allow relative paths to be parent of workspace path

action.yml

@@ -71,6 +71,9 @@ inputs:
       When the `ssh-key` input is not provided, SSH URLs beginning with `git@github.com:` are
       converted to HTTPS.
     default: false
+outputs:
+  WORKSPACE_DIR:
+    description: working directory for the project
 runs:
   using: node12
   main: dist/index.js

dist/index.js

@@ -1535,6 +1535,7 @@ function getInputs() {
     if (!allowParentPath && !(result.repositoryPath + path.sep).startsWith(githubWorkspacePath + path.sep)) {
         throw new Error(`Repository path '${result.repositoryPath}' is not under '${githubWorkspacePath}'`);
     }
+    core.setOutput('WORKSPACE_DIR', result.repositoryPath);
     // Workflow repository?
     const isWorkflowRepository = qualifiedRepository.toUpperCase() ===
         `${github.context.repo.owner}/${github.context.repo.repo}`.toUpperCase();

src/input-helper.ts

@@ -51,6 +51,8 @@ export function getInputs(): IGitSourceSettings {
     )
   }
 
+  core.setOutput('WORKSPACE_DIR', result.repositoryPath)
+
   // Workflow repository?
   const isWorkflowRepository =
     qualifiedRepository.toUpperCase() ===