changed-files

Get all modified files relative to the default branch (pull_request* events) or last commit (push events).

Features

• List all files that have changed
  • Between the current pull request branch and the default branch
  • Between the last commit and the current pushed change.
• List only a subset of files that can be used to detect changes.
• Report on a subset of files that have all change.
• Report on a subset of files that have at least one file change.
• Regex pattern matching on a subset of files.

Outputs

Using the default separator.

Acronym	Meaning
A	Added
C	Copied
M	Modified.
D	Deleted
R	Renamed
T	Type changed
U	Unmerged
X	Unknown

Output	type	example	description
all_modified_files	string	'new.txt other.png ...'	Select all modified files i.e a combination of all added, copied and modified files (ACM).
all_changed	string	true OR false	Returns true only when the filenames provided using files input have all changed
all_changed_files	string	'new.txt other.png ...'	Select all paths (*) i.e a combination of all options below.
added_files	string	'new.txt other.png ...'	Select only files that are Added (A)
copied_files	string	'new.txt other.png ...'	Select only files that are Copied (C)
deleted_files	string	'new.txt other.png ...'	Select only files that are Deleted (D)
modified_files	string	'new.txt other.png ...'	Select only files that are Modified (M)
renamed_files	string	'new.txt other.png ...'	Select only files that are Renamed (R)
changed_files	string	'new.txt other.png ...'	Select only files that have their file type changed (T)
unmerged_files	string	'new.txt other.png ...'	Select only files that are Unmerged (U)
unknown_files	string	'new.txt other.png ...'	Select only files that are Unknown (X)

Inputs

Input	type	required	default	description
separator	string	true	' '	Separator to return outputs
files	string OR string[]	false		Restricted list of specific files to watch for changes

Usage

NOTE: ⚠️

• For push events to work you need to include fetch-depth: 0 OR fetch-depth: 2 depending on your use case.

name: CI

on:
  push:
    branches:
      - main
  pull_request:
    branches:
      - main

jobs:
  test:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    name: Test changed-files
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
        with:
          fetch-depth: 0  # OR "2" -> To retrieve the preceding commit.
      
      - name: Get changed files
        id: changed-files
        uses: tj-actions/changed-files@v5.2
      
      - name: List all modified files
        run: |
          for file in "${{ steps.changed-files.outputs.all_modified_files }}"; do
            echo "$file was modified"
          done          

Example

...
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
      - name: Get changed files using defaults
        id: changed-files
        uses: tj-actions/changed-files@v5.2
      
      - name: Get changed files using a comma separator
        id: changed-files-comma
        uses: tj-actions/changed-files@v5.2
        with:
          separator: ","

      - name: List all added files
        run: |
          for file in "${{ steps.changed-files.outputs.added_files }}"; do
            echo "$file was added"
          done          

      - name: Run step when a file changes
        if: contains(steps.changed-files.outputs.modified_files, 'my-file.txt')
        run: |
          echo "Your file my-file.txt has been modified."          

      - name: Run step when a file has been deleted
        if: contains(steps.changed-files.outputs.deleted_files, 'test.txt')
        run: |
          echo "Your test.txt has been deleted."          

      - name: Get specific changed files
        id: changed-files-specific
        uses: tj-actions/changed-files@v5.2
        with:
          files: |
            my-file.txt
            test.txt
            new.txt
            test_directory
            .(py|jpeg)$   
            .(sql)$
            ^(mynewfile|custom)            

       - name: Run step if all files listed above have changed
         if: steps.changed-files-specific.outputs.all_changed == 'true'
         run: |
           echo "Both my-file.txt and test.txt have changed."           
        
       - name: Run step if any of the listed files above change
         if: steps.changed-files-specific.outputs.any_changed == 'true'
         run: |
           echo "Either my-file.txt or test.txt have changed."           
        

Running pre-commit on all modified files

...
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
        with:
          fetch-depth: 0  # otherwise, you will fail to push refs to dest repo
      
      - name: Get changed files
        id: changed-files
        uses: tj-actions/changed-files@v5.2

      - name: Pre-commit
        uses: pre-commit/action@v2.0.0
        with:
          extra_args: -v --hook-stage push --files ${{ steps.changed-files.outputs.all_modified_files }}
          token: ${{ secrets.github_token }}

Example

• Free software: MIT license

Credits

This package was created with Cookiecutter.

Report Bugs

Report bugs at https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/issues.

If you are reporting a bug, please include:

• Your operating system name and version.
• Any details about your workflow that might be helpful in troubleshooting.
• Detailed steps to reproduce the bug.