Extend self-repository syntax to 'run' steps

[umarcor]

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Product Feedback

💬 Feature/Topic Area

Workflow Configuration

Discussion Details

Currently, in order to execute a script in the same repository and the exact commit that is running, the repository needs to be explicitly checked out first, or the script needs to be retrieved otherhow (say using curl | bash).
Since self-repository syntax was introduced for 'uses' steps, it would be really handy to have it available for 'run' steps as well.

jobs:
  my_first_job:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      # This step references a acript in the same repository at the running commit. No repository checkout is required.
      - name: Use script somescript
        run: $/.github/somescript.sh

Internatlly, when a multiline run block is provided, the runner does already save it to a temporary file and pass that to the shell.
Therefore, this would only require to checkout the repo (as with same-repository actions/workflows) instead.

• https://docs.github.com/en/actions/how-tos/write-workflows/choose-what-workflows-do/find-and-customize-actions#adding-an-action-from-the-same-repository
• https://github.blog/changelog/2026-07-30-reference-same-repository-actions-with-self-repository-syntax/

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