', outputPrefix),
    value: allChangedFiles.paths,
-    inputs
+    writeOutputFiles: inputs.writeOutputFiles,
+    outputDir: inputs.outputDir,
+    json: inputs.json,
+    shouldEscape: inputs.escapeJson
  })

  await setOutput({
    key: getOutputKey('all_changed_files_count', outputPrefix),
    value: allChangedFiles.count,
-    inputs
+    writeOutputFiles: inputs.writeOutputFiles,
+    outputDir: inputs.outputDir
  })

  await setOutput({
    key: getOutputKey('any_changed', outputPrefix),
    value: allChangedFiles.paths.length > 0 && filePatterns.length > 0,
-    inputs
+    writeOutputFiles: inputs.writeOutputFiles,
+    outputDir: inputs.outputDir,
+    json: inputs.json
  })

  const allOtherChangedFiles = await getChangeTypeFiles({
@@ -216,12 +257,18 @@ export const setChangedFilesOutput = async ({
  })
  core.debug(`All other changed files: ${JSON.stringify(allOtherChangedFiles)}`)

-  const otherChangedFiles = allOtherChangedFiles.paths
-    .split(inputs.separator)
-    .filter(
-      (filePath: string) =>
-        !allChangedFiles.paths.split(inputs.separator).includes(filePath)
-    )
+  const allOtherChangedFilesPaths: string[] = getArrayFromPaths(
+    allOtherChangedFiles.paths,
+    inputs
+  )
+  const allChangedFilesPaths: string[] = getArrayFromPaths(
+    allChangedFiles.paths,
+    inputs
+  )
+
+  const otherChangedFiles = allOtherChangedFilesPaths.filter(
+    (filePath: string) => !allChangedFilesPaths.includes(filePath)
+  )

  const onlyChanged =
    otherChangedFiles.length === 0 &&
@@ -231,19 +278,27 @@ export const setChangedFilesOutput = async ({
  await setOutput({
    key: getOutputKey('only_changed', outputPrefix),
    value: onlyChanged,
-    inputs
+    writeOutputFiles: inputs.writeOutputFiles,
+    outputDir: inputs.outputDir,
+    json: inputs.json
  })

  await setOutput({
    key: getOutputKey('other_changed_files', outputPrefix),
-    value: otherChangedFiles.join(inputs.separator),
-    inputs
+    value: inputs.json
+      ? otherChangedFiles
+      : otherChangedFiles.join(inputs.separator),
+    writeOutputFiles: inputs.writeOutputFiles,
+    outputDir: inputs.outputDir,
+    json: inputs.json,
+    shouldEscape: inputs.escapeJson
  })

  await setOutput({
    key: getOutputKey('other_changed_files_count', outputPrefix),
    value: otherChangedFiles.length.toString(),
-    inputs
+    writeOutputFiles: inputs.writeOutputFiles,
+    outputDir: inputs.outputDir
  })

  const allModifiedFiles = await getChangeTypeFiles({
@@ -261,19 +316,25 @@ export const setChangedFilesOutput = async ({
  await setOutput({
    key: getOutputKey('all_modified_files', outputPrefix),
    value: allModifiedFiles.paths,
-    inputs
+    writeOutputFiles: inputs.writeOutputFiles,
+    outputDir: inputs.outputDir,
+    json: inputs.json,
+    shouldEscape: inputs.escapeJson
  })

  await setOutput({
    key: getOutputKey('all_modified_files_count', outputPrefix),
    value: allModifiedFiles.count,
-    inputs
+    writeOutputFiles: inputs.writeOutputFiles,
+    outputDir: inputs.outputDir
  })

  await setOutput({
    key: getOutputKey('any_modified', outputPrefix),
    value: allModifiedFiles.paths.length > 0 && filePatterns.length > 0,
-    inputs
+    writeOutputFiles: inputs.writeOutputFiles,
+    outputDir: inputs.outputDir,
+    json: inputs.json
  })

  const allOtherModifiedFiles = await getChangeTypeFiles({
@@ -288,12 +349,19 @@ export const setChangedFilesOutput = async ({
    ]
  })

-  const otherModifiedFiles = allOtherModifiedFiles.paths
-    .split(inputs.separator)
-    .filter(
-      (filePath: string) =>
-        !allModifiedFiles.paths.split(inputs.separator).includes(filePath)
-    )
+  const allOtherModifiedFilesPaths: string[] = getArrayFromPaths(
+    allOtherModifiedFiles.paths,
+    inputs
+  )
+
+  const allModifiedFilesPaths: string[] = getArrayFromPaths(
+    allModifiedFiles.paths,
+    inputs
+  )
+
+  const otherModifiedFiles = allOtherModifiedFilesPaths.filter(
+    (filePath: string) => !allModifiedFilesPaths.includes(filePath)
+  )

  const onlyModified =
    otherModifiedFiles.length === 0 &&
@@ -303,19 +371,27 @@ export const setChangedFilesOutput = async ({
  await setOutput({
    key: getOutputKey('only_modified', outputPrefix),
    value: onlyModified,
-    inputs
+    writeOutputFiles: inputs.writeOutputFiles,
+    outputDir: inputs.outputDir,
+    json: inputs.json
  })

  await setOutput({
    key: getOutputKey('other_modified_files', outputPrefix),
-    value: otherModifiedFiles.join(inputs.separator),
-    inputs
+    value: inputs.json
+      ? otherModifiedFiles
+      : otherModifiedFiles.join(inputs.separator),
+    writeOutputFiles: inputs.writeOutputFiles,
+    outputDir: inputs.outputDir,
+    json: inputs.json,
+    shouldEscape: inputs.escapeJson
  })

  await setOutput({
    key: getOutputKey('other_modified_files_count', outputPrefix),
    value: otherModifiedFiles.length.toString(),
-    inputs
+    writeOutputFiles: inputs.writeOutputFiles,
+    outputDir: inputs.outputDir
  })

  const deletedFiles = await getChangeTypeFiles({
@@ -327,19 +403,25 @@ export const setChangedFilesOutput = async ({
  await setOutput({
    key: getOutputKey('deleted_files', outputPrefix),
    value: deletedFiles.paths,
-    inputs
+    writeOutputFiles: inputs.writeOutputFiles,
+    outputDir: inputs.outputDir,
+    json: inputs.json,
+    shouldEscape: inputs.escapeJson
  })

  await setOutput({
    key: getOutputKey('deleted_files_count', outputPrefix),
    value: deletedFiles.count,
-    inputs
+    writeOutputFiles: inputs.writeOutputFiles,
+    outputDir: inputs.outputDir
  })

  await setOutput({
    key: getOutputKey('any_deleted', outputPrefix),
    value: deletedFiles.paths.length > 0 && filePatterns.length > 0,
-    inputs
+    writeOutputFiles: inputs.writeOutputFiles,
+    outputDir: inputs.outputDir,
+    json: inputs.json
  })

  const allOtherDeletedFiles = await getChangeTypeFiles({
@@ -348,11 +430,19 @@ export const setChangedFilesOutput = async ({
    changeTypes: [ChangeTypeEnum.Deleted]
  })

-  const otherDeletedFiles = allOtherDeletedFiles.paths
-    .split(inputs.separator)
-    .filter(
-      filePath => !deletedFiles.paths.split(inputs.separator).includes(filePath)
-    )
+  const allOtherDeletedFilesPaths: string[] = getArrayFromPaths(
+    allOtherDeletedFiles.paths,
+    inputs
+  )
+
+  const deletedFilesPaths: string[] = getArrayFromPaths(
+    deletedFiles.paths,
+    inputs
+  )
+
+  const otherDeletedFiles = allOtherDeletedFilesPaths.filter(
+    filePath => !deletedFilesPaths.includes(filePath)
+  )

  const onlyDeleted =
    otherDeletedFiles.length === 0 &&
@@ -362,18 +452,26 @@ export const setChangedFilesOutput = async ({
  await setOutput({
    key: getOutputKey('only_deleted', outputPrefix),
    value: onlyDeleted,
-    inputs
+    writeOutputFiles: inputs.writeOutputFiles,
+    outputDir: inputs.outputDir,
+    json: inputs.json
  })

  await setOutput({
    key: getOutputKey('other_deleted_files', outputPrefix),
-    value: otherDeletedFiles.join(inputs.separator),
-    inputs
+    value: inputs.json
+      ? otherDeletedFiles
+      : otherDeletedFiles.join(inputs.separator),
+    writeOutputFiles: inputs.writeOutputFiles,
+    outputDir: inputs.outputDir,
+    json: inputs.json,
+    shouldEscape: inputs.escapeJson
  })

  await setOutput({
    key: getOutputKey('other_deleted_files_count', outputPrefix),
    value: otherDeletedFiles.length.toString(),
-    inputs
+    writeOutputFiles: inputs.writeOutputFiles,
+    outputDir: inputs.outputDir
  })
 }
--- a/src/commitSha.ts
+++ b/src/commitSha.ts
@@ -93,56 +93,70 @@ export const getSHAForNonPullRequestEvent = async (
  const currentBranch = targetBranch
  let initialCommit = false

-  if (isShallow && !inputs.skipInitialFetch) {
-    core.info('Repository is shallow, fetching more history...')
+  if (!inputs.skipInitialFetch) {
+    if (isShallow) {
+      core.info('Repository is shallow, fetching more history...')

-    if (isTag) {
-      let sourceBranch = ''
+      if (isTag) {
+        let sourceBranch = ''

-      if (github.context.payload.base_ref) {
-        sourceBranch = github.context.payload.base_ref.replace(
-          'refs/heads/',
-          ''
-        )
-      } else if (github.context.payload.release?.target_commitish) {
-        sourceBranch = github.context.payload.release?.target_commitish
+        if (github.context.payload.base_ref) {
+          sourceBranch = github.context.payload.base_ref.replace(
+            'refs/heads/',
+            ''
+          )
+        } else if (github.context.payload.release?.target_commitish) {
+          sourceBranch = github.context.payload.release?.target_commitish
+        }
+
+        await gitFetch({
+          cwd: workingDirectory,
+          args: [
+            ...gitFetchExtraArgs,
+            '-u',
+            '--progress',
+            `--deepen=${inputs.fetchDepth}`,
+            'origin',
+            `+refs/heads/${sourceBranch}:refs/remotes/origin/${sourceBranch}`
+          ]
+        })
+      } else {
+        await gitFetch({
+          cwd: workingDirectory,
+          args: [
+            ...gitFetchExtraArgs,
+            '-u',
+            '--progress',
+            `--deepen=${inputs.fetchDepth}`,
+            'origin',
+            `+refs/heads/${targetBranch}:refs/remotes/origin/${targetBranch}`
+          ]
+        })
      }

-      await gitFetch({
-        cwd: workingDirectory,
-        args: [
-          ...gitFetchExtraArgs,
-          '-u',
-          '--progress',
-          `--deepen=${inputs.fetchDepth}`,
-          'origin',
-          `+refs/heads/${sourceBranch}:refs/remotes/origin/${sourceBranch}`
-        ]
-      })
+      if (hasSubmodule) {
+        await gitFetchSubmodules({
+          cwd: workingDirectory,
+          args: [
+            ...gitFetchExtraArgs,
+            '-u',
+            '--progress',
+            `--deepen=${inputs.fetchDepth}`
+          ]
+        })
+      }
    } else {
-      await gitFetch({
-        cwd: workingDirectory,
-        args: [
-          ...gitFetchExtraArgs,
-          '-u',
-          '--progress',
-          `--deepen=${inputs.fetchDepth}`,
-          'origin',
-          `+refs/heads/${targetBranch}:refs/remotes/origin/${targetBranch}`
-        ]
-      })
-    }
-
-    if (hasSubmodule) {
-      await gitFetchSubmodules({
-        cwd: workingDirectory,
-        args: [
-          ...gitFetchExtraArgs,
-          '-u',
-          '--progress',
-          `--deepen=${inputs.fetchDepth}`
-        ]
-      })
+      if (hasSubmodule && inputs.fetchSubmoduleHistory) {
+        await gitFetchSubmodules({
+          cwd: workingDirectory,
+          args: [
+            ...gitFetchExtraArgs,
+            '-u',
+            '--progress',
+            `--deepen=${inputs.fetchDepth}`
+          ]
+        })
+      }
    }
  }

@@ -288,55 +302,68 @@ export const getSHAForPullRequestEvent = async (
    targetBranch = currentBranch
  }

-  if (isShallow && !inputs.skipInitialFetch) {
+  if (!inputs.skipInitialFetch) {
    core.info('Repository is shallow, fetching more history...')
-
-    let prFetchExitCode = await gitFetch({
-      cwd: workingDirectory,
-      args: [
-        ...gitFetchExtraArgs,
-        '-u',
-        '--progress',
-        'origin',
-        `pull/${github.context.payload.pull_request?.number}/head:${currentBranch}`
-      ]
-    })
-
-    if (prFetchExitCode !== 0) {
-      prFetchExitCode = await gitFetch({
+    if (isShallow) {
+      let prFetchExitCode = await gitFetch({
        cwd: workingDirectory,
        args: [
          ...gitFetchExtraArgs,
          '-u',
          '--progress',
-          `--deepen=${inputs.fetchDepth}`,
          'origin',
-          `+refs/heads/${currentBranch}*:refs/remotes/origin/${currentBranch}*`
-        ]
-      })
-    }
-
-    if (prFetchExitCode !== 0) {
-      throw new Error(
-        'Failed to fetch pull request branch. Please ensure "persist-credentials" is set to "true" when checking out the repository. See: https://github.com/actions/checkout#usage'
-      )
-    }
-
-    if (!inputs.sinceLastRemoteCommit) {
-      core.debug('Fetching target branch...')
-      await gitFetch({
-        cwd: workingDirectory,
-        args: [
-          ...gitFetchExtraArgs,
-          '-u',
-          '--progress',
-          `--deepen=${inputs.fetchDepth}`,
-          'origin',
-          `+refs/heads/${targetBranch}:refs/remotes/origin/${targetBranch}`
+          `pull/${github.context.payload.pull_request?.number}/head:${currentBranch}`
        ]
      })

-      if (hasSubmodule) {
+      if (prFetchExitCode !== 0) {
+        prFetchExitCode = await gitFetch({
+          cwd: workingDirectory,
+          args: [
+            ...gitFetchExtraArgs,
+            '-u',
+            '--progress',
+            `--deepen=${inputs.fetchDepth}`,
+            'origin',
+            `+refs/heads/${currentBranch}*:refs/remotes/origin/${currentBranch}*`
+          ]
+        })
+      }
+
+      if (prFetchExitCode !== 0) {
+        throw new Error(
+          'Failed to fetch pull request branch. Please ensure "persist-credentials" is set to "true" when checking out the repository. See: https://github.com/actions/checkout#usage'
+        )
+      }
+
+      if (!inputs.sinceLastRemoteCommit) {
+        core.debug('Fetching target branch...')
+        await gitFetch({
+          cwd: workingDirectory,
+          args: [
+            ...gitFetchExtraArgs,
+            '-u',
+            '--progress',
+            `--deepen=${inputs.fetchDepth}`,
+            'origin',
+            `+refs/heads/${targetBranch}:refs/remotes/origin/${targetBranch}`
+          ]
+        })
+
+        if (hasSubmodule) {
+          await gitFetchSubmodules({
+            cwd: workingDirectory,
+            args: [
+              ...gitFetchExtraArgs,
+              '-u',
+              '--progress',
+              `--deepen=${inputs.fetchDepth}`
+            ]
+          })
+        }
+      }
+    } else {
+      if (hasSubmodule && inputs.fetchSubmoduleHistory) {
        await gitFetchSubmodules({
          cwd: workingDirectory,
          args: [
@@ -392,31 +419,63 @@ export const getSHAForPullRequestEvent = async (
      if (
        !previousSha ||
        (previousSha &&
-          (await verifyCommitSha({sha: previousSha, cwd: workingDirectory})) !==
-            0)
+          (await verifyCommitSha({
+            sha: previousSha,
+            cwd: workingDirectory,
+            showAsErrorMessage: false
+          })) !== 0)
      ) {
-        core.warning(
-          'Unable to locate the remote branch head sha. Falling back to the previous commit in the local history.'
+        core.info(
+          `Unable to locate the previous commit in the local history for ${github.context.eventName} (${github.context.payload.action}) event. Falling back to the previous commit in the local history.`
        )
+
        previousSha = await getParentSha({
          cwd: workingDirectory
        })

-        if (!previousSha) {
-          core.warning(
-            'Unable to locate the previous commit in the local history. Falling back to the pull request base sha.'
+        if (
+          github.context.payload.action &&
+          github.context.payload.action === 'synchronize' &&
+          previousSha &&
+          (!previousSha ||
+            (previousSha &&
+              (await verifyCommitSha({
+                sha: previousSha,
+                cwd: workingDirectory,
+                showAsErrorMessage: false
+              })) !== 0))
+        ) {
+          throw new Error(
+            'Unable to locate the previous commit in the local history. Please ensure to checkout pull request HEAD commit instead of the merge commit. See: https://github.com/actions/checkout/blob/main/README.md#checkout-pull-request-head-commit-instead-of-merge-commit'
+          )
+        }
+
+        if (
+          !previousSha ||
+          (previousSha &&
+            (await verifyCommitSha({
+              sha: previousSha,
+              cwd: workingDirectory,
+              showAsErrorMessage: false
+            })) !== 0)
+        ) {
+          throw new Error(
+            'Unable to locate the previous commit in the local history. Please ensure to checkout pull request HEAD commit instead of the merge commit. See: https://github.com/actions/checkout/blob/main/README.md#checkout-pull-request-head-commit-instead-of-merge-commit'
          )
-          previousSha = github.context.payload.pull_request?.base?.sha
        }
      }
    } else {
-      previousSha = await getRemoteBranchHeadSha({
-        cwd: workingDirectory,
-        branch: targetBranch
-      })
-
-      if (!previousSha) {
+      if (github.context.payload.action === 'closed') {
        previousSha = github.context.payload.pull_request?.base?.sha
+      } else {
+        previousSha = await getRemoteBranchHeadSha({
+          cwd: workingDirectory,
+          branch: targetBranch
+        })
+
+        if (!previousSha) {
+          previousSha = github.context.payload.pull_request?.base?.sha
+        }
      }

      if (isShallow) {
--- a/src/inputs.ts
+++ b/src/inputs.ts
@@ -29,9 +29,12 @@ export type Inputs = {
  dirNames: boolean
  dirNamesMaxDepth?: number
  dirNamesExcludeCurrentDir: boolean
+  dirNamesIncludeFiles: string
+  dirNamesIncludeFilesSeparator: string
  json: boolean
  escapeJson: boolean
  fetchDepth?: number
+  fetchSubmoduleHistory: boolean
  sinceLastRemoteCommit: boolean
  writeOutputFiles: boolean
  outputDir: string
@@ -45,6 +48,8 @@ export type Inputs = {
  token: string
  apiUrl: string
  skipInitialFetch: boolean
+  failOnInitialDiffError: boolean
+  failOnSubmoduleDiffError: boolean
 }

 export const getInputs = (): Inputs => {
@@ -135,6 +140,16 @@ export const getInputs = (): Inputs => {
      required: false
    }
  )
+  const dirNamesIncludeFiles = core.getInput('dir_names_include_files', {
+    required: false
+  })
+  const dirNamesIncludeFilesSeparator = core.getInput(
+    'dir_names_include_files_separator',
+    {
+      required: false,
+      trimWhitespace: false
+    }
+  )
  const json = core.getBooleanInput('json', {required: false})
  const escapeJson = core.getBooleanInput('escape_json', {required: false})
  const fetchDepth = core.getInput('fetch_depth', {required: false})
@@ -177,6 +192,24 @@ export const getInputs = (): Inputs => {
  const skipInitialFetch = core.getBooleanInput('skip_initial_fetch', {
    required: false
  })
+  const fetchSubmoduleHistory = core.getBooleanInput(
+    'fetch_additional_submodule_history',
+    {
+      required: false
+    }
+  )
+  const failOnInitialDiffError = core.getBooleanInput(
+    'fail_on_initial_diff_error',
+    {
+      required: false
+    }
+  )
+  const failOnSubmoduleDiffError = core.getBooleanInput(
+    'fail_on_submodule_diff_error',
+    {
+      required: false
+    }
+  )

  const inputs: Inputs = {
    files,
@@ -193,6 +226,8 @@ export const getInputs = (): Inputs => {
    filesIgnoreYaml,
    filesIgnoreYamlFromSourceFile,
    filesIgnoreYamlFromSourceFileSeparator,
+    failOnInitialDiffError,
+    failOnSubmoduleDiffError,
    separator,
    // Not Supported via REST API
    sha,
@@ -212,17 +247,20 @@ export const getInputs = (): Inputs => {
    includeAllOldNewRenamedFiles,
    oldNewSeparator,
    oldNewFilesSeparator,
+    skipInitialFetch,
+    fetchSubmoduleHistory,
    // End Not Supported via REST API
    dirNames,
    dirNamesExcludeCurrentDir,
+    dirNamesIncludeFiles,
+    dirNamesIncludeFilesSeparator,
    json,
    escapeJson,
    writeOutputFiles,
    outputDir,
    outputRenamedFilesAsDeletedAndAdded,
    token,
-    apiUrl,
-    skipInitialFetch
+    apiUrl
  }

  if (fetchDepth) {
--- a/src/main.ts
+++ b/src/main.ts
@@ -2,17 +2,16 @@ import * as core from '@actions/core'
 import * as github from '@actions/github'
 import path from 'path'
 import {
-  ChangedFiles,
+  processChangedFiles,
  ChangeTypeEnum,
  getAllDiffFiles,
  getChangedFilesFromGithubAPI,
  getRenamedFiles
 } from './changedFiles'
-import {setChangedFilesOutput} from './changedFilesOutput'
 import {
  DiffResult,
-  getSHAForPullRequestEvent,
-  getSHAForNonPullRequestEvent
+  getSHAForNonPullRequestEvent,
+  getSHAForPullRequestEvent
 } from './commitSha'
 import {Env, getEnv} from './env'
 import {getInputs, Inputs} from './inputs'
@@ -30,54 +29,7 @@ import {
  verifyMinimumGitVersion
 } from './utils'

-const changedFilesOutput = async ({
-  filePatterns,
-  allDiffFiles,
-  inputs,
-  yamlFilePatterns
-}: {
-  filePatterns: string[]
-  allDiffFiles: ChangedFiles
-  inputs: Inputs
-  yamlFilePatterns: Record<string, string[]>
-}): Promise<void> => {
-  if (filePatterns.length > 0) {
-    core.startGroup('changed-files-patterns')
-    await setChangedFilesOutput({
-      allDiffFiles,
-      filePatterns,
-      inputs
-    })
-    core.info('All Done!')
-    core.endGroup()
-  }
-
-  if (Object.keys(yamlFilePatterns).length > 0) {
-    for (const key of Object.keys(yamlFilePatterns)) {
-      core.startGroup(`changed-files-yaml-${key}`)
-      await setChangedFilesOutput({
-        allDiffFiles,
-        filePatterns: yamlFilePatterns[key],
-        outputPrefix: key,
-        inputs
-      })
-      core.info('All Done!')
-      core.endGroup()
-    }
-  }
-
-  if (filePatterns.length === 0 && Object.keys(yamlFilePatterns).length === 0) {
-    core.startGroup('changed-files-all')
-    await setChangedFilesOutput({
-      allDiffFiles,
-      inputs
-    })
-    core.info('All Done!')
-    core.endGroup()
-  }
-}
-
-const getChangedFilesFromLocalGit = async ({
+const getChangedFilesFromLocalGitHistory = async ({
  inputs,
  env,
  workingDirectory,
@@ -170,7 +122,10 @@ const getChangedFilesFromLocalGit = async ({
    hasSubmodule,
    diffResult,
    submodulePaths,
-    outputRenamedFilesAsDeletedAndAdded
+    outputRenamedFilesAsDeletedAndAdded,
+    fetchSubmoduleHistory: inputs.fetchSubmoduleHistory,
+    failOnInitialDiffError: inputs.failOnInitialDiffError,
+    failOnSubmoduleDiffError: inputs.failOnSubmoduleDiffError
  })
  core.debug(`All diff files: ${JSON.stringify(allDiffFiles)}`)
  core.info('All Done!')
@@ -193,7 +148,7 @@ const getChangedFilesFromLocalGit = async ({
    })
  }

-  await changedFilesOutput({
+  await processChangedFiles({
    filePatterns,
    allDiffFiles,
    inputs,
@@ -213,12 +168,16 @@ const getChangedFilesFromLocalGit = async ({
    await setOutput({
      key: 'all_old_new_renamed_files',
      value: allOldNewRenamedFiles.paths,
-      inputs
+      writeOutputFiles: inputs.writeOutputFiles,
+      outputDir: inputs.outputDir,
+      json: inputs.json
    })
    await setOutput({
      key: 'all_old_new_renamed_files_count',
      value: allOldNewRenamedFiles.count,
-      inputs
+      writeOutputFiles: inputs.writeOutputFiles,
+      outputDir: inputs.outputDir,
+      json: inputs.json
    })
    core.info('All Done!')
    core.endGroup()
@@ -240,7 +199,7 @@ const getChangedFilesFromRESTAPI = async ({
  core.debug(`All diff files: ${JSON.stringify(allDiffFiles)}`)
  core.info('All Done!')

-  await changedFilesOutput({
+  await processChangedFiles({
    filePatterns,
    allDiffFiles,
    inputs,
@@ -294,7 +253,11 @@ export async function run(): Promise<void> {
      'sinceLastRemoteCommit',
      'recoverDeletedFiles',
      'recoverDeletedFilesToDestination',
-      'includeAllOldNewRenamedFiles'
+      'recoverFiles',
+      'recoverFilesIgnore',
+      'includeAllOldNewRenamedFiles',
+      'skipInitialFetch',
+      'fetchSubmoduleHistory'
    ]

    for (const input of unsupportedInputs) {
@@ -318,7 +281,7 @@ export async function run(): Promise<void> {
    }

    core.info('Using local .git directory')
-    await getChangedFilesFromLocalGit({
+    await getChangedFilesFromLocalGitHistory({
      inputs,
      env,
      workingDirectory,
--- a/src/utils.ts
+++ b/src/utils.ts
@@ -9,20 +9,22 @@ import * as path from 'path'
 import {createInterface} from 'readline'
 import {parseDocument} from 'yaml'
 import {ChangedFiles, ChangeTypeEnum} from './changedFiles'
-
 import {Inputs} from './inputs'

-const IS_WINDOWS = process.platform === 'win32'
 const MINIMUM_GIT_VERSION = '2.18.0'

+export const isWindows = (): boolean => {
+  return process.platform === 'win32'
+}
+
 /**
- * Normalize file path separators to '/' on Windows and Linux/macOS
- * @param p file path
+ * Normalize file path separators to '/' on Linux/macOS and '\\' on Windows
+ * @param p - file path
 * @returns file path with normalized separators
 */
-const normalizeSeparators = (p: string): string => {
+export const normalizeSeparators = (p: string): string => {
  // Windows
-  if (IS_WINDOWS) {
+  if (isWindows()) {
    // Convert slashes on Windows
    p = p.replace(/\//g, '\\')

@@ -37,7 +39,7 @@ const normalizeSeparators = (p: string): string => {

 /**
 * Trims unnecessary trailing slash from file path
- * @param p file path
+ * @param p - file path
 * @returns file path without unnecessary trailing slash
 */
 const safeTrimTrailingSeparator = (p: string): string => {
@@ -60,7 +62,7 @@ const safeTrimTrailingSeparator = (p: string): string => {
  }

  // On Windows, avoid trimming the drive root, e.g. C:\ or \\hello
-  if (IS_WINDOWS && /^[A-Z]:\\$/i.test(p)) {
+  if (isWindows() && /^[A-Z]:\\$/i.test(p)) {
    return p
  }

@@ -68,12 +70,18 @@ const safeTrimTrailingSeparator = (p: string): string => {
  return p.substring(0, p.length - 1)
 }

-const dirname = (p: string): string => {
+/**
+ * Gets the dirname of a path, similar to the Node.js path.dirname() function except that this function
+ * also works for Windows UNC root paths, e.g. \\hello\world
+ * @param p - file path
+ * @returns dirname of path
+ */
+export const getDirname = (p: string): string => {
  // Normalize slashes and trim unnecessary trailing slash
  p = safeTrimTrailingSeparator(p)

  // Windows UNC root, e.g. \\hello or \\hello\world
-  if (IS_WINDOWS && /^\\\\[^\\]+(\\[^\\]+)?$/.test(p)) {
+  if (isWindows() && /^\\\\[^\\]+(\\[^\\]+)?$/.test(p)) {
    return p
  }

@@ -81,18 +89,31 @@ const dirname = (p: string): string => {
  let result = path.dirname(p)

  // Trim trailing slash for Windows UNC root, e.g. \\hello\world\
-  if (IS_WINDOWS && /^\\\\[^\\]+\\[^\\]+\\$/.test(result)) {
+  if (isWindows() && /^\\\\[^\\]+\\[^\\]+\\$/.test(result)) {
    result = safeTrimTrailingSeparator(result)
  }

  return result
 }

+/**
+ * Converts the version string to a number
+ * @param version - version string
+ * @returns version number
+ */
 const versionToNumber = (version: string): number => {
  const [major, minor, patch] = version.split('.').map(Number)
  return major * 1000000 + minor * 1000 + patch
 }

+/**
+ * Verifies the minimum required git version
+ * @returns minimum required git version
+ * @throws Minimum git version requirement is not met
+ * @throws Git is not installed
+ * @throws Git is not found in PATH
+ * @throws An unexpected error occurred
+ */
 export const verifyMinimumGitVersion = async (): Promise<void> => {
  const {exitCode, stdout, stderr} = await exec.getExecOutput(
    'git',
@@ -113,6 +134,11 @@ export const verifyMinimumGitVersion = async (): Promise<void> => {
  }
 }

+/**
+ * Checks if a path exists
+ * @param filePath - path to check
+ * @returns path exists
+ */
 const exists = async (filePath: string): Promise<boolean> => {
  try {
    await fs.access(filePath)
@@ -122,6 +148,11 @@ const exists = async (filePath: string): Promise<boolean> => {
  }
 }

+/**
+ * Generates lines of a file as an async iterable iterator
+ * @param filePath - path of file to read
+ * @param excludedFiles - whether to exclude files
+ */
 async function* lineOfFileGenerator({
  filePath,
  excludedFiles
@@ -153,6 +184,11 @@ async function* lineOfFileGenerator({
  }
 }

+/**
+ * Gets the file patterns from a source file
+ * @param filePaths - paths of files to read
+ * @param excludedFiles - whether to exclude the file patterns
+ */
 const getFilesFromSourceFile = async ({
  filePaths,
  excludedFiles = false
@@ -169,6 +205,12 @@ const getFilesFromSourceFile = async ({
  return lines
 }

+/**
+ * Sets the global git configs
+ * @param name - name of config
+ * @param value - value of config
+ * @throws Couldn't update git global config
+ */
 export const updateGitGlobalConfig = async ({
  name,
  value
@@ -191,6 +233,11 @@ export const updateGitGlobalConfig = async ({
  }
 }

+/**
+ * Checks if a git repository is shallow
+ * @param cwd - working directory
+ * @returns repository is shallow
+ */
 export const isRepoShallow = async ({cwd}: {cwd: string}): Promise<boolean> => {
  const {stdout} = await exec.getExecOutput(
    'git',
@@ -204,6 +251,11 @@ export const isRepoShallow = async ({cwd}: {cwd: string}): Promise<boolean> => {
  return stdout.trim() === 'true'
 }

+/**
+ * Checks if a submodule exists
+ * @param cwd - working directory
+ * @returns submodule exists
+ */
 export const submoduleExists = async ({
  cwd
 }: {
@@ -227,6 +279,11 @@ export const submoduleExists = async ({
  return stdout.trim() !== ''
 }

+/**
+ * Fetches the git repository
+ * @param args - arguments for fetch command
+ * @param cwd - working directory
+ */
 export const gitFetch = async ({
  args,
  cwd
@@ -243,6 +300,11 @@ export const gitFetch = async ({
  return exitCode
 }

+/**
+ * Fetches the git repository submodules
+ * @param args - arguments for fetch command
+ * @param cwd - working directory
+ */
 export const gitFetchSubmodules = async ({
  args,
  cwd
@@ -266,10 +328,10 @@ export const gitFetchSubmodules = async ({
  }
 }

-const normalizePath = (p: string): string => {
-  return p.replace(/\\/g, '/')
-}
-
+/**
+ * Retrieves all the submodule paths
+ * @param cwd - working directory
+ */
 export const getSubmodulePath = async ({
  cwd
 }: {
@@ -293,9 +355,17 @@ export const getSubmodulePath = async ({
  return stdout
    .trim()
    .split('\n')
-    .map((line: string) => normalizePath(line.trim().split(' ')[1]))
+    .map((line: string) => normalizeSeparators(line.trim().split(' ')[1]))
 }

+/**
+ * Retrieves commit sha of a submodule from a parent commit
+ * @param cwd - working directory
+ * @param parentSha1 - parent commit sha
+ * @param parentSha2 - parent commit sha
+ * @param submodulePath - path of submodule
+ * @param diff - diff type between parent commits (`..` or `...`)
+ */
 export const gitSubmoduleDiffSHA = async ({
  cwd,
  parentSha1,
@@ -311,7 +381,7 @@ export const gitSubmoduleDiffSHA = async ({
 }): Promise<{previousSha?: string; currentSha?: string}> => {
  const {stdout} = await exec.getExecOutput(
    'git',
-    ['diff', parentSha1, parentSha2, '--', submodulePath],
+    ['diff', `${parentSha1}${diff}${parentSha2}`, '--', submodulePath],
    {
      cwd,
      silent: !core.isDebug()
@@ -398,16 +468,30 @@ export const gitRenamedFiles = async ({
      core.debug(`Renamed file: ${line}`)
      const [, oldPath, newPath] = line.split('\t')
      if (isSubmodule) {
-        return `${normalizePath(
+        return `${normalizeSeparators(
          path.join(parentDir, oldPath)
-        )}${oldNewSeparator}${normalizePath(path.join(parentDir, newPath))}`
+        )}${oldNewSeparator}${normalizeSeparators(
+          path.join(parentDir, newPath)
+        )}`
      }
-      return `${normalizePath(oldPath)}${oldNewSeparator}${normalizePath(
-        newPath
-      )}`
+      return `${normalizeSeparators(
+        oldPath
+      )}${oldNewSeparator}${normalizeSeparators(newPath)}`
    })
 }

+/**
+ * Retrieves all the changed files between two commits
+ * @param cwd - working directory
+ * @param sha1 - commit sha
+ * @param sha2 - commit sha
+ * @param diff - diff type between parent commits (`..` or `...`)
+ * @param isSubmodule - is the repo a submodule
+ * @param parentDir - parent directory of the submodule
+ * @param outputRenamedFilesAsDeletedAndAdded - output renamed files as deleted and added
+ * @param failOnInitialDiffError - fail if the initial diff fails
+ * @param failOnSubmoduleDiffError - fail if the submodule diff fails
+ */
 export const getAllChangedFiles = async ({
  cwd,
  sha1,
@@ -415,7 +499,9 @@ export const getAllChangedFiles = async ({
  diff,
  isSubmodule = false,
  parentDir = '',
-  outputRenamedFilesAsDeletedAndAdded = false
+  outputRenamedFilesAsDeletedAndAdded = false,
+  failOnInitialDiffError = false,
+  failOnSubmoduleDiffError = false
 }: {
  cwd: string
  sha1: string
@@ -424,6 +510,8 @@ export const getAllChangedFiles = async ({
  isSubmodule?: boolean
  parentDir?: string
  outputRenamedFilesAsDeletedAndAdded?: boolean
+  failOnInitialDiffError?: boolean
+  failOnSubmoduleDiffError?: boolean
 }): Promise<ChangedFiles> => {
  const {exitCode, stdout, stderr} = await exec.getExecOutput(
    'git',
@@ -451,6 +539,18 @@ export const getAllChangedFiles = async ({
    [ChangeTypeEnum.Unknown]: []
  }

+  if (exitCode !== 0) {
+    if (failOnInitialDiffError && !isSubmodule) {
+      throw new Error(
+        `Failed to get changed files between: ${sha1}${diff}${sha2}: ${stderr}`
+      )
+    } else if (failOnSubmoduleDiffError && isSubmodule) {
+      throw new Error(
+        `Failed to get changed files for submodule between: ${sha1}${diff}${sha2}: ${stderr}`
+      )
+    }
+  }
+
  if (exitCode !== 0) {
    if (isSubmodule) {
      core.warning(
@@ -474,11 +574,11 @@ export const getAllChangedFiles = async ({
  for (const line of lines) {
    const [changeType, filePath, newPath = ''] = line.split('\t')
    const normalizedFilePath = isSubmodule
-      ? normalizePath(path.join(parentDir, filePath))
-      : normalizePath(filePath)
+      ? normalizeSeparators(path.join(parentDir, filePath))
+      : normalizeSeparators(filePath)
    const normalizedNewPath = isSubmodule
-      ? normalizePath(path.join(parentDir, newPath))
-      : normalizePath(newPath)
+      ? normalizeSeparators(path.join(parentDir, newPath))
+      : normalizeSeparators(newPath)

    if (changeType.startsWith('R')) {
      if (outputRenamedFilesAsDeletedAndAdded) {
@@ -494,6 +594,11 @@ export const getAllChangedFiles = async ({
  return changedFiles
 }

+/**
+ * Filters the changed files by the file patterns
+ * @param allDiffFiles - all the changed files
+ * @param filePatterns - file patterns to filter by
+ */
 export const getFilteredChangedFiles = async ({
  allDiffFiles,
  filePatterns
@@ -512,15 +617,16 @@ export const getFilteredChangedFiles = async ({
    [ChangeTypeEnum.Unknown]: []
  }
  const hasFilePatterns = filePatterns.length > 0
+  const isWin = isWindows()

  for (const changeType of Object.keys(allDiffFiles)) {
    const files = allDiffFiles[changeType as ChangeTypeEnum]
    if (hasFilePatterns) {
      changedFiles[changeType as ChangeTypeEnum] = mm(files, filePatterns, {
        dot: true,
-        windows: IS_WINDOWS,
+        windows: isWin,
        noext: true
-      })
+      }).map(normalizeSeparators)
    } else {
      changedFiles[changeType as ChangeTypeEnum] = files
    }
@@ -650,7 +756,7 @@ export const getPreviousGitTag = async ({
 }): Promise<{tag: string; sha: string}> => {
  const {stdout} = await exec.getExecOutput(
    'git',
-    ['tag', '--sort=-version:refname'],
+    ['tag', '--sort=-creatordate'],
    {
      cwd,
      silent: !core.isDebug()
@@ -691,9 +797,58 @@ export const canDiffCommits = async ({
  sha2: string
  diff: string
 }): Promise<boolean> => {
-  const {exitCode, stderr} = await exec.getExecOutput(
+  if (diff === '...') {
+    const mergeBase = await getMergeBase(cwd, sha1, sha2)
+
+    if (!mergeBase) {
+      core.warning(`Unable to find merge base between ${sha1} and ${sha2}`)
+      return false
+    }
+
+    const {exitCode, stderr} = await exec.getExecOutput(
+      'git',
+      ['log', '--format=%H', `${mergeBase}..${sha2}`],
+      {
+        cwd,
+        ignoreReturnCode: true,
+        silent: !core.isDebug()
+      }
+    )
+
+    if (exitCode !== 0) {
+      core.warning(stderr || `Error checking commit history`)
+      return false
+    }
+
+    return true
+  } else {
+    const {exitCode, stderr} = await exec.getExecOutput(
+      'git',
+      ['diff', '--quiet', sha1, sha2],
+      {
+        cwd,
+        ignoreReturnCode: true,
+        silent: !core.isDebug()
+      }
+    )
+
+    if (exitCode !== 0) {
+      core.warning(stderr || `Error checking commit history`)
+      return false
+    }
+
+    return true
+  }
+}
+
+const getMergeBase = async (
+  cwd: string,
+  sha1: string,
+  sha2: string
+): Promise<string | null> => {
+  const {exitCode, stdout} = await exec.getExecOutput(
    'git',
-    ['diff', '--name-only', '--ignore-submodules=all', `${sha1}${diff}${sha2}`],
+    ['merge-base', sha1, sha2],
    {
      cwd,
      ignoreReturnCode: true,
@@ -702,23 +857,22 @@ export const canDiffCommits = async ({
  )

  if (exitCode !== 0) {
-    core.warning(stderr || `Unable find merge base between ${sha1} and ${sha2}`)
-    return false
+    return null
  }

-  return true
+  return stdout.trim()
 }

 export const getDirnameMaxDepth = ({
-  pathStr,
+  relativePath,
  dirNamesMaxDepth,
  excludeCurrentDir
 }: {
-  pathStr: string
+  relativePath: string
  dirNamesMaxDepth?: number
  excludeCurrentDir?: boolean
 }): string => {
-  const pathArr = dirname(pathStr).split(path.sep)
+  const pathArr = getDirname(relativePath).split(path.sep)
  const maxDepth = Math.min(dirNamesMaxDepth || pathArr.length, pathArr.length)
  let output = pathArr[0]

@@ -730,14 +884,14 @@ export const getDirnameMaxDepth = ({
    return ''
  }

-  return normalizePath(output)
+  return normalizeSeparators(output)
 }

 export const jsonOutput = ({
  value,
  shouldEscape
 }: {
-  value: string | string[]
+  value: string | string[] | boolean
  shouldEscape: boolean
 }): string => {
  const result = JSON.stringify(value)
@@ -745,6 +899,16 @@ export const jsonOutput = ({
  return shouldEscape ? result.replace(/"/g, '\\"') : result
 }

+export const getDirNamesIncludeFilesPattern = ({
+  inputs
+}: {
+  inputs: Inputs
+}): string[] => {
+  return inputs.dirNamesIncludeFiles
+    .split(inputs.dirNamesIncludeFilesSeparator)
+    .filter(Boolean)
+}
+
 export const getFilePatterns = async ({
  inputs,
  workingDirectory
@@ -754,7 +918,7 @@ export const getFilePatterns = async ({
 }): Promise<string[]> => {
  let filePatterns = inputs.files
    .split(inputs.filesSeparator)
-    .filter(p => p !== '')
+    .filter(Boolean)
    .join('\n')

  if (inputs.filesFromSourceFile !== '') {
@@ -815,12 +979,12 @@ export const getFilePatterns = async ({
    filePatterns = filePatterns.concat('\n', filesIgnoreFromSourceFiles)
  }

-  if (IS_WINDOWS) {
+  if (isWindows()) {
    filePatterns = filePatterns.replace(/\r\n/g, '\n')
    filePatterns = filePatterns.replace(/\r/g, '\n')
  }

-  core.debug(`file patterns: ${filePatterns}`)
+  core.debug(`Input file patterns: ${filePatterns}`)

  return filePatterns
    .trim()
@@ -830,10 +994,10 @@ export const getFilePatterns = async ({
      if (pattern.endsWith('/')) {
        return `${pattern}**`
      } else {
-        const pathParts = pattern.split(path.sep)
+        const pathParts = pattern.split('/')
        const lastPart = pathParts[pathParts.length - 1]
        if (!lastPart.includes('.')) {
-          return `${pattern}${path.sep}**`
+          return `${pattern}/**`
        } else {
          return pattern
        }
@@ -1061,18 +1225,29 @@ export const getRecoverFilePatterns = ({
 export const setOutput = async ({
  key,
  value,
-  inputs
+  writeOutputFiles,
+  outputDir,
+  json = false,
+  shouldEscape = false
 }: {
  key: string
-  value: string | boolean
-  inputs: Inputs
+  value: string | string[] | boolean
+  writeOutputFiles: boolean
+  outputDir: string
+  json?: boolean
+  shouldEscape?: boolean
 }): Promise<void> => {
-  const cleanedValue = value.toString().trim()
+  let cleanedValue
+  if (json) {
+    cleanedValue = jsonOutput({value, shouldEscape})
+  } else {
+    cleanedValue = value.toString().trim()
+  }
+
  core.setOutput(key, cleanedValue)

-  if (inputs.writeOutputFiles) {
-    const outputDir = inputs.outputDir
-    const extension = inputs.json ? 'json' : 'txt'
+  if (writeOutputFiles) {
+    const extension = json ? 'json' : 'txt'
    const outputFilePath = path.join(outputDir, `${key}.${extension}`)

    if (!(await exists(outputDir))) {
@@ -1129,7 +1304,7 @@ export const recoverDeletedFiles = async ({
  if (recoverPatterns.length > 0) {
    recoverableDeletedFiles = mm(deletedFiles, recoverPatterns, {
      dot: true,
-      windows: IS_WINDOWS,
+      windows: isWindows(),
      noext: true
    })
    core.debug(`filtered recoverable deleted files: ${recoverableDeletedFiles}`)
--- a/test/demo
+++ b/test/demo
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock