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Changed Files

v9.2

Changed Files

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Changed Files

Get all Added, Copied, Modified, Deleted, Renamed, Type changed, Unmerged, and Unknown files

Installation

Copy and paste the following snippet into your .yml file.

              

- name: Changed Files

uses: tj-actions/[email protected]

Learn more about this action in tj-actions/changed-files

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changed-files

Retrieve all changed files relative to the default branch (pull_request* based events) or a previous commit (push based event) returning the absolute path to all changed files from the project root.

Features

  • Easy to debug.
  • Boolean output indicating that certain files have been modified.
  • List all files that have changed.
    • Between the current pull request branch and the default branch.
    • Between the last commit and the current pushed change.
  • Restrict change detection to a subset of files.
    • Report on files that have at least one change.
    • Regex pattern matching on a subset of files.

Supported Platforms

Usage

NOTE: ⚠️

  • IMPORTANT: For push events you need to include fetch-depth: 0 OR fetch-depth: 2 depending on your use case.
  • When using persist-credentials: false with actions/checkout@v2 you'll need to specify a token using the token input.
name: CI

on:
  push:
    branches:
      - main
  pull_request:
    branches:
      - main

jobs:
  build:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest  # windows-latest | macos-latest
    name: Test changed-files
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
        with:
          fetch-depth: 0  # OR "2" -> To retrieve the preceding commit.
      
      - name: Get changed files
        id: changed-files
        uses: tj-actions/[email protected]
      
      - name: List all modified files
        run: |
          for file in "${{ steps.changed-files.outputs.all_modified_files }}"; do
            echo "$file was modified"
          done

Outputs

Acronym Meaning
A Added
C Copied
M Modified
D Deleted
R Renamed
T Type changed
U Unmerged
X Unknown
Output type example description
any_changed string true OR false Returns true when any
of the filenames provided using
the files input has changed (ACMDR)
only_changed string true OR false Returns true when only
files provided using
the files input have changed.
other_changed_files string 'new.txt path/to/file.png ...' Select all modified files
not listed in the files input
i.e. a combination of all added,
copied and modified files (ACM).
all_modified_files string 'new.txt path/to/file.png ...' Select all modified files
i.e. a combination of all added,
copied, modified and renamed files (ACMR).
all_changed_files string 'new.txt path/to/file.png ...' Select all paths (*)
i.e. a combination of all options below.
added_files string 'new.txt path/to/file.png ...' Select only files that are Added (A)
copied_files string 'new.txt path/to/file.png ...' Select only files that are Copied (C)
deleted_files string 'new.txt path/to/file.png ...' Select only files that are Deleted (D)
modified_files string 'new.txt path/to/file.png ...' Select only files that are Modified (M)
renamed_files string 'new.txt path/to/file.png ...' Select only files that are Renamed (R)
type_changed_files string 'new.txt path/to/file.png ...' Select only files that have their file type changed (T)
unmerged_files string 'new.txt path/to/file.png ...' Select only files that are Unmerged (U)
unknown_files string 'new.txt path/to/file.png ...' Select only files that are Unknown (X)

Inputs

Input type required default description
token string false ${{ github.token }} GITHUB_TOKEN
or a repo scoped
Personal Access Token
separator string true ' ' Output string separator
files string OR string[] false Check for changes
using only these
list of file(s)
(Defaults to the
entire repo)
base_sha string false Specify a different
base commit SHA
used for
comparing changes
sha string true ${{ github.sha }} Specify a different
commit SHA
used for
comparing changes
files_from_source_file string false Source file
used to populate
the files input

Example

...
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v2

      - name: Get changed files using defaults
        id: changed-files
        uses: tj-actions/[email protected]
      
      - name: Get changed files using a comma separator
        id: changed-files-comma
        uses: tj-actions/[email protected]
        with:
          separator: ","

      - name: List all added files
        run: |
          for file in "${{ steps.changed-files.outputs.added_files }}"; do
            echo "$file was added"
          done

      - name: Run step when a file changes
        if: contains(steps.changed-files.outputs.modified_files, 'my-file.txt')
        run: |
          echo "Your file my-file.txt has been modified."

      - name: Run step when a file has been deleted
        if: contains(steps.changed-files.outputs.deleted_files, 'test.txt')
        run: |
          echo "Your test.txt has been deleted."

      - name: Get specific changed files
        id: changed-files-specific
        uses: tj-actions/[email protected]
        with:
          files: |
            my-file.txt
            test.txt
            new.txt
            test_directory
            .(png|jpeg)$   
            .(sql)$
            ^(mynewfile|custom)

      - name: Run step if any of the listed files above change
        if: steps.changed-files-specific.outputs.any_changed == 'true'
        run: |
          echo "One or more files listed above has changed."
          
      - name: Run step if only the files listed above change
        if: steps.changed-files-specific.outputs.only_changed == 'true'
        run: |
          echo "Only files listed above have changed."
      
      - name: Use a source file or list of file(s) to populate to files input.
        id: changed-files-specific-source-file
        uses: tj-actions/[email protected]
        with:
          files_from_source_file: |
            test/changed-files-list.txt

      - name: Use 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/[email protected]
        with:
          files_from_source_file: |
            test/changed-files-list.txt
          files: |
            .github/workflows/rebase.yml

      - name: Use a different commit SHA
        id: changed-files-custom-sha
        uses: tj-actions/[email protected]
        with:
          sha: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha }}
          
      - name: Use a different base SHA
        id: changed-files-custom-base-sha
        uses: tj-actions/[email protected]
        with:
          base_sha: "2096ed0"
        

Running pre-commit on all modified files

...
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
        with:
          fetch-depth: 0
      
      - name: Get changed files
        id: changed-files
        uses: tj-actions/[email protected]

      - name: Pre-commit
        uses: pre-commit/[email protected]
        with:
          extra_args: -v --hook-stage push --files ${{ steps.changed-files.outputs.all_modified_files }}
          token: ${{ secrets.github_token }}

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Credits

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Report Bugs

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.
  • Detailed steps to reproduce the bug.

Contributors ✨

Thanks goes to these wonderful people (emoji key):


Josh Soref

📖

Nick Landers

💻

Krasimir Nikolov

💻 📖

This project follows the all-contributors specification. Contributions of any kind welcome!