Checkout not properly cleanup when running in Container

[peara]

I have a project running Github Action with a self-hosted runner.
It has 2 workflows, 1 for test and 1 for build.
It was working fine until when I change the test workflow to be run with container.
The build workflow won't be able to run because somehow the code directory changed owner to root.

After checking the document of Github Action, I found out that when run inside container, all actions will be performed as root.
But I think checkout action should have cleanup the code folder after running.
So I'm not sure this is a issue with checkout action or the Github Action runner.

Screenshot:

[ericsciple]

Transferring to the runner repo for input

[mickem]

I ran into this myself and solved it with subuid (https://docs.docker.com/engine/security/userns-remap/). This ensures the container has the correct uid and thus the files are owned by the github runner instead of root. This is not really a "github actions issue" as you will run into this issue with pretty much any "docker based CI solution".

[j3parker]

Probably the same issue as #434 ?

[nikola-jokic]

I ran into this myself and solved it with subuid (https://docs.docker.com/engine/security/userns-remap/). This ensures the container has the correct uid and thus the files are owned by the github runner instead of root. This is not really a "github actions issue" as you will run into this issue with pretty much any "docker based CI solution".

You are right! I am closing this issue now because unfortunately, we cannot change anything within the runner repository. These permissions should be set by the user running the actions/runner.