checkout-called

Checkout the called repository at the same reference it was invoked with

Why

Following the discussion here, since evidently there is not enough dogfeeding happening at @github, I created checkout-called to simplify checking out the called repository in your reusable workflows

Usage

To use this action in your called workflows and check out the repository automatically, add the following lines:

- name: Checkout called repo
  uses: dariocurr/checkout-called@main

This action mirrors the arguments of actions/checkout, except for ref and repository that are injected automatically based on the call.

For example, if you call: user/repository/.github/workflows/workflow.yml@branch, it will checkout the user/repository repository using branch as reference

This repository is committed to maintaining compatibility and same version as actions/checkout

 Private repository

According to the GitHub API documentation, for private repositories, you need to provide a token with Actions: read permissions. To do this, pass the token as an argument:

- name: Checkout called repo
  uses: dariocurr/checkout-called@main
  with:
    token: ${{ secrets.TOKEN }}