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Glob match

v9.1

Glob match

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Glob match

Search for files matching glob patterns

Installation

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

 
              
- name: Glob match

              
  uses: tj-actions/[email protected]
Learn more about this action in tj-actions/glob

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Search for files matching glob patterns with support for returning matching deleted git tracked files

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    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v2

      - name: Glob match
        uses: tj-actions/glob@v9
        id: glob
        with:
          files: |
            *.md
            **.yaml
            **.yml
            !action.yml
            **/rebase.yml

      - name: Show all matching files
        run: |
          echo "${{ steps.glob.outputs.paths }}"
        # Outputs: .github/workflows/rebase.yml .github/workflows/sync-release-version.yml .github/workflows/test.yml...

Inputs

INPUT TYPE REQUIRED DEFAULT DESCRIPTION
base-sha string false Specify a base commit SHA
used for comparing changes, when
include-deleted-files is set to true
escape-paths string false "false" Escape special characters of filenames
used in the paths output
excluded-files string false Excluded file patterns (optionally include
! before the file pattern
or it would be prepended)
excluded-files-from-source-file string false Source file to populate the
excluded-files input
excluded-files-from-source-file-separator string false "\n" Separator used to split the
excluded-files-from-source-file input
excluded-files-separator string false "\n" Separator used to split the
excluded-files input
files string false File patterns
files-from-source-file string false Source file to populate the
files input
files-from-source-file-separator string false "\n" Separator used to split the
files-from-source-file input
files-separator string false "\n" Separator used to split the
files input
follow-symbolic-links string true "true" Indicates whether to follow symbolic
links
include-deleted-files string false "false" Include all matching deleted files
separator string true " " Separator used for the paths
output.
sha string true "${{ github.sha }}" Specify a current commit SHA
used for comparing changes, when
include-deleted-files is set to true
strip-top-level-dir string false "true" Strip the $GITHUB_WORKSPACE from the
paths output
working-directory string true "." Specify a relative path under
$GITHUB_WORKSPACE to locate the repository

Outputs

OUTPUT TYPE DESCRIPTION
paths string List of filtered paths using
the specified patterns and separator
paths-output-file string List of filtered paths using
the specified patterns and separator
stored in a tempfile

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