feat: add support for returning posix path separator on windows (#2056)

Co-authored-by: GitHub Action <action@github.com>

.github/workflows/matrix-example.yml

@@ -24,8 +24,7 @@ jobs:
         id: changed-files
         uses: ./
         with:
-          json: true
+          matrix: true
-          escape_json: false
       - name: List all changed files
         run: echo '${{ steps.changed-files.outputs.all_changed_files }}'
 

.github/workflows/sync-release-version.yml

@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Run git-cliff
         uses: tj-actions/git-cliff@v1
       - name: Create Pull Request
-        uses: peter-evans/create-pull-request@v6.0.0
+        uses: peter-evans/create-pull-request@v6.0.4
         with:
           base: "main"
           labels: "merge when passing"

.github/workflows/test.yml

@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ jobs:
           yarn install
 
       - name: Run eslint on changed files
-        uses: tj-actions/eslint-changed-files@v23
+        uses: tj-actions/eslint-changed-files@v24
         if: github.event_name == 'pull_request'
         with:
           token: ${{ secrets.PAT_TOKEN }}
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ jobs:
           yarn all
 
       - name: Verify Changed files
-        uses: tj-actions/verify-changed-files@v18
+        uses: tj-actions/verify-changed-files@v19
         id: changed_files
         with:
           files: |
@@ -567,6 +567,43 @@ jobs:
         shell:
           bash
 
+  test-dir-names-nested-folder:
+    name: Test changed-files with dir-names in a nested folder
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    needs: build
+    if: needs.build.outputs.files_changed != 'true'
+    permissions:
+      contents: read
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout branch
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          repository: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.repo.full_name }}
+          submodules: true
+          fetch-depth: 0
+
+      - name: Download build assets
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          name: build-assets
+          path: dist
+
+      - name: Get changed files in the .github folder
+        id: changed-files
+        uses: ./
+        with:
+          path: .github
+          json: true
+          escape_json: false
+          dir_names: true
+          dir_names_exclude_current_dir: true
+
+      - name: Show output
+        run: |
+          echo "${{ toJSON(steps.changed-files.outputs) }}"
+        shell:
+          bash
+
   test-non-existing-repository:
     name: Test changed-files with non existing repository
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
@@ -645,6 +682,27 @@ jobs:
           echo "${{ toJSON(steps.changed-files.outputs) }}"
         shell:
           bash
+
+      - name: Run changed-files excluding submodule
+        id: changed-files-exclude-submodule
+        uses: ./
+        with:
+          base_sha: "85bd869"
+          sha: "adde7bb"
+          fetch_depth: 60000
+          exclude_submodules: true
+
+      - name: Verify no added files
+        if: steps.changed-files-exclude-submodule.outputs.added_files != ''
+        run: |
+          echo "Expected: ('') got ${{ steps.changed-files-exclude-submodule.outputs.added_files }}"
+          exit 1
+
+      - name: Show output
+        run: |
+          echo "${{ toJSON(steps.changed-files-exclude-submodule.outputs) }}"
+        shell:
+          bash
   test-yaml:
     name: Test changed-files with yaml
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
@@ -951,8 +1009,11 @@ jobs:
           bash
   test-dir-names-deleted-files-include-only-deleted-dirs-directory:
     name: Test dir names deleted files include only deleted dirs
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ${{ matrix.platform }}
     needs: build
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        platform: [ubuntu-latest, macos-latest, windows-latest]
     if: needs.build.outputs.files_changed != 'true'
     permissions:
       contents: read
@@ -960,7 +1021,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Checkout branch
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
-          ref: cd1e384723e4d1a184568182ac2b27c53ebf017f
+          ref: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha }}
           repository: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.repo.full_name }}
           submodules: true
           fetch-depth: 2
@@ -972,6 +1033,7 @@ jobs:
           sha: cd1e384723e4d1a184568182ac2b27c53ebf017f
           dir_names: true
           dir_names_deleted_files_include_only_deleted_dirs: true
+          fetch_depth: 60000
       - name: Show output
         run: |
           echo '${{ toJSON(steps.changed-files-dir-names-deleted-files-include-only-deleted-dirs-directory.outputs) }}'
@@ -991,6 +1053,35 @@ jobs:
           exit 1
         shell:
           bash
+      - name: Run changed-files with dir_names and dir_names_deleted_files_include_only_deleted_dirs with the test directory deleted returns posix path separator
+        id: changed-files-dir-names-deleted-files-include-only-deleted-dirs-directory-posix-path-separator
+        uses: ./
+        with:
+          base_sha: a52f8621d26d5d9f54b80f74bda2d9eedff94693
+          sha: cd1e384723e4d1a184568182ac2b27c53ebf017f
+          dir_names: true
+          dir_names_deleted_files_include_only_deleted_dirs: true
+          use_posix_path_separator: true
+          fetch_depth: 60000
+      - name: Show output
+        run: |
+          echo '${{ toJSON(steps.changed-files-dir-names-deleted-files-include-only-deleted-dirs-directory-posix-path-separator.outputs) }}'
+        shell:
+          bash
+      - name: Check deleted_files output on non windows platform
+        if: steps.changed-files-dir-names-deleted-files-include-only-deleted-dirs-directory-posix-path-separator.outputs.deleted_files != 'test/test3' && runner.os != 'Windows'
+        run: |
+          echo "Invalid output: Expected (test/test3) got (${{ steps.changed-files-dir-names-deleted-files-include-only-deleted-dirs-directory-posix-path-separator.outputs.deleted_files }})"
+          exit 1
+        shell:
+          bash
+      - name: Check deleted_files output on windows platform
+        if: "!contains(steps.changed-files-dir-names-deleted-files-include-only-deleted-dirs-directory-posix-path-separator.outputs.deleted_files, 'test/test3') && runner.os == 'Windows'"
+        run: |
+          echo "Invalid output: Expected (test/test3) got (${{ steps.changed-files-dir-names-deleted-files-include-only-deleted-dirs-directory-posix-path-separator.outputs.deleted_files }})"
+          exit 1
+        shell:
+          bash
 
   test-since-last-remote-commit:
     name: Test changed-files since last remote commit

.github/workflows/update-readme.yml

@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: tj-actions/remark@v3
 
       - name: Verify Changed files
-        uses: tj-actions/verify-changed-files@v18
+        uses: tj-actions/verify-changed-files@v19
         id: verify_changed_files
         with:
           files: |

README.md

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 [![Ubuntu](https://img.shields.io/badge/Ubuntu-E95420?style=for-the-badge\&logo=ubuntu\&logoColor=white)](https://docs.github.com/en/actions/reference/workflow-syntax-for-github-actions#jobsjob_idruns-on)
 [![Mac OS](https://img.shields.io/badge/mac%20os-000000?style=for-the-badge\&logo=macos\&logoColor=F0F0F0)](https://docs.github.com/en/actions/reference/workflow-syntax-for-github-actions#jobsjob_idruns-on)
 [![Windows](https://img.shields.io/badge/Windows-0078D6?style=for-the-badge\&logo=windows\&logoColor=white)](https://docs.github.com/en/actions/reference/workflow-syntax-for-github-actions#jobsjob_idruns-on)
-[![Public workflows that use this action.](https://img.shields.io/endpoint?style=for-the-badge\&url=https%3A%2F%2Fused-by.vercel.app%2Fapi%2Fgithub-actions%2Fused-by%3Faction%3Dtj-actions%2Fchanged-files%26badge%3Dtrue)](https://github.com/search?o=desc\&q=tj-actions+changed-files+language%3AYAML\&s=\&type=Code)
+[![Public workflows that use this action.](https://img.shields.io/endpoint?style=for-the-badge\&url=https%3A%2F%2Fused-by.vercel.app%2Fapi%2Fgithub-actions%2Fused-by%3Faction%3Dtj-actions%2Fchanged-files%26package_id%3DUGFja2FnZS0yOTQyNTU4MDk5%26badge%3Dtrue)](https://github.com/search?o=desc\&q=tj-actions+changed-files+language%3AYAML\&s=\&type=Code)
 
 [![Codacy Badge](https://app.codacy.com/project/badge/Grade/4fe2f49c3ab144b0bbe4effc85a061a0)](https://app.codacy.com/gh/tj-actions/changed-files/dashboard?utm_source=gh\&utm_medium=referral\&utm_content=\&utm_campaign=Badge_grade)
 [![CI](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/actions/workflows/test.yml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/actions/workflows/test.yml)
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ Effortlessly track all changed files and directories relative to a target branch
 
 > \[!NOTE]
 >
-> *   This action solely identifies files that have changed within the context of events such as `pull_request*`, `push`, and more. However, it doesn't detect pending uncommitted changes created during the workflow execution.
+> *   This action solely identifies files that have changed for events such as [`pull_request*`, `push`, `merge_group`, `release`, and many more](#other-supported-events-electron). However, it doesn't detect pending uncommitted changes created during the workflow execution.
 >
 >     See: https://github.com/tj-actions/verify-changed-files instead
 
@@ -116,15 +116,13 @@ jobs:
     name: Test changed-files
     steps:
       - 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@v42
+        uses: tj-actions/changed-files@v44
         # To compare changes between the current commit and the last pushed remote commit set `since_last_remote_commit: true`. e.g
         # with:
         #   since_last_remote_commit: true 
@@ -142,7 +140,7 @@ jobs:
       # -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
       - name: Get all changed markdown files
         id: changed-markdown-files
-        uses: tj-actions/changed-files@v42
+        uses: tj-actions/changed-files@v44
         with:
           # Avoid using single or double quotes for multiline patterns
           files: |
@@ -162,7 +160,7 @@ jobs:
       # -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
       - name: Get all test, doc and src files that have changed
         id: changed-files-yaml
-        uses: tj-actions/changed-files@v42
+        uses: tj-actions/changed-files@v44
         with:
           files_yaml: |
             doc:
@@ -197,7 +195,7 @@ jobs:
       # -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
       - name: Get changed files in the docs folder
         id: changed-files-specific
-        uses: tj-actions/changed-files@v42
+        uses: tj-actions/changed-files@v44
         with:
           files: docs/*.{js,html}  # Alternatively using: `docs/**`
           files_ignore: docs/static.js
@@ -229,7 +227,7 @@ jobs:
     # NOTE:
     # - This is limited to pull_request* events and would raise an error for other events.
     # - A maximum of 3000 files can be returned.
-    # - For more flexibility and no limitations see "Using local .git history" above.
+    # - For more flexibility and no limitations see "Using local .git directory" above.
 
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest  # windows-latest || macos-latest
     name: Test changed-files
@@ -239,7 +237,7 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - name: Get changed files
         id: changed-files
-        uses: tj-actions/changed-files@v42
+        uses: tj-actions/changed-files@v44
 
       - name: List all changed files
         env:
@@ -282,7 +280,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Get changed files
         id: changed-files
-        uses: tj-actions/changed-files@v42
+        uses: tj-actions/changed-files@v44
       # NOTE: `since_last_remote_commit: true` is implied by default and falls back to the previous local commit.
 
       - name: List all changed files
@@ -322,14 +320,14 @@ Support this project with a :star:
 > *   When using `files_yaml*` inputs:
 >     *   All keys must start with a letter or `_` and contain only alphanumeric characters, `-`, or `_`.
 >
->         For example, `test` or `test_key` or `test-key` or `_test_key` are all valid.
+>         For example, `test` or `test_key` or `test-key` or `_test_key` are all valid choices.
 
 ## Inputs ⚙️
 
 <!-- AUTO-DOC-INPUT:START - Do not remove or modify this section -->
 
 ```yaml
-- uses: tj-actions/changed-files@v42
+- uses: tj-actions/changed-files@v44
   id: changed-files
   with:
     # Github API URL.
@@ -391,6 +389,11 @@ Support this project with a :star:
     # Default: "true"
     escape_json: ''
 
+    # Exclude changes to submodules.
+    # Type: boolean
+    # Default: "false"
+    exclude_submodules: ''
+
     # Fail when the initial diff fails.
     # Type: boolean
     # Default: "false"
@@ -412,6 +415,11 @@ Support this project with a :star:
     # Default: "50"
     fetch_depth: ''
 
+    # Maximum number of retries to fetch missing history.
+    # Type: string
+    # Default: "10"
+    fetch_missing_history_max_retries: ''
+
     # File and directory patterns used to detect changes (Defaults to the entire repo if unset). 
     # NOTE: Multiline file/directory patterns should not include quotes. 
     # Type: string
@@ -493,6 +501,13 @@ Support this project with a :star:
     # Default: "false"
     json: ''
 
+    # Output changed files in a format that can be 
+    # used for matrix jobs. Alias for setting inputs `json` 
+    # to `true` and `escape_json` to `false`. 
+    # Type: boolean
+    # Default: "false"
+    matrix: ''
+
     # Apply the negation patterns first. NOTE: This affects how 
     # changed files are matched. 
     # Type: boolean
@@ -593,10 +608,10 @@ Support this project with a :star:
     # Default: "false"
     since_last_remote_commit: ''
 
-    # Skip the initial fetch to improve performance for shallow 
+    # Skip initially fetching additional history to improve performance for 
-    # repositories. NOTE: This could lead to errors with missing 
+    # shallow repositories. NOTE: This could lead to errors with 
-    # history and the intended use is limited to when 
+    # missing history. It's intended to be used when you've 
-    # you've fetched the history necessary to perform the diff. 
+    # fetched all necessary history to perform the diff. 
     # Type: boolean
     # Default: "false"
     skip_initial_fetch: ''
@@ -657,33 +672,33 @@ Support this project with a :star:
 |------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 |                                      <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"></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 <br>(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"></a>[all\_changed\_files](#output_all_changed_files)                              | string |                                                                                                    Returns all changed files i.e. <br>a combination of all added, <br>copied, modified and renamed files <br>(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"></a>[all\_modified\_files](#output_all_modified_files)                            | string |                                                                                              Returns all changed files i.e. <br>a combination of all added, <br>copied, modified, renamed and deleted <br>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 have changed. i.e. <br>*includes a combination of all added, copied, modified and renamed files (ACMR)*.                                                      |
+|                                      <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 have changed. This <br>defaults to `true` when no <br>patterns are specified. i.e. *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_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 have been deleted. <br>This defaults to `true` when <br>no patterns are specified. (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_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 have been modified. <br>This defaults to `true` when <br>no patterns are specified. i.e. <br>*includes a combination of all added, copied, modified, renamed, and deleted files (ACMRD)*.             |
-|                                     <a name="output_changed_keys"></a>[changed\_keys](#output_changed_keys)                                     | string |                                                                     Returns all changed YAML keys <br>when the `files_yaml` input is <br>used. i.e. *key that contains any path that has either been added, copied, modified, and renamed (ACMR)*                                                                       |
+|                                     <a name="output_changed_keys"></a>[changed\_keys](#output_changed_keys)                                     | string |                                                                Returns all changed YAML keys <br>when the `files_yaml` input is <br>used. i.e. key that contains <br>any path that has either <br>been added, copied, modified, and <br>renamed (ACMR)                                                                  |
 |                                     <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_modified_keys"></a>[modified\_keys](#output_modified_keys)                                    | string |                                                                    Returns all modified YAML keys <br>when the `files_yaml` input is <br>used. i.e. *key that contains any path that has either been added, copied, modified, and deleted (ACMRD)*                                                                      |
+|                                   <a name="output_modified_keys"></a>[modified\_keys](#output_modified_keys)                                    | string |                                                               Returns all modified YAML keys <br>when the `files_yaml` input is <br>used. i.e. key that contains <br>any path that has either <br>been added, copied, modified, and <br>deleted (ACMRD)                                                                 |
 |                                     <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>have 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_deleted"></a>[only\_deleted](#output_only_deleted)                                     | string |                                                                                                  Returns `true` when only files <br>provided using the `files*` or `files_ignore*` inputs <br>have 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_only_modified"></a>[only\_modified](#output_only_modified)                                    | string |                                                                                               Returns `true` when only files <br>provided using the `files*` or `files_ignore*` inputs <br>have 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"></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 <br>of all added, copied, modified <br>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"></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 <br>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"></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 <br>all added, copied, modified, and <br>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`                                                                                                                                          |
@@ -717,7 +732,7 @@ The format of the version string is as follows:
 ...
     - name: Get changed files
       id: changed-files
-      uses: tj-actions/changed-files@v42
+      uses: tj-actions/changed-files@v44
 ...
 ```
 
@@ -730,7 +745,7 @@ The format of the version string is as follows:
 ...
     - name: Get changed files
       id: changed-files
-      uses: tj-actions/changed-files@v42
+      uses: tj-actions/changed-files@v44
       with:
         safe_output: false # set to false because we are using an environment variable to store the output and avoid command injection.
 
@@ -753,7 +768,7 @@ 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@v42
+      uses: tj-actions/changed-files@v44
       with:
         separator: ","
 ...
@@ -770,7 +785,7 @@ See [inputs](#inputs) for more information.
 ...
     - name: Get changed files
       id: changed-files
-      uses: tj-actions/changed-files@v42
+      uses: tj-actions/changed-files@v44
 
     - name: List all added files
       env:
@@ -793,7 +808,7 @@ See [outputs](#outputs) for a list of all available outputs.
 ...
     - name: Get changed files
       id: changed-files
-      uses: tj-actions/changed-files@v42
+      uses: tj-actions/changed-files@v44
 
     - name: Run a step if my-file.txt was modified
       if: contains(steps.changed-files.outputs.modified_files, 'my-file.txt')
@@ -814,7 +829,7 @@ See [outputs](#outputs) for a list of all available outputs.
 
    - name: Get changed files and write the outputs to a Txt file
      id: changed-files-write-output-files-txt
-     uses: tj-actions/changed-files@v42
+     uses: tj-actions/changed-files@v44
      with:
        write_output_files: true
 
@@ -833,7 +848,7 @@ See [outputs](#outputs) for a list of all available outputs.
 ...
    - name: Get changed files and write the outputs to a JSON file
      id: changed-files-write-output-files-json
-     uses: tj-actions/changed-files@v42
+     uses: tj-actions/changed-files@v44
      with:
        json: true
        write_output_files: true
@@ -853,7 +868,7 @@ See [outputs](#outputs) for a list of all available outputs.
 ...
     - name: Get changed files
       id: changed-files
-      uses: tj-actions/changed-files@v42
+      uses: tj-actions/changed-files@v44
       with:
         files: |
           my-file.txt
@@ -876,7 +891,7 @@ See [inputs](#inputs) for more information.
 ...
     - name: Get changed files
       id: changed-files-specific
-      uses: tj-actions/changed-files@v42
+      uses: tj-actions/changed-files@v44
       with:
         files: |
           my-file.txt
@@ -927,7 +942,7 @@ 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@v42
+      uses: tj-actions/changed-files@v44
       with:
         files_from_source_file: test/changed-files-list.txt
 ...
@@ -944,7 +959,7 @@ 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@v42
+      uses: tj-actions/changed-files@v44
       with:
         files_from_source_file: |
           test/changed-files-list.txt
@@ -965,7 +980,7 @@ See [inputs](#inputs) for more information.
 ...
     - name: Get changed files using a different SHA
       id: changed-files
-      uses: tj-actions/changed-files@v42
+      uses: tj-actions/changed-files@v44
       with:
         sha: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha }}
 ...
@@ -982,7 +997,7 @@ See [inputs](#inputs) for more information.
 ...
     - name: Get changed files using a different base SHA
       id: changed-files
-      uses: tj-actions/changed-files@v42
+      uses: tj-actions/changed-files@v44
       with:
         base_sha: ${{ github.event.pull_request.base.sha }}
 ...
@@ -1014,7 +1029,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Get changed files
         id: changed-files
-        uses: tj-actions/changed-files@v42
+        uses: tj-actions/changed-files@v44
 
       - name: List changed files
         env:
@@ -1024,7 +1039,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Get changed files in the .github folder
         id: changed-files-specific
-        uses: tj-actions/changed-files@v42
+        uses: tj-actions/changed-files@v44
         with:
           files: .github/**
 
@@ -1055,14 +1070,13 @@ See [inputs](#inputs) for more information.
 
     - name: Run changed-files with defaults in dir1
       id: changed-files-for-dir1
-      uses: tj-actions/changed-files@v42
+      uses: tj-actions/changed-files@v44
       with:
         path: dir1
 
     - name: List all added files in dir1
       env:
-        ADDED_FILES: |-
+        ADDED_FILES: ${{ steps.changed-files-for-dir1.outputs.added_files }}
-          ${{ steps.changed-files-for-dir1.outputs.added_files }}
       run: |
         for file in ${ADDED_FILES}; do
           echo "$file was added"
@@ -1081,13 +1095,13 @@ See [inputs](#inputs) for more information.
 ...
     - name: Run changed-files with quotepath disabled
       id: changed-files-quotepath
-      uses: tj-actions/changed-files@v42
+      uses: tj-actions/changed-files@v44
       with:
         quotepath: "false"
 
     - name: Run changed-files with quotepath disabled for a specified list of file(s)
       id: changed-files-quotepath-specific
-      uses: tj-actions/changed-files@v42
+      uses: tj-actions/changed-files@v44
       with:
         files: test/test-è.txt
         quotepath: "false"
@@ -1120,7 +1134,7 @@ 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@v42
+        uses: tj-actions/changed-files@v44
         with:
           base_sha: ${{ steps.last_successful_commit_push.outputs.base }}
 ...
@@ -1147,7 +1161,7 @@ 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@v42
+        uses: tj-actions/changed-files@v44
         with:
           base_sha: ${{ steps.last_successful_commit_pull_request.outputs.base }}
 ...
@@ -1173,7 +1187,7 @@ See [inputs](#inputs) for more information.
 ...
     - name: Run changed-files with dir_names
       id: changed-files-dir-names
-      uses: tj-actions/changed-files@v42
+      uses: tj-actions/changed-files@v44
       with:
         dir_names: "true"
 ...
@@ -1190,7 +1204,7 @@ See [inputs](#inputs) for more information.
 ...
     - name: Run changed-files with JSON output
       id: changed-files-json
-      uses: tj-actions/changed-files@v42
+      uses: tj-actions/changed-files@v44
       with:
         json: "true"
 ...
@@ -1207,13 +1221,13 @@ See [inputs](#inputs) for more information.
 ...
     - name: Get changed-files since 2022-08-19
       id: changed-files-since
-      uses: tj-actions/changed-files@v42
+      uses: tj-actions/changed-files@v44
       with:
         since: "2022-08-19"
 
     - name: Get changed-files until 2022-08-20
       id: changed-files-until
-      uses: tj-actions/changed-files@v42
+      uses: tj-actions/changed-files@v44
       with:
         until: "2022-08-20"
 ...
@@ -1245,6 +1259,8 @@ See [inputs](#inputs) for more information.
 
 *   [qmk\_firmware uses tj-actions/changed-files to run linters](https://github.com/qmk/qmk_firmware/blob/7a737235ffd49c32d2c5561e8fe53fd96baa7f96/.github/workflows/lint.yml#L30)
 
+*   [argo-cd uses tj-actions/changed-files to detect changed frontend or backend files](https://github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/blob/5bc1850aa1d26301043be9f2fb825d88c80c111c/.github/workflows/ci-build.yaml#L33)
+
 *   [argo-workflows uses tj-actions/changed-files to run specific jobs based on changes detected](https://github.com/argoproj/argo-workflows/blob/baef4856ff2603c76dbe277c825eaa3f9788fc91/.github/workflows/ci-build.yaml#L34)
 
 And many more...
@@ -1300,7 +1316,7 @@ Report bugs at https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/issues.
 If you are reporting a bug, please include:
 
 *   Your operating system name and version.
-*   Any details about your workflow that might be helpful in troubleshooting. (**NOTE**: Ensure that you include full log outputs with debugging enabled)
+*   All essential details about your workflow that might be helpful in troubleshooting. (**NOTE**: Ensure that you include full log outputs with debugging enabled)
 *   Detailed steps to reproduce the bug.
 
 ## Contributors ✨

action.yml

@@ -144,8 +144,8 @@ inputs:
     default: "50"
   skip_initial_fetch:
     description: |
-      Skip the initial fetch to improve performance for shallow repositories. 
+      Skip initially fetching additional history 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.
+      NOTE: This could lead to errors with missing history. It's intended to be used when you've fetched all necessary history to perform the diff.
     required: false
     default: "false"
   fetch_additional_submodule_history:
@@ -219,6 +219,22 @@ inputs:
     description: "Apply the negation patterns first. NOTE: This affects how changed files are matched."
     required: false
     default: "false"
+  matrix:
+    description: "Output changed files in a format that can be used for matrix jobs. Alias for setting inputs `json` to `true` and `escape_json` to `false`."
+    required: false
+    default: "false"
+  exclude_submodules:
+    description: "Exclude changes to submodules."
+    required: false
+    default: "false"
+  fetch_missing_history_max_retries:
+    description: "Maximum number of retries to fetch missing history."
+    required: false
+    default: "10"
+  use_posix_path_separator:
+    description: "Use POSIX path separator `/` for output filenames."
+    required: false
+    default: "false"
 
 outputs:
   added_files:
@@ -258,45 +274,45 @@ outputs:
   unknown_files_count:
     description: "Returns the number of `unknown_files`"
   all_changed_and_modified_files:
-    description: "Returns all changed and modified files i.e. *a combination of (ACMRDTUX)*"
+    description: "Returns all changed and modified files i.e. a combination of (ACMRDTUX)"
   all_changed_and_modified_files_count:
     description: "Returns the number of `all_changed_and_modified_files`"
   all_changed_files:
-    description: "Returns all changed files i.e. *a combination of all added, copied, modified and renamed files (ACMR)*"
+    description: "Returns all changed files i.e. a combination of all added, copied, modified and renamed files (ACMR)"
   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 have changed. i.e. *includes 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 have changed. This defaults to `true` when no patterns are specified. 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 have 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. *includes 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:
-    description: "Returns all changed files i.e. *a combination of all added, copied, modified, renamed and deleted files (ACMRD)*."
+    description: "Returns all changed files i.e. a combination of all added, copied, modified, renamed and deleted files (ACMRD)."
   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. *includes 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 have been modified. This defaults to `true` when no patterns are specified. 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)."
+    description: "Returns `true` when only files provided using the `files*` or `files_ignore*` inputs have been modified. (ACMRD)."
   other_modified_files:
-    description: "Returns all other modified files not listed in the files input i.e. *a combination of all added, copied, modified, and deleted files (ACMRD)*"
+    description: "Returns all other modified files not listed in the files input i.e. a combination of all added, copied, modified, and deleted files (ACMRD)"
   other_modified_files_count:
     description: "Returns the number of `other_modified_files`"
   any_deleted:
-    description: "Returns `true` when any of the filenames provided using the `files*` or `files_ignore*` inputs has been deleted. (D)"
+    description: "Returns `true` when any of the filenames provided using the `files*` or `files_ignore*` inputs have been deleted. This defaults to `true` when no patterns are specified. (D)"
   only_deleted:
-    description: "Returns `true` when only files provided using the `files*` or `files_ignore*` inputs has been deleted. (D)"
+    description: "Returns `true` when only files provided using the `files*` or `files_ignore*` inputs have been deleted. (D)"
   other_deleted_files:
-    description: "Returns all other deleted files not listed in the files input i.e. *a  combination of all deleted files (D)*"
+    description: "Returns all other deleted files not listed in the files input i.e. a combination of all deleted files (D)"
   other_deleted_files_count:
     description: "Returns the number of `other_deleted_files`"
   modified_keys:
-    description: "Returns all modified YAML keys when the `files_yaml` input is used. i.e. *key that contains any path that has either been added, copied, modified, and deleted (ACMRD)*"
+    description: "Returns all modified YAML keys when the `files_yaml` input is used. i.e. key that contains any path that has either been added, copied, modified, and deleted (ACMRD)"
   changed_keys:
-    description: "Returns all changed YAML keys when the `files_yaml` input is used. i.e. *key that contains any path that has either been added, copied, modified, and renamed (ACMR)*"
+    description: "Returns all changed YAML keys when the `files_yaml` input is used. i.e. key that contains any path that has either been added, copied, modified, and renamed (ACMR)"
 
 runs:
   using: 'node20'

package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@tj-actions/changed-files",
-  "version": "42.0.2",
+  "version": "44.2.0",
   "description": "Github action to retrieve all (added, copied, modified, deleted, renamed, type changed, unmerged, unknown) files and directories.",
   "main": "lib/main.js",
   "publishConfig": {
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
     "lint:fix": "eslint --fix src/*.ts src/**/*.ts",
     "package": "ncc build lib/main.js --source-map --license licenses.txt",
     "test": "jest --coverage",
+    "update-snapshot": "jest -u",
     "all": "yarn build && yarn format && yarn lint && yarn package && yarn test"
   },
   "repository": {
@@ -36,6 +37,7 @@
     "@actions/exec": "^1.1.1",
     "@actions/github": "^6.0.0",
     "@octokit/rest": "^20.0.1",
+    "@stdlib/utils-convert-path": "^0.2.1",
     "lodash": "^4.17.21",
     "micromatch": "^4.0.5",
     "yaml": "^2.3.1"
@@ -50,10 +52,10 @@
     "@typescript-eslint/parser": "^7.0.0",
     "@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",
+    "eslint-plugin-github": "^4.8.0",
+    "eslint-plugin-jest": "^28.0.0",
+    "eslint-plugin-prettier": "^5.0.0-alpha.2",
     "jest": "^29.5.0",
     "prettier": "^3.0.0",
     "ts-jest": "^29.1.0",

src/__tests__/__snapshots__/inputs.test.ts.snap

@@ -0,0 +1,361 @@
+// Jest Snapshot v1, https://goo.gl/fbAQLP
+
+exports[`getInputs should correctly parse boolean inputs 1`] = `
+{
+  "apiUrl": "",
+  "baseSha": "",
+  "diffRelative": "false",
+  "dirNames": "false",
+  "dirNamesDeletedFilesIncludeOnlyDeletedDirs": "false",
+  "dirNamesExcludeCurrentDir": "false",
+  "dirNamesIncludeFiles": "",
+  "dirNamesIncludeFilesSeparator": "",
+  "escapeJson": false,
+  "excludeSubmodules": "false",
+  "failOnInitialDiffError": "false",
+  "failOnSubmoduleDiffError": "false",
+  "fetchAdditionalSubmoduleHistory": "false",
+  "fetchMissingHistoryMaxRetries": 10,
+  "files": "",
+  "filesFromSourceFile": "",
+  "filesFromSourceFileSeparator": "",
+  "filesIgnore": "",
+  "filesIgnoreFromSourceFile": "",
+  "filesIgnoreFromSourceFileSeparator": "",
+  "filesIgnoreSeparator": "",
+  "filesIgnoreYaml": "",
+  "filesIgnoreYamlFromSourceFile": "",
+  "filesIgnoreYamlFromSourceFileSeparator": "",
+  "filesSeparator": "",
+  "filesYaml": "",
+  "filesYamlFromSourceFile": "",
+  "filesYamlFromSourceFileSeparator": "",
+  "includeAllOldNewRenamedFiles": "false",
+  "json": true,
+  "negationPatternsFirst": "false",
+  "oldNewFilesSeparator": " ",
+  "oldNewSeparator": ",",
+  "outputDir": "",
+  "outputRenamedFilesAsDeletedAndAdded": "false",
+  "path": ".",
+  "quotepath": "false",
+  "recoverDeletedFiles": "false",
+  "recoverDeletedFilesToDestination": "",
+  "recoverFiles": "",
+  "recoverFilesIgnore": "",
+  "recoverFilesIgnoreSeparator": "
+",
+  "recoverFilesSeparator": "
+",
+  "safeOutput": "false",
+  "separator": "",
+  "sha": "",
+  "since": "",
+  "sinceLastRemoteCommit": "false",
+  "skipInitialFetch": "true",
+  "token": "",
+  "until": "",
+  "usePosixPathSeparator": "false",
+  "useRestApi": "false",
+  "writeOutputFiles": "false",
+}
+`;
+
+exports[`getInputs should correctly parse numeric inputs 1`] = `
+{
+  "apiUrl": "",
+  "baseSha": "",
+  "diffRelative": true,
+  "dirNames": false,
+  "dirNamesDeletedFilesIncludeOnlyDeletedDirs": false,
+  "dirNamesExcludeCurrentDir": false,
+  "dirNamesIncludeFiles": "",
+  "dirNamesIncludeFilesSeparator": "",
+  "dirNamesMaxDepth": 2,
+  "escapeJson": false,
+  "excludeSubmodules": false,
+  "failOnInitialDiffError": false,
+  "failOnSubmoduleDiffError": false,
+  "fetchAdditionalSubmoduleHistory": false,
+  "fetchDepth": 5,
+  "files": "",
+  "filesFromSourceFile": "",
+  "filesFromSourceFileSeparator": "",
+  "filesIgnore": "",
+  "filesIgnoreFromSourceFile": "",
+  "filesIgnoreFromSourceFileSeparator": "",
+  "filesIgnoreSeparator": "",
+  "filesIgnoreYaml": "",
+  "filesIgnoreYamlFromSourceFile": "",
+  "filesIgnoreYamlFromSourceFileSeparator": "",
+  "filesSeparator": "",
+  "filesYaml": "",
+  "filesYamlFromSourceFile": "",
+  "filesYamlFromSourceFileSeparator": "",
+  "includeAllOldNewRenamedFiles": false,
+  "json": false,
+  "negationPatternsFirst": false,
+  "oldNewFilesSeparator": "",
+  "oldNewSeparator": "",
+  "outputDir": "",
+  "outputRenamedFilesAsDeletedAndAdded": false,
+  "path": "",
+  "quotepath": true,
+  "recoverDeletedFiles": false,
+  "recoverDeletedFilesToDestination": "",
+  "recoverFiles": "",
+  "recoverFilesIgnore": "",
+  "recoverFilesIgnoreSeparator": "",
+  "recoverFilesSeparator": "",
+  "safeOutput": false,
+  "separator": "",
+  "sha": "",
+  "since": "",
+  "sinceLastRemoteCommit": false,
+  "skipInitialFetch": false,
+  "token": "",
+  "until": "",
+  "usePosixPathSeparator": false,
+  "useRestApi": false,
+  "writeOutputFiles": false,
+}
+`;
+
+exports[`getInputs should correctly parse string inputs 1`] = `
+{
+  "apiUrl": "https://api.github.com",
+  "baseSha": "",
+  "diffRelative": true,
+  "dirNames": false,
+  "dirNamesDeletedFilesIncludeOnlyDeletedDirs": false,
+  "dirNamesExcludeCurrentDir": false,
+  "dirNamesIncludeFiles": "",
+  "dirNamesIncludeFilesSeparator": "",
+  "escapeJson": false,
+  "excludeSubmodules": false,
+  "failOnInitialDiffError": false,
+  "failOnSubmoduleDiffError": false,
+  "fetchAdditionalSubmoduleHistory": false,
+  "files": "",
+  "filesFromSourceFile": "",
+  "filesFromSourceFileSeparator": "",
+  "filesIgnore": "",
+  "filesIgnoreFromSourceFile": "",
+  "filesIgnoreFromSourceFileSeparator": "",
+  "filesIgnoreSeparator": "",
+  "filesIgnoreYaml": "",
+  "filesIgnoreYamlFromSourceFile": "",
+  "filesIgnoreYamlFromSourceFileSeparator": "",
+  "filesSeparator": "",
+  "filesYaml": "",
+  "filesYamlFromSourceFile": "",
+  "filesYamlFromSourceFileSeparator": "",
+  "includeAllOldNewRenamedFiles": false,
+  "json": false,
+  "negationPatternsFirst": false,
+  "oldNewFilesSeparator": "",
+  "oldNewSeparator": "",
+  "outputDir": "",
+  "outputRenamedFilesAsDeletedAndAdded": false,
+  "path": "",
+  "quotepath": true,
+  "recoverDeletedFiles": false,
+  "recoverDeletedFilesToDestination": "",
+  "recoverFiles": "",
+  "recoverFilesIgnore": "",
+  "recoverFilesIgnoreSeparator": "",
+  "recoverFilesSeparator": "",
+  "safeOutput": false,
+  "separator": "",
+  "sha": "",
+  "since": "",
+  "sinceLastRemoteCommit": false,
+  "skipInitialFetch": false,
+  "token": "token",
+  "until": "",
+  "usePosixPathSeparator": false,
+  "useRestApi": false,
+  "writeOutputFiles": false,
+}
+`;
+
+exports[`getInputs should handle invalid numeric inputs correctly 1`] = `
+{
+  "apiUrl": "",
+  "baseSha": "",
+  "diffRelative": true,
+  "dirNames": false,
+  "dirNamesDeletedFilesIncludeOnlyDeletedDirs": false,
+  "dirNamesExcludeCurrentDir": false,
+  "dirNamesIncludeFiles": "",
+  "dirNamesIncludeFilesSeparator": "",
+  "dirNamesMaxDepth": 2,
+  "escapeJson": false,
+  "excludeSubmodules": false,
+  "failOnInitialDiffError": false,
+  "failOnSubmoduleDiffError": false,
+  "fetchAdditionalSubmoduleHistory": false,
+  "fetchDepth": NaN,
+  "files": "",
+  "filesFromSourceFile": "",
+  "filesFromSourceFileSeparator": "",
+  "filesIgnore": "",
+  "filesIgnoreFromSourceFile": "",
+  "filesIgnoreFromSourceFileSeparator": "",
+  "filesIgnoreSeparator": "",
+  "filesIgnoreYaml": "",
+  "filesIgnoreYamlFromSourceFile": "",
+  "filesIgnoreYamlFromSourceFileSeparator": "",
+  "filesSeparator": "",
+  "filesYaml": "",
+  "filesYamlFromSourceFile": "",
+  "filesYamlFromSourceFileSeparator": "",
+  "includeAllOldNewRenamedFiles": false,
+  "json": false,
+  "negationPatternsFirst": false,
+  "oldNewFilesSeparator": "",
+  "oldNewSeparator": "",
+  "outputDir": "",
+  "outputRenamedFilesAsDeletedAndAdded": false,
+  "path": "",
+  "quotepath": true,
+  "recoverDeletedFiles": false,
+  "recoverDeletedFilesToDestination": "",
+  "recoverFiles": "",
+  "recoverFilesIgnore": "",
+  "recoverFilesIgnoreSeparator": "",
+  "recoverFilesSeparator": "",
+  "safeOutput": false,
+  "separator": "",
+  "sha": "",
+  "since": "",
+  "sinceLastRemoteCommit": false,
+  "skipInitialFetch": false,
+  "token": "",
+  "until": "",
+  "usePosixPathSeparator": false,
+  "useRestApi": false,
+  "writeOutputFiles": false,
+}
+`;
+
+exports[`getInputs should handle negative numeric inputs correctly 1`] = `
+{
+  "apiUrl": "",
+  "baseSha": "",
+  "diffRelative": true,
+  "dirNames": false,
+  "dirNamesDeletedFilesIncludeOnlyDeletedDirs": false,
+  "dirNamesExcludeCurrentDir": false,
+  "dirNamesIncludeFiles": "",
+  "dirNamesIncludeFilesSeparator": "",
+  "dirNamesMaxDepth": -2,
+  "escapeJson": false,
+  "excludeSubmodules": false,
+  "failOnInitialDiffError": false,
+  "failOnSubmoduleDiffError": false,
+  "fetchAdditionalSubmoduleHistory": false,
+  "fetchDepth": 2,
+  "files": "",
+  "filesFromSourceFile": "",
+  "filesFromSourceFileSeparator": "",
+  "filesIgnore": "",
+  "filesIgnoreFromSourceFile": "",
+  "filesIgnoreFromSourceFileSeparator": "",
+  "filesIgnoreSeparator": "",
+  "filesIgnoreYaml": "",
+  "filesIgnoreYamlFromSourceFile": "",
+  "filesIgnoreYamlFromSourceFileSeparator": "",
+  "filesSeparator": "",
+  "filesYaml": "",
+  "filesYamlFromSourceFile": "",
+  "filesYamlFromSourceFileSeparator": "",
+  "includeAllOldNewRenamedFiles": false,
+  "json": false,
+  "negationPatternsFirst": false,
+  "oldNewFilesSeparator": "",
+  "oldNewSeparator": "",
+  "outputDir": "",
+  "outputRenamedFilesAsDeletedAndAdded": false,
+  "path": "",
+  "quotepath": true,
+  "recoverDeletedFiles": false,
+  "recoverDeletedFilesToDestination": "",
+  "recoverFiles": "",
+  "recoverFilesIgnore": "",
+  "recoverFilesIgnoreSeparator": "",
+  "recoverFilesSeparator": "",
+  "safeOutput": false,
+  "separator": "",
+  "sha": "",
+  "since": "",
+  "sinceLastRemoteCommit": false,
+  "skipInitialFetch": false,
+  "token": "",
+  "until": "",
+  "usePosixPathSeparator": false,
+  "useRestApi": false,
+  "writeOutputFiles": false,
+}
+`;
+
+exports[`getInputs should return default values when no inputs are provided 1`] = `
+{
+  "apiUrl": "",
+  "baseSha": "",
+  "diffRelative": true,
+  "dirNames": false,
+  "dirNamesDeletedFilesIncludeOnlyDeletedDirs": false,
+  "dirNamesExcludeCurrentDir": false,
+  "dirNamesIncludeFiles": "",
+  "dirNamesIncludeFilesSeparator": "",
+  "escapeJson": false,
+  "excludeSubmodules": false,
+  "failOnInitialDiffError": false,
+  "failOnSubmoduleDiffError": false,
+  "fetchAdditionalSubmoduleHistory": false,
+  "fetchMissingHistoryMaxRetries": 10,
+  "files": "",
+  "filesFromSourceFile": "",
+  "filesFromSourceFileSeparator": "",
+  "filesIgnore": "",
+  "filesIgnoreFromSourceFile": "",
+  "filesIgnoreFromSourceFileSeparator": "",
+  "filesIgnoreSeparator": "",
+  "filesIgnoreYaml": "",
+  "filesIgnoreYamlFromSourceFile": "",
+  "filesIgnoreYamlFromSourceFileSeparator": "",
+  "filesSeparator": "",
+  "filesYaml": "",
+  "filesYamlFromSourceFile": "",
+  "filesYamlFromSourceFileSeparator": "",
+  "includeAllOldNewRenamedFiles": false,
+  "json": false,
+  "negationPatternsFirst": false,
+  "oldNewFilesSeparator": " ",
+  "oldNewSeparator": ",",
+  "outputDir": "",
+  "outputRenamedFilesAsDeletedAndAdded": false,
+  "path": ".",
+  "quotepath": true,
+  "recoverDeletedFiles": false,
+  "recoverDeletedFilesToDestination": "",
+  "recoverFiles": "",
+  "recoverFilesIgnore": "",
+  "recoverFilesIgnoreSeparator": "
+",
+  "recoverFilesSeparator": "
+",
+  "safeOutput": false,
+  "separator": "",
+  "sha": "",
+  "since": "",
+  "sinceLastRemoteCommit": false,
+  "skipInitialFetch": false,
+  "token": "",
+  "until": "",
+  "usePosixPathSeparator": false,
+  "useRestApi": false,
+  "writeOutputFiles": false,
+}
+`;

src/__tests__/inputs.test.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,153 @@
+import * as core from '@actions/core'
+import {getInputs, Inputs} from '../inputs'
+import {DEFAULT_VALUES_OF_UNSUPPORTED_API_INPUTS} from '../constant'
+
+jest.mock('@actions/core')
+
+describe('getInputs', () => {
+  afterEach(() => {
+    jest.clearAllMocks()
+  })
+
+  test('should return default values when no inputs are provided', () => {
+    ;(core.getInput as jest.Mock).mockImplementation(name => {
+      const camelCaseName = name.replace(/_([a-z])/g, (g: string[]) => {
+        return g[1].toUpperCase()
+      }) as keyof Inputs
+
+      return (DEFAULT_VALUES_OF_UNSUPPORTED_API_INPUTS[camelCaseName] ||
+        '') as string
+    })
+    ;(core.getBooleanInput as jest.Mock).mockImplementation(name => {
+      const camelCaseName = name.replace(/_([a-z])/g, (g: string[]) => {
+        return g[1].toUpperCase()
+      }) as keyof Inputs
+
+      return (DEFAULT_VALUES_OF_UNSUPPORTED_API_INPUTS[camelCaseName] ||
+        false) as boolean
+    })
+    expect(getInputs()).toMatchSnapshot()
+  })
+
+  test('should correctly parse boolean inputs', () => {
+    ;(core.getInput as jest.Mock).mockImplementation(name => {
+      const camelCaseName = name.replace(/_([a-z])/g, (g: string[]) => {
+        return g[1].toUpperCase()
+      }) as keyof Inputs
+
+      return (DEFAULT_VALUES_OF_UNSUPPORTED_API_INPUTS[camelCaseName] ||
+        '') as string
+    })
+    ;(core.getBooleanInput as jest.Mock).mockImplementation(name => {
+      switch (name) {
+        case 'matrix':
+          return 'true'
+        case 'skip_initial_fetch':
+          return 'true'
+        default:
+          return 'false'
+      }
+    })
+    expect(getInputs()).toMatchSnapshot()
+  })
+
+  test('should handle matrix alias correctly', () => {
+    ;(core.getBooleanInput as jest.Mock).mockImplementation(name => {
+      return name === 'matrix' ? 'true' : 'false'
+    })
+
+    const inputs = getInputs()
+    expect(inputs).toHaveProperty('json', true)
+    expect(inputs).toHaveProperty('escapeJson', false)
+  })
+
+  test('should correctly parse string inputs', () => {
+    ;(core.getInput as jest.Mock).mockImplementation(name => {
+      switch (name) {
+        case 'token':
+          return 'token'
+        case 'api_url':
+          return 'https://api.github.com'
+        default:
+          return ''
+      }
+    })
+    ;(core.getBooleanInput as jest.Mock).mockImplementation(name => {
+      const camelCaseName = name.replace(/_([a-z])/g, (g: string[]) => {
+        return g[1].toUpperCase()
+      }) as keyof Inputs
+
+      return (DEFAULT_VALUES_OF_UNSUPPORTED_API_INPUTS[camelCaseName] ||
+        false) as boolean
+    })
+    expect(getInputs()).toMatchSnapshot()
+  })
+
+  test('should correctly parse numeric inputs', () => {
+    ;(core.getInput as jest.Mock).mockImplementation(name => {
+      switch (name) {
+        case 'fetch_depth':
+          return '5'
+        case 'dir_names_max_depth':
+          return '2'
+        default:
+          return ''
+      }
+    })
+    ;(core.getBooleanInput as jest.Mock).mockImplementation(name => {
+      const camelCaseName = name.replace(/_([a-z])/g, (g: string[]) => {
+        return g[1].toUpperCase()
+      }) as keyof Inputs
+
+      return (DEFAULT_VALUES_OF_UNSUPPORTED_API_INPUTS[camelCaseName] ||
+        false) as boolean
+    })
+    expect(getInputs()).toMatchSnapshot()
+  })
+
+  test('should handle invalid numeric inputs correctly', () => {
+    ;(core.getInput as jest.Mock).mockImplementation(name => {
+      // TODO: Add validation for invalid numbers which should result in an error instead of NaN
+      switch (name) {
+        case 'fetch_depth':
+          return 'invalid'
+        case 'dir_names_max_depth':
+          return '2'
+        default:
+          return ''
+      }
+    })
+    ;(core.getBooleanInput as jest.Mock).mockImplementation(name => {
+      const camelCaseName = name.replace(/_([a-z])/g, (g: string[]) => {
+        return g[1].toUpperCase()
+      }) as keyof Inputs
+
+      return (DEFAULT_VALUES_OF_UNSUPPORTED_API_INPUTS[camelCaseName] ||
+        false) as boolean
+    })
+    expect(getInputs()).toMatchSnapshot()
+  })
+
+  test('should handle negative numeric inputs correctly', () => {
+    ;(core.getInput as jest.Mock).mockImplementation(name => {
+      // TODO: Add validation for negative numbers which should result in an error
+      switch (name) {
+        case 'fetch_depth':
+          return '-5'
+        case 'dir_names_max_depth':
+          return '-2'
+        default:
+          return ''
+      }
+    })
+    ;(core.getBooleanInput as jest.Mock).mockImplementation(name => {
+      const camelCaseName = name.replace(/_([a-z])/g, (g: string[]) => {
+        return g[1].toUpperCase()
+      }) as keyof Inputs
+
+      return (DEFAULT_VALUES_OF_UNSUPPORTED_API_INPUTS[camelCaseName] ||
+        false) as boolean
+    })
+    expect(getInputs()).toMatchSnapshot()
+  })
+})

src/__tests__/utils.test.ts

@@ -635,7 +635,10 @@ describe('utils test', () => {
         failOnInitialDiffError: false,
         failOnSubmoduleDiffError: false,
         negationPatternsFirst: false,
-        useRestApi: false
+        useRestApi: false,
+        excludeSubmodules: false,
+        fetchMissingHistoryMaxRetries: 10,
+        usePosixPathSeparator: false
       }
 
       const coreWarningSpy = jest.spyOn(core, 'warning')

src/changedFiles.ts

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import * as core from '@actions/core'
 import * as github from '@actions/github'
 import type {RestEndpointMethodTypes} from '@octokit/rest'
 import flatten from 'lodash/flatten'
+import convertPath from '@stdlib/utils-convert-path'
 import mm from 'micromatch'
 import * as path from 'path'
 import {setOutputsAndGetModifiedAndChangedFilesStatus} from './changedFilesOutput'
@@ -121,13 +122,13 @@ export const processChangedFiles = async ({
 export const getRenamedFiles = async ({
   inputs,
   workingDirectory,
-  hasSubmodule,
+  diffSubmodule,
   diffResult,
   submodulePaths
 }: {
   inputs: Inputs
   workingDirectory: string
-  hasSubmodule: boolean
+  diffSubmodule: boolean
   diffResult: DiffResult
   submodulePaths: string[]
 }): Promise<{paths: string; count: string}> => {
@@ -139,7 +140,7 @@ export const getRenamedFiles = async ({
     oldNewSeparator: inputs.oldNewSeparator
   })
 
-  if (hasSubmodule) {
+  if (diffSubmodule) {
     for (const submodulePath of submodulePaths) {
       const submoduleShaResult = await gitSubmoduleDiffSHA({
         cwd: workingDirectory,
@@ -217,7 +218,7 @@ export type ChangedFiles = {
 
 export const getAllDiffFiles = async ({
   workingDirectory,
-  hasSubmodule,
+  diffSubmodule,
   diffResult,
   submodulePaths,
   outputRenamedFilesAsDeletedAndAdded,
@@ -226,7 +227,7 @@ export const getAllDiffFiles = async ({
   failOnSubmoduleDiffError
 }: {
   workingDirectory: string
-  hasSubmodule: boolean
+  diffSubmodule: boolean
   diffResult: DiffResult
   submodulePaths: string[]
   outputRenamedFilesAsDeletedAndAdded: boolean
@@ -243,7 +244,7 @@ export const getAllDiffFiles = async ({
     failOnInitialDiffError
   })
 
-  if (hasSubmodule) {
+  if (diffSubmodule) {
     for (const submodulePath of submodulePaths) {
       const submoduleShaResult = await gitSubmoduleDiffSHA({
         cwd: workingDirectory,
@@ -355,7 +356,11 @@ function* getChangeTypeFilesGenerator({
       filePaths,
       dirNamesIncludeFilePatterns
     })) {
-      yield filePath
+      if (isWindows() && inputs.usePosixPathSeparator) {
+        yield convertPath(filePath, 'mixed')
+      } else {
+        yield filePath
+      }
     }
   }
 }
@@ -402,7 +407,11 @@ function* getAllChangeTypeFilesGenerator({
     filePaths,
     dirNamesIncludeFilePatterns
   })) {
-    yield filePath
+    if (isWindows() && inputs.usePosixPathSeparator) {
+      yield convertPath(filePath, 'mixed')
+    } else {
+      yield filePath
+    }
   }
 }
 

src/changedFilesOutput.ts

@@ -247,7 +247,7 @@ export const setOutputsAndGetModifiedAndChangedFilesStatus = async ({
 
   await setOutput({
     key: getOutputKey('any_changed', outputPrefix),
-    value: allChangedFiles.paths.length > 0 && filePatterns.length > 0,
+    value: allChangedFiles.paths.length > 0,
     writeOutputFiles: inputs.writeOutputFiles,
     outputDir: inputs.outputDir,
     json: inputs.json
@@ -336,7 +336,7 @@ export const setOutputsAndGetModifiedAndChangedFilesStatus = async ({
 
   await setOutput({
     key: getOutputKey('any_modified', outputPrefix),
-    value: allModifiedFiles.paths.length > 0 && filePatterns.length > 0,
+    value: allModifiedFiles.paths.length > 0,
     writeOutputFiles: inputs.writeOutputFiles,
     outputDir: inputs.outputDir,
     json: inputs.json
@@ -442,7 +442,7 @@ export const setOutputsAndGetModifiedAndChangedFilesStatus = async ({
 
   await setOutput({
     key: getOutputKey('any_deleted', outputPrefix),
-    value: deletedFiles.paths.length > 0 && filePatterns.length > 0,
+    value: deletedFiles.paths.length > 0,
     writeOutputFiles: inputs.writeOutputFiles,
     outputDir: inputs.outputDir,
     json: inputs.json
@@ -496,7 +496,7 @@ export const setOutputsAndGetModifiedAndChangedFilesStatus = async ({
   })
 
   return {
-    anyModified: allModifiedFiles.paths.length > 0 && filePatterns.length > 0,
+    anyModified: allModifiedFiles.paths.length > 0,
-    anyChanged: allChangedFiles.paths.length > 0 && filePatterns.length > 0
+    anyChanged: allChangedFiles.paths.length > 0
   }
 }

src/commitSha.ts

@@ -86,15 +86,27 @@ export interface DiffResult {
   initialCommit?: boolean
 }
 
-export const getSHAForNonPullRequestEvent = async (
+interface SHAForNonPullRequestEvent {
-  inputs: Inputs,
+  inputs: Inputs
-  env: Env,
+  env: Env
-  workingDirectory: string,
+  workingDirectory: string
-  isShallow: boolean,
+  isShallow: boolean
-  hasSubmodule: boolean,
+  diffSubmodule: boolean
-  gitFetchExtraArgs: string[],
+  gitFetchExtraArgs: string[]
   isTag: boolean
-): Promise<DiffResult> => {
+  remoteName: string
+}
+
+export const getSHAForNonPullRequestEvent = async ({
+  inputs,
+  env,
+  workingDirectory,
+  isShallow,
+  diffSubmodule,
+  gitFetchExtraArgs,
+  isTag,
+  remoteName
+}: SHAForNonPullRequestEvent): Promise<DiffResult> => {
   let targetBranch = env.GITHUB_REF_NAME
   let currentBranch = targetBranch
   let initialCommit = false
@@ -122,8 +134,8 @@ export const getSHAForNonPullRequestEvent = async (
             '-u',
             '--progress',
             `--deepen=${inputs.fetchDepth}`,
-            'origin',
+            remoteName,
-            `+refs/heads/${sourceBranch}:refs/remotes/origin/${sourceBranch}`
+            `+refs/heads/${sourceBranch}:refs/remotes/${remoteName}/${sourceBranch}`
           ]
         })
       } else {
@@ -134,13 +146,13 @@ export const getSHAForNonPullRequestEvent = async (
             '-u',
             '--progress',
             `--deepen=${inputs.fetchDepth}`,
-            'origin',
+            remoteName,
-            `+refs/heads/${targetBranch}:refs/remotes/origin/${targetBranch}`
+            `+refs/heads/${targetBranch}:refs/remotes/${remoteName}/${targetBranch}`
           ]
         })
       }
 
-      if (hasSubmodule) {
+      if (diffSubmodule) {
         await gitFetchSubmodules({
           cwd: workingDirectory,
           args: [
@@ -152,7 +164,7 @@ export const getSHAForNonPullRequestEvent = async (
         })
       }
     } else {
-      if (hasSubmodule && inputs.fetchAdditionalSubmoduleHistory) {
+      if (diffSubmodule && inputs.fetchAdditionalSubmoduleHistory) {
         await gitFetchSubmodules({
           cwd: workingDirectory,
           args: [
@@ -307,14 +319,23 @@ export const getSHAForNonPullRequestEvent = async (
   }
 }
 
-export const getSHAForPullRequestEvent = async (
+interface SHAForPullRequestEvent {
-  inputs: Inputs,
+  inputs: Inputs
-  env: Env,
+  workingDirectory: string
-  workingDirectory: string,
+  isShallow: boolean
-  isShallow: boolean,
+  diffSubmodule: boolean
-  hasSubmodule: boolean,
   gitFetchExtraArgs: string[]
-): Promise<DiffResult> => {
+  remoteName: string
+}
+
+export const getSHAForPullRequestEvent = async ({
+  inputs,
+  workingDirectory,
+  isShallow,
+  diffSubmodule,
+  gitFetchExtraArgs,
+  remoteName
+}: SHAForPullRequestEvent): Promise<DiffResult> => {
   let targetBranch = github.context.payload.pull_request?.base?.ref
   const currentBranch = github.context.payload.pull_request?.head?.ref
   if (inputs.sinceLastRemoteCommit) {
@@ -330,7 +351,7 @@ export const getSHAForPullRequestEvent = async (
           ...gitFetchExtraArgs,
           '-u',
           '--progress',
-          'origin',
+          remoteName,
           `pull/${github.context.payload.pull_request?.number}/head:${currentBranch}`
         ]
       })
@@ -343,8 +364,8 @@ export const getSHAForPullRequestEvent = async (
             '-u',
             '--progress',
             `--deepen=${inputs.fetchDepth}`,
-            'origin',
+            remoteName,
-            `+refs/heads/${currentBranch}*:refs/remotes/origin/${currentBranch}*`
+            `+refs/heads/${currentBranch}*:refs/remotes/${remoteName}/${currentBranch}*`
           ]
         })
       }
@@ -364,12 +385,12 @@ export const getSHAForPullRequestEvent = async (
             '-u',
             '--progress',
             `--deepen=${inputs.fetchDepth}`,
-            'origin',
+            remoteName,
-            `+refs/heads/${targetBranch}:refs/remotes/origin/${targetBranch}`
+            `+refs/heads/${targetBranch}:refs/remotes/${remoteName}/${targetBranch}`
           ]
         })
 
-        if (hasSubmodule) {
+        if (diffSubmodule) {
           await gitFetchSubmodules({
             cwd: workingDirectory,
             args: [
@@ -382,7 +403,7 @@ export const getSHAForPullRequestEvent = async (
         }
       }
     } else {
-      if (hasSubmodule && inputs.fetchAdditionalSubmoduleHistory) {
+      if (diffSubmodule && inputs.fetchAdditionalSubmoduleHistory) {
         await gitFetchSubmodules({
           cwd: workingDirectory,
           args: [
@@ -427,10 +448,7 @@ export const getSHAForPullRequestEvent = async (
     }
   }
 
-  if (
+  if (!github.context.payload.pull_request?.base?.ref) {
-    !github.context.payload.pull_request?.base?.ref ||
-    github.context.payload.pull_request?.head?.repo?.fork === true
-  ) {
     diff = '..'
   }
 
@@ -487,17 +505,14 @@ export const getSHAForPullRequestEvent = async (
         }
       }
     } else {
-      if (github.context.payload.action === 'closed') {
+      previousSha = github.context.payload.pull_request?.base?.sha
-        previousSha = github.context.payload.pull_request?.base?.sha
+
-      } else {
+      if (!previousSha) {
         previousSha = await getRemoteBranchHeadSha({
           cwd: workingDirectory,
+          remoteName,
           branch: targetBranch
         })
-
-        if (!previousSha) {
-          previousSha = github.context.payload.pull_request?.base?.sha
-        }
       }
 
       if (isShallow) {
@@ -513,7 +528,11 @@ export const getSHAForPullRequestEvent = async (
             'Merge base is not in the local history, fetching remote target branch...'
           )
 
-          for (let i = 1; i <= 10; i++) {
+          for (
+            let i = 1;
+            i <= (inputs.fetchMissingHistoryMaxRetries || 10);
+            i++
+          ) {
             await gitFetch({
               cwd: workingDirectory,
               args: [
@@ -521,8 +540,8 @@ export const getSHAForPullRequestEvent = async (
                 '-u',
                 '--progress',
                 `--deepen=${inputs.fetchDepth}`,
-                'origin',
+                remoteName,
-                `+refs/heads/${targetBranch}:refs/remotes/origin/${targetBranch}`
+                `+refs/heads/${targetBranch}:refs/remotes/${remoteName}/${targetBranch}`
               ]
             })
 

src/constant.ts

@@ -20,5 +20,8 @@ export const DEFAULT_VALUES_OF_UNSUPPORTED_API_INPUTS: Partial<Inputs> = {
   oldNewFilesSeparator: ' ',
   skipInitialFetch: false,
   fetchAdditionalSubmoduleHistory: false,
-  dirNamesDeletedFilesIncludeOnlyDeletedDirs: false
+  dirNamesDeletedFilesIncludeOnlyDeletedDirs: false,
+  excludeSubmodules: false,
+  fetchMissingHistoryMaxRetries: 10,
+  usePosixPathSeparator: false
 }

src/env.ts

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ export type Env = {
   GITHUB_REF: string
   GITHUB_WORKSPACE: string
 }
+
 export const getEnv = async (): Promise<Env> => {
   core.debug(`Env: ${JSON.stringify(process.env, null, 2)}`)
 

src/inputs.ts

@@ -54,6 +54,9 @@ export type Inputs = {
   failOnSubmoduleDiffError: boolean
   negationPatternsFirst: boolean
   useRestApi: boolean
+  excludeSubmodules: boolean
+  fetchMissingHistoryMaxRetries?: number
+  usePosixPathSeparator: boolean
 }
 
 export const getInputs = (): Inputs => {
@@ -154,8 +157,15 @@ export const getInputs = (): Inputs => {
       trimWhitespace: false
     }
   )
-  const json = core.getBooleanInput('json', {required: false})
+  let json = core.getBooleanInput('json', {required: false})
-  const escapeJson = core.getBooleanInput('escape_json', {required: false})
+  let escapeJson = core.getBooleanInput('escape_json', {required: false})
+  const matrix = core.getBooleanInput('matrix', {required: false})
+
+  if (matrix) {
+    json = true
+    escapeJson = false
+  }
+
   const safeOutput = core.getBooleanInput('safe_output', {required: false})
   const fetchDepth = core.getInput('fetch_depth', {required: false})
   const sinceLastRemoteCommit = core.getBooleanInput(
@@ -233,6 +243,22 @@ export const getInputs = (): Inputs => {
     required: false
   })
 
+  const excludeSubmodules = core.getBooleanInput('exclude_submodules', {
+    required: false
+  })
+
+  const fetchMissingHistoryMaxRetries = core.getInput(
+    'fetch_missing_history_max_retries',
+    {required: false}
+  )
+
+  const usePosixPathSeparator = core.getBooleanInput(
+    'use_posix_path_separator',
+    {
+      required: false
+    }
+  )
+
   const inputs: Inputs = {
     files,
     filesSeparator,
@@ -272,6 +298,8 @@ export const getInputs = (): Inputs => {
     skipInitialFetch,
     fetchAdditionalSubmoduleHistory,
     dirNamesDeletedFilesIncludeOnlyDeletedDirs,
+    excludeSubmodules,
+    usePosixPathSeparator,
     // End Not Supported via REST API
     dirNames,
     dirNamesExcludeCurrentDir,
@@ -290,6 +318,7 @@ export const getInputs = (): Inputs => {
   }
 
   if (fetchDepth) {
+    // Fallback to at least 2 if the fetch_depth is less than 2
     inputs.fetchDepth = Math.max(parseInt(fetchDepth, 10), 2)
   }
 
@@ -297,5 +326,13 @@ export const getInputs = (): Inputs => {
     inputs.dirNamesMaxDepth = parseInt(dirNamesMaxDepth, 10)
   }
 
+  if (fetchMissingHistoryMaxRetries) {
+    // Fallback to at least 1 if the fetch_missing_history_max_retries is less than 1
+    inputs.fetchMissingHistoryMaxRetries = Math.max(
+      parseInt(fetchMissingHistoryMaxRetries, 10),
+      1
+    )
+  }
+
   return inputs
 }

src/main.ts

@@ -64,14 +64,26 @@ const getChangedFilesFromLocalGitHistory = async ({
   }
 
   const isShallow = await isRepoShallow({cwd: workingDirectory})
-  const hasSubmodule = await submoduleExists({cwd: workingDirectory})
+  let diffSubmodule = false
-  let gitFetchExtraArgs = ['--no-tags', '--prune', '--recurse-submodules']
+  let gitFetchExtraArgs = ['--no-tags', '--prune']
+
+  if (inputs.excludeSubmodules) {
+    core.info('Excluding submodules from the diff')
+  } else {
+    diffSubmodule = await submoduleExists({cwd: workingDirectory})
+  }
+
+  if (diffSubmodule) {
+    gitFetchExtraArgs.push('--recurse-submodules')
+  }
+
   const isTag = env.GITHUB_REF?.startsWith('refs/tags/')
+  const remoteName = 'origin'
   const outputRenamedFilesAsDeletedAndAdded =
     inputs.outputRenamedFilesAsDeletedAndAdded
   let submodulePaths: string[] = []
 
-  if (hasSubmodule) {
+  if (diffSubmodule) {
     submodulePaths = await getSubmodulePath({cwd: workingDirectory})
   }
 
@@ -83,29 +95,30 @@ const getChangedFilesFromLocalGitHistory = async ({
 
   if (!github.context.payload.pull_request?.base?.ref) {
     core.info(`Running on a ${github.context.eventName || 'push'} event...`)
-    diffResult = await getSHAForNonPullRequestEvent(
+    diffResult = await getSHAForNonPullRequestEvent({
       inputs,
       env,
       workingDirectory,
       isShallow,
-      hasSubmodule,
+      diffSubmodule,
       gitFetchExtraArgs,
-      isTag
+      isTag,
-    )
+      remoteName
+    })
   } else {
     core.info(
       `Running on a ${github.context.eventName || 'pull_request'} (${
         github.context.payload.action
       }) event...`
     )
-    diffResult = await getSHAForPullRequestEvent(
+    diffResult = await getSHAForPullRequestEvent({
       inputs,
-      env,
       workingDirectory,
       isShallow,
-      hasSubmodule,
+      diffSubmodule,
-      gitFetchExtraArgs
+      gitFetchExtraArgs,
-    )
+      remoteName
+    })
   }
 
   if (diffResult.initialCommit) {
@@ -120,7 +133,7 @@ const getChangedFilesFromLocalGitHistory = async ({
 
   const allDiffFiles = await getAllDiffFiles({
     workingDirectory,
-    hasSubmodule,
+    diffSubmodule,
     diffResult,
     submodulePaths,
     outputRenamedFilesAsDeletedAndAdded,
@@ -146,7 +159,7 @@ const getChangedFilesFromLocalGitHistory = async ({
       deletedFiles: allDiffFiles[ChangeTypeEnum.Deleted],
       recoverPatterns,
       diffResult,
-      hasSubmodule,
+      diffSubmodule,
       submodulePaths
     })
   }
@@ -164,7 +177,7 @@ const getChangedFilesFromLocalGitHistory = async ({
     const allOldNewRenamedFiles = await getRenamedFiles({
       inputs,
       workingDirectory,
-      hasSubmodule,
+      diffSubmodule,
       diffResult,
       submodulePaths
     })

src/utils.ts

@@ -32,11 +32,13 @@ export const normalizeSeparators = (p: string): string => {
 
     // Remove redundant slashes
     const isUnc = /^\\\\+[^\\]/.test(p) // e.g. \\hello
-    return (isUnc ? '\\' : '') + p.replace(/\\\\+/g, '\\') // preserve leading \\ for UNC
+    p = (isUnc ? '\\' : '') + p.replace(/\\\\+/g, '\\') // preserve leading \\ for UNC
+  } else {
+    // Remove redundant slashes on Linux/macOS
+    p = p.replace(/\/\/+/g, '/')
   }
 
-  // Remove redundant slashes
+  return p
-  return p.replace(/\/\/+/g, '/')
 }
 
 /**
@@ -680,25 +682,21 @@ export const isInsideWorkTree = async ({
     }
   )
 
-  if (stdout.trim() !== 'true') {
-    core.debug(
-      `The current working directory is not inside a git repository: ${cwd}`
-    )
-  }
-
   return stdout.trim() === 'true'
 }
 
 export const getRemoteBranchHeadSha = async ({
   cwd,
-  branch
+  branch,
+  remoteName
 }: {
   cwd: string
   branch: string
+  remoteName: string
 }): Promise<string> => {
   const {stdout} = await exec.getExecOutput(
     'git',
-    ['rev-parse', `origin/${branch}`],
+    ['rev-parse', `${remoteName}/${branch}`],
     {
       cwd,
       silent: !core.isDebug()
@@ -1417,7 +1415,7 @@ export const recoverDeletedFiles = async ({
   deletedFiles,
   recoverPatterns,
   diffResult,
-  hasSubmodule,
+  diffSubmodule,
   submodulePaths
 }: {
   inputs: Inputs
@@ -1425,7 +1423,7 @@ export const recoverDeletedFiles = async ({
   deletedFiles: string[]
   recoverPatterns: string[]
   diffResult: DiffResult
-  hasSubmodule: boolean
+  diffSubmodule: boolean
   submodulePaths: string[]
 }): Promise<void> => {
   let recoverableDeletedFiles = deletedFiles
@@ -1455,7 +1453,7 @@ export const recoverDeletedFiles = async ({
 
     const submodulePath = submodulePaths.find(p => deletedFile.startsWith(p))
 
-    if (hasSubmodule && submodulePath) {
+    if (diffSubmodule && submodulePath) {
       const submoduleShaResult = await gitSubmoduleDiffSHA({
         cwd: workingDirectory,
         parentSha1: diffResult.previousSha,