Add objectFormat setting to allow init()ing a repo with sha256

Author: yangskyboxlabs

README.md

@@ -126,6 +126,11 @@ Please refer to the [release page](https://github.com/actions/checkout/releases/
     # running from unless specified. Example URLs are https://github.com or
     # https://my-ghes-server.example.com
     github-server-url: ''
+
+    # Use the given object format when creating local repository. Specifically, use
+    # 'sha256' to checkout a SHA-256 repository.
+    # Default: null
+    object-format: ''
 ```
 <!-- end usage -->
 
@@ -144,6 +149,7 @@ Please refer to the [release page](https://github.com/actions/checkout/releases/
 - [Checkout pull request on closed event](#Checkout-pull-request-on-closed-event)
 - [Push a commit using the built-in token](#Push-a-commit-using-the-built-in-token)
 - [Push a commit to a PR using the built-in token](#Push-a-commit-to-a-PR-using-the-built-in-token)
+- [Checkout SHA-256 repository](#checkout-sha-256-repository)
 
 ## Fetch only the root files
 
@@ -323,6 +329,14 @@ permissions:
   contents: read
 ```
 
+## Checkout SHA-256 repository
+
+```yaml
+- uses: actions/checkout@v4
+  with:
+    object-format: sha256
+```
+
 # License
 
 The scripts and documentation in this project are released under the [MIT License](LICENSE)

__test__/git-auth-helper.test.ts

@@ -824,7 +824,8 @@ async function setup(testName: string): Promise<void> {
     sshUser: '',
     workflowOrganizationId: 123456,
     setSafeDirectory: true,
-    githubServerUrl: githubServerUrl
+    githubServerUrl: githubServerUrl,
+    objectFormat: undefined
   }
 }
 

__test__/git-command-manager.test.ts

@@ -375,4 +375,25 @@ describe('Test fetchDepth and fetchTags options', () => {
       expect.any(Object)
     )
   })
+
+  it('should call execGit wiwth the correct arguments when sha256 is used', async () => {
+    jest.spyOn(exec, 'exec').mockImplementation(mockExec)
+
+    const workingDirectory = 'test'
+    const lfs = false
+    const doSparseCheckout = false
+    git = await commandManager.createCommandManager(
+      workingDirectory,
+      lfs,
+      doSparseCheckout
+    )
+
+    await git.init({objectFormat: 'sha256'})
+
+    expect(mockExec).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+      expect.any(String),
+      ['init', '--object-format=sha256', 'test'],
+      expect.any(Object)
+    )
+  })
 })

action.yml

@@ -98,6 +98,11 @@ inputs:
   github-server-url:
     description: The base URL for the GitHub instance that you are trying to clone from, will use environment defaults to fetch from the same instance that the workflow is running from unless specified. Example URLs are https://github.com or https://my-ghes-server.example.com
     required: false
+  object-format:
+    description: >
+      Use the given object format when creating local repository. Specifically, use
+      'sha256' to checkout a SHA-256 repository.
+    default: null
 outputs:
   ref:
     description: 'The branch, tag or SHA that was checked out'

dist/index.js

@@ -709,9 +709,13 @@ class GitCommandManager {
     getWorkingDirectory() {
         return this.workingDirectory;
     }
-    init() {
+    init(options) {
         return __awaiter(this, void 0, void 0, function* () {
-            yield this.execGit(['init', this.workingDirectory]);
+            yield this.execGit([
+                'init',
+                ...((options === null || options === void 0 ? void 0 : options.objectFormat) ? [`--object-format=${options.objectFormat}`] : []),
+                this.workingDirectory
+            ]);
         });
     }
     isDetached() {
@@ -1236,7 +1240,7 @@ function getSource(settings) {
             // Initialize the repository
             if (!fsHelper.directoryExistsSync(path.join(settings.repositoryPath, '.git'))) {
                 core.startGroup('Initializing the repository');
-                yield git.init();
+                yield git.init({ objectFormat: settings.objectFormat });
                 yield git.remoteAdd('origin', repositoryUrl);
                 core.endGroup();
             }
@@ -1831,6 +1835,14 @@ function getInputs() {
         // Determine the GitHub URL that the repository is being hosted from
         result.githubServerUrl = core.getInput('github-server-url');
         core.debug(`GitHub Host URL = ${result.githubServerUrl}`);
+        // Object format
+        const objectFormat = core.getInput('object-format');
+        if (objectFormat) {
+            if (objectFormat != 'sha1' && objectFormat != 'sha256') {
+                throw Error(`Invalid object format '${objectFormat}'`);
+            }
+            result.objectFormat = objectFormat;
+        }
         return result;
     });
 }

src/git-command-manager.ts

@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ export interface IGitCommandManager {
   ): Promise<void>
   getDefaultBranch(repositoryUrl: string): Promise<string>
   getWorkingDirectory(): string
-  init(): Promise<void>
+  init(options?: {objectFormat?: string}): Promise<void>
   isDetached(): Promise<boolean>
   lfsFetch(ref: string): Promise<void>
   lfsInstall(): Promise<void>
@@ -327,8 +327,14 @@ class GitCommandManager {
     return this.workingDirectory
   }
 
-  async init(): Promise<void> {
-    await this.execGit(['init', this.workingDirectory])
+  async init(options?: {objectFormat?: string}): Promise<void> {
+    await this.execGit([
+      'init',
+      ...(options?.objectFormat
+        ? [`--object-format=${options.objectFormat}`]
+        : []),
+      this.workingDirectory
+    ])
   }
 
   async isDetached(): Promise<boolean> {

src/git-source-provider.ts

@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ export async function getSource(settings: IGitSourceSettings): Promise<void> {
       !fsHelper.directoryExistsSync(path.join(settings.repositoryPath, '.git'))
     ) {
       core.startGroup('Initializing the repository')
-      await git.init()
+      await git.init({objectFormat: settings.objectFormat})
       await git.remoteAdd('origin', repositoryUrl)
       core.endGroup()
     }

src/git-source-settings.ts

@@ -118,4 +118,9 @@ export interface IGitSourceSettings {
    * User override on the GitHub Server/Host URL that hosts the repository to be cloned
    */
   githubServerUrl: string | undefined
+
+  /**
+   * Object format used for the repo, if it is not default
+   */
+  objectFormat: 'sha1' | 'sha256' | undefined
 }

src/input-helper.ts

@@ -161,5 +161,14 @@ export async function getInputs(): Promise<IGitSourceSettings> {
   result.githubServerUrl = core.getInput('github-server-url')
   core.debug(`GitHub Host URL = ${result.githubServerUrl}`)
 
+  // Object format
+  const objectFormat = core.getInput('object-format')
+  if (objectFormat) {
+    if (objectFormat != 'sha1' && objectFormat != 'sha256') {
+      throw Error(`Invalid object format '${objectFormat}'`)
+    }
+    result.objectFormat = objectFormat
+  }
+
   return result
 }