feat: add support for passing branch name to the base_sha and sha inputs (#1742)

.github/workflows/test.yml

@@ -286,11 +286,15 @@ jobs:
         shell:
           bash
 
-  test-unset-github-output-env:
+  test-using-branch-names-for-base-sha-and-sha-inputs:
-    name: Test unset GITHUB_OUTPUT env
+    name: Test using branch names for base_sha and sha inputs
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     needs: build
-    if: needs.build.outputs.files_changed != 'true'
+    if: |
+      ( 
+        github.event_name == 'push' || 
+        github.event_name == 'pull_request'
+      ) && needs.build.outputs.files_changed != 'true'
 
     steps:
       - name: Checkout branch
@@ -304,12 +308,11 @@ jobs:
         with:
           name: build-assets
 
-      - name: Run changed-files with unset GITHUB_OUTPUT env
+      - name: Run changed-files with main as the base_sha
         id: changed-files
-        continue-on-error: true
         uses: ./
-        env:
+        with:
-          GITHUB_OUTPUT: ""
+          base_sha: main
 
       - name: Show output
         run: |

src/commitSha.ts

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import {Env} from './env'
 import {Inputs} from './inputs'
 import {
   canDiffCommits,
+  cleanShaInput,
   getCurrentBranchName,
   getHeadSha,
   getParentSha,
@@ -23,7 +24,11 @@ const getCurrentSHA = async ({
   inputs: Inputs
   workingDirectory: string
 }): Promise<string> => {
-  let currentSha = inputs.sha
+  let currentSha = await cleanShaInput({
+    sha: inputs.sha,
+    cwd: workingDirectory,
+    token: inputs.token
+  })
   core.debug('Getting current SHA...')
 
   if (inputs.until) {
@@ -162,7 +167,11 @@ export const getSHAForNonPullRequestEvent = async (
   }
 
   const currentSha = await getCurrentSHA({inputs, workingDirectory})
-  let previousSha = inputs.baseSha
+  let previousSha = await cleanShaInput({
+    sha: inputs.baseSha,
+    cwd: workingDirectory,
+    token: inputs.token
+  })
   const diff = '..'
   const currentBranchName = await getCurrentBranchName({cwd: workingDirectory})
 
@@ -186,7 +195,6 @@ export const getSHAForNonPullRequestEvent = async (
       throw new Error('Similar commit hashes detected.')
     }
 
-    await verifyCommitSha({sha: previousSha, cwd: workingDirectory})
     core.debug(`Previous SHA: ${previousSha}`)
 
     return {
@@ -390,7 +398,11 @@ export const getSHAForPullRequestEvent = async (
   }
 
   const currentSha = await getCurrentSHA({inputs, workingDirectory})
-  let previousSha = inputs.baseSha
+  let previousSha = await cleanShaInput({
+    sha: inputs.baseSha,
+    cwd: workingDirectory,
+    token: inputs.token
+  })
   let diff = '...'
 
   if (previousSha && currentSha && currentBranch && targetBranch) {
@@ -404,7 +416,6 @@ export const getSHAForPullRequestEvent = async (
       throw new Error('Similar commit hashes detected.')
     }
 
-    await verifyCommitSha({sha: previousSha, cwd: workingDirectory})
     core.debug(`Previous SHA: ${previousSha}`)
 
     return {

src/utils.ts

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 /*global AsyncIterableIterator*/
 import * as core from '@actions/core'
 import * as exec from '@actions/exec'
+import * as github from '@actions/github'
 import {createReadStream, promises as fs} from 'fs'
 import {readFile} from 'fs/promises'
 import {flattenDeep} from 'lodash'
@@ -771,6 +772,56 @@ export const verifyCommitSha = async ({
   return exitCode
 }
 
+/**
+ * Clean the sha from the input which could be a branch name or a commit sha.
+ *
+ * If the input is a valid commit sha, return it as is.
+ *
+ * If the input is a branch name, get the HEAD sha of that branch and return it.
+ *
+ * @param sha The input string, which could be a branch name or a commit sha.
+ * @param cwd The working directory.
+ * @param token The GitHub token.
+ * @returns The cleaned SHA string.
+ */
+export const cleanShaInput = async ({
+  sha,
+  cwd,
+  token
+}: {
+  sha: string
+  cwd: string
+  token: string
+}): Promise<string> => {
+  // Check if the input is a valid commit sha
+  if (!sha) {
+    return sha
+  }
+  // Check if the input is a valid commit sha
+  const {stdout, exitCode} = await exec.getExecOutput(
+    'git',
+    ['rev-parse', '--verify', `${sha}^{commit}`],
+    {
+      cwd,
+      ignoreReturnCode: true,
+      silent: !core.isDebug()
+    }
+  )
+
+  if (exitCode !== 0) {
+    const octokit = github.getOctokit(token)
+    // If it's not a valid commit sha, assume it's a branch name and get the HEAD sha
+    const {data: refData} = await octokit.rest.git.getRef({
+      owner: github.context.repo.owner,
+      repo: github.context.repo.repo,
+      ref: `heads/${sha}`
+    })
+
+    return refData.object.sha
+  }
+
+  return stdout.trim()
+}
 export const getPreviousGitTag = async ({
   cwd
 }: {