GitHub - gpsgate/changed-files: :octocat: Github action to retrieve all (added, copied, modified, deleted, renamed, type changed, unmerged, unknown) files and directories.

changed-files

Effortlessly track all changed files and directories relative to a target branch, the current branch (preceding commit or the last remote commit), multiple branches, or custom commits returning relative paths from the project root using this GitHub action.

Note

This action solely identifies files that have changed for events such as pull_request*, push, merge_group, release, and many more. However, it doesn't detect pending uncommitted changes created during the workflow execution.
See: https://github.com/tj-actions/verify-changed-files instead.

Features 🚀

Fast execution, averaging 0-10 seconds.
Leverages either Github's REST API or Git's native diff command to determine changed files.
Facilitates easy debugging.
Scales to handle large/mono repositories.
Supports Git submodules.
Supports merge queues for pull requests.
Generates escaped JSON output for running matrix jobs based on changed files.
Lists changed directories.
- Limits matching changed directories to a specified maximum depth.
- Optionally excludes the current directory.
Writes outputs to a designated .txt or .json file for further processing.
Restores deleted files to their previous location or a newly specified location.
Supports fetching a fixed number of commits, which improves performance.
Compatible with all platforms (Linux, MacOS, Windows).
Supports GitHub-hosted runners.
Supports GitHub Enterprise Server.
Supports self-hosted runners.
Lists all files and directories that have changed:
- Between the current pull request branch and the last commit on the target branch.
- Between the last commit and the current pushed change.
- Between the last remote branch commit and the current HEAD.
Restricts change detection to a subset of files and directories:
- Provides boolean output indicating changes in specific files.
- Uses Glob pattern matching.
  - Supports Globstar.
  - Supports brace expansion.
  - Supports negation.
- Uses YAML syntax for specifying patterns.
  - Supports YAML anchors & aliases.
  - Supports YAML multi-line strings.

And many more...

Usage 💻

Important

Push Events: When configuring actions/checkout, make sure to set fetch-depth to either 0 or 2, depending on your use case.
Mono Repositories: To avoid pulling the entire branch history, you can utilize the default actions/checkout's fetch-depth of 1 for pull_request events.
Quoting Multiline Inputs: Avoid using single or double quotes for multiline inputs. The value is already a string separated by a newline character. Refer to the Examples section for more information.
Credentials Persistence: If fetch-depth is not set to 0, make sure to set persist-credentials to true when configuring actions/checkout.
Matching Files and Folders: To match all files and folders under a directory, this requires a globstar pattern e.g. dir_name/** which matches any number of subdirectories and files.

Visit the discussions for more information or create a new discussion for usage-related questions.

On `pull_request` 🔀

Detect changes to all files in a Pull request relative to the target branch or since the last pushed commit.

Using local .git directory 📁

name: CIon:
pull_request:
branches:
- mainjobs:
# ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------# Event `pull_request`: Compare the last commit of the main branch or last remote commit of the PR branch -> to the current commit of a PR branch.# ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------changed_files:
runs-on: ubuntu-latest # windows-latest || macos-latestname: Test changed-filessteps:
- uses: actions/checkout@v4# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------# Example 1# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
- name: Get changed filesid: changed-filesuses: tj-actions/changed-files@9426d40962ed5378910ee2e21d5f8c6fcbf2dd96 # v47.0.6# To compare changes between the current commit and the last pushed remote commit set `since_last_remote_commit: true`. e.g# with:# since_last_remote_commit: true 
- name: List all changed filesenv:
ALL_CHANGED_FILES: ${{ steps.changed-files.outputs.all_changed_files }}run: | for file in ${ALL_CHANGED_FILES}; do echo "$file was changed" done# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------# Example 2# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
- name: Get all changed markdown filesid: changed-markdown-filesuses: tj-actions/changed-files@9426d40962ed5378910ee2e21d5f8c6fcbf2dd96 # v47.0.6with:
# Avoid using single or double quotes for multiline patternsfiles: | **.md docs/**.md - name: List all changed files markdown filesif: steps.changed-markdown-files.outputs.any_changed == 'true'env:
ALL_CHANGED_FILES: ${{ steps.changed-markdown-files.outputs.all_changed_files }}run: | for file in ${ALL_CHANGED_FILES}; do echo "$file was changed" done# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------# Example 3# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
- name: Get all test, doc and src files that have changedid: changed-files-yamluses: tj-actions/changed-files@9426d40962ed5378910ee2e21d5f8c6fcbf2dd96 # v47.0.6with:
files_yaml: | doc: - '**.md' - docs/** test: - test/** - '!test/**.md' src: - src/**# Optionally set `files_yaml_from_source_file` to read the YAML from a file. e.g `files_yaml_from_source_file: .github/changed-files.yml`
- name: Run step if test file(s) change# NOTE: Ensure all outputs are prefixed by the same key used above e.g. `test_(...)` | `doc_(...)` | `src_(...)` when trying to access the `any_changed` output.if: steps.changed-files-yaml.outputs.test_any_changed == 'true' env:
TEST_ALL_CHANGED_FILES: ${{ steps.changed-files-yaml.outputs.test_all_changed_files }}run: | echo "One or more test file(s) has changed." echo "List all the files that have changed: $TEST_ALL_CHANGED_FILES" - name: Run step if doc file(s) changeif: steps.changed-files-yaml.outputs.doc_any_changed == 'true'env:
DOC_ALL_CHANGED_FILES: ${{ steps.changed-files-yaml.outputs.doc_all_changed_files }}run: | echo "One or more doc file(s) has changed." echo "List all the files that have changed: $DOC_ALL_CHANGED_FILES"# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------# Example 4# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
- name: Get changed files in the docs folderid: changed-files-specificuses: tj-actions/changed-files@9426d40962ed5378910ee2e21d5f8c6fcbf2dd96 # v47.0.6with:
files: docs/*.{js,html} # Alternatively using: `docs/**`files_ignore: docs/static.js
- name: Run step if any file(s) in the docs folder changeif: steps.changed-files-specific.outputs.any_changed == 'true'env:
ALL_CHANGED_FILES: ${{ steps.changed-files-specific.outputs.all_changed_files }}run: | echo "One or more files in the docs folder has changed." echo "List all the files that have changed: $ALL_CHANGED_FILES"

Using Github's API

name: CIon:
pull_request:
branches:
- mainmerge_group:
jobs:
# -------------------------------------------------------------# Event `pull_request`: Returns all changed pull request files.# --------------------------------------------------------------changed_files:
# NOTE:# - This is limited to pull_request* events and would raise an error for other events.# - A maximum of 3000 files can be returned.# - For more flexibility and no limitations see "Using local .git directory" above.runs-on: ubuntu-latest # windows-latest || macos-latestname: Test changed-filespermissions:
pull-requests: readsteps:
- name: Get changed filesid: changed-filesuses: tj-actions/changed-files@9426d40962ed5378910ee2e21d5f8c6fcbf2dd96 # v47.0.6
- name: List all changed filesenv:
ALL_CHANGED_FILES: ${{ steps.changed-files.outputs.all_changed_files }}run: | for file in ${ALL_CHANGED_FILES}; do echo "$file was changed" done

On `push` ⬆️

Detect changes to files made since the last pushed commit.

name: CIon:
push:
branches:
- mainjobs:
# -------------------------------------------------------------# Using GitHub's API is not supported for push events# -------------------------------------------------------------## ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------# Using local .git history# ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------# Event `push`: Compare the preceding remote commit -> to the current commit of the main branch # ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------changed_files:
runs-on: ubuntu-latest # windows-latest || macos-latestname: Test changed-filessteps:
- uses: actions/checkout@v4with:
fetch-depth: 0# OR "2" -> To retrieve the preceding commit.
- name: Get changed filesid: changed-filesuses: tj-actions/changed-files@9426d40962ed5378910ee2e21d5f8c6fcbf2dd96 # v47.0.6# NOTE: `since_last_remote_commit: true` is implied by default and falls back to the previous local commit.
- name: List all changed filesenv:
ALL_CHANGED_FILES: ${{ steps.changed-files.outputs.all_changed_files }}run: | for file in ${ALL_CHANGED_FILES}; do echo "$file was changed" done...

Other supported events

To access more examples, navigate to the Examples section.

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Important

When using files_yaml* inputs:
- All keys must start with a letter or _ and contain only alphanumeric characters, -, or _.
  For example, test or test_key or test-key or _test_key are all valid choices.

Inputs ⚙️

- uses: tj-actions/changed-files@9426d40962ed5378910ee2e21d5f8c6fcbf2dd96 # v47.0.6id: changed-fileswith:
# Github API URL.# Type: string# Default: "${{ github.api_url }}"api_url: ''# Specify a different base commit # SHA or branch used for # comparing changes # Type: stringbase_sha: ''# Exclude changes outside the current # directory and show path names # relative to it. NOTE: This # requires you to specify the # top-level directory via the `path` # input. # Type: boolean# Default: "true"diff_relative: ''# Output unique changed directories instead # of filenames. NOTE: This returns # `.` for changed files located # in the current working directory # which defaults to `$GITHUB_WORKSPACE`. # Type: boolean# Default: "false"dir_names: ''# Include only directories that have # been deleted as opposed to # directory names of files that # have been deleted in the # `deleted_files` output when `dir_names` is # set to `true`. # Type: boolean# Default: "false"dir_names_deleted_files_include_only_deleted_dirs: ''# Exclude the current directory represented # by `.` from the output # when `dir_names` is set to # `true`. # Type: boolean# Default: "false"dir_names_exclude_current_dir: ''# File and directory patterns to # include in the output when # `dir_names` is set to `true`. # NOTE: This returns only the # matching files and also the # directory names. # Type: stringdir_names_include_files: ''# Separator used to split the # `dir_names_include_files` input # Type: string# Default: "\n"dir_names_include_files_separator: ''# Limit the directory output to # a maximum depth e.g `test/test1/test2` # with max depth of `2` # returns `test/test1`. # Type: stringdir_names_max_depth: ''# Escape JSON output.# Type: boolean# Default: "true"escape_json: ''# Exclude changes to submodules.# Type: boolean# Default: "false"exclude_submodules: ''# Exclude symlinks from changed files.# Type: boolean# Default: "false"exclude_symlinks: ''# Fail when the initial diff # fails. # Type: boolean# Default: "false"fail_on_initial_diff_error: ''# Fail when the submodule diff # fails. # Type: boolean# Default: "false"fail_on_submodule_diff_error: ''# Fetch additional history for submodules.# Type: boolean# Default: "false"fetch_additional_submodule_history: ''# Depth of additional branch history # fetched. NOTE: This can be # adjusted to resolve errors with # insufficient history. # Type: string# Default: "25"fetch_depth: ''# Maximum number of retries to # fetch missing history. # Type: string# Default: "20"fetch_missing_history_max_retries: ''# File and directory patterns used # to detect changes (Defaults to the entire repo if unset). NOTE: # Multiline file/directory patterns should not # include quotes. # Type: stringfiles: ''# Source file(s) used to populate # the `files` input. # Type: stringfiles_from_source_file: ''# Separator used to split the # `files_from_source_file` input. # Type: string# Default: "\n"files_from_source_file_separator: ''# Ignore changes to these file(s). # NOTE: Multiline file/directory patterns should # not include quotes. # Type: stringfiles_ignore: ''# Source file(s) used to populate # the `files_ignore` input # Type: stringfiles_ignore_from_source_file: ''# Separator used to split the # `files_ignore_from_source_file` input # Type: string# Default: "\n"files_ignore_from_source_file_separator: ''# Separator used to split the # `files_ignore` input # Type: string# Default: "\n"files_ignore_separator: ''# YAML used to define a # set of file patterns to # ignore changes # Type: stringfiles_ignore_yaml: ''# Source file(s) used to populate # the `files_ignore_yaml` input. Example: https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/blob/main/test/changed-files.yml # Type: stringfiles_ignore_yaml_from_source_file: ''# Separator used to split the # `files_ignore_yaml_from_source_file` input # Type: string# Default: "\n"files_ignore_yaml_from_source_file_separator: ''# Separator used to split the # `files` input # Type: string# Default: "\n"files_separator: ''# YAML used to define a # set of file patterns to # detect changes # Type: stringfiles_yaml: ''# Source file(s) used to populate # the `files_yaml` input. Example: https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/blob/main/test/changed-files.yml # Type: stringfiles_yaml_from_source_file: ''# Separator used to split the # `files_yaml_from_source_file` input # Type: string# Default: "\n"files_yaml_from_source_file_separator: ''# Include `all_old_new_renamed_files` output. Note this # can generate a large output # See: #501. # Type: boolean# Default: "false"include_all_old_new_renamed_files: ''# Output list of changed files # in a JSON formatted string # which can be used for # matrix jobs. Example: https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/blob/main/.github/workflows/matrix-example.yml # Type: boolean# Default: "false"json: ''# Output changed files in a # format that can be used # for matrix jobs. Alias for # setting inputs `json` to `true` # and `escape_json` to `false`. # Type: boolean# Default: "false"matrix: ''# Apply the negation patterns first. # NOTE: This affects how changed # files are matched. # Type: boolean# Default: "false"negation_patterns_first: ''# Split character for old and # new renamed filename pairs. # Type: string# Default: " "old_new_files_separator: ''# Split character for old and # new filename pairs. # Type: string# Default: ","old_new_separator: ''# Directory to store output files.# Type: string# Default: ".github/outputs"output_dir: ''# Output renamed files as deleted # and added files. # Type: boolean# Default: "false"output_renamed_files_as_deleted_and_added: ''# Specify a relative path under # `$GITHUB_WORKSPACE` to locate the repository. # Type: string# Default: "."path: ''# Use non-ASCII characters to match # files and output the filenames # completely verbatim by setting this # to `false` # Type: boolean# Default: "true"quotepath: ''# Recover deleted files.# Type: boolean# Default: "false"recover_deleted_files: ''# Recover deleted files to a # new destination directory, defaults to # the original location. # Type: stringrecover_deleted_files_to_destination: ''# File and directory patterns used # to recover deleted files, defaults # to the patterns provided via # the `files`, `files_from_source_file`, `files_ignore` and # `files_ignore_from_source_file` inputs or all deleted # files if no patterns are # provided. # Type: stringrecover_files: ''# File and directory patterns to # ignore when recovering deleted files. # Type: stringrecover_files_ignore: ''# Separator used to split the # `recover_files_ignore` input # Type: string# Default: "\n"recover_files_ignore_separator: ''# Separator used to split the # `recover_files` input # Type: string# Default: "\n"recover_files_separator: ''# Apply sanitization to output filenames # before being set as output. # Type: boolean# Default: "true"safe_output: ''# Split character for output strings.# Type: string# Default: " "separator: ''# Specify a different commit SHA # or branch used for comparing # changes # Type: stringsha: ''# Get changed files for commits # whose timestamp is older than # the given time. # Type: stringsince: ''# Use the last commit on # the remote branch as the # `base_sha`. Defaults to the last # non-merge commit on the target # branch for pull request events # and the previous remote commit # of the current branch for # push events. # Type: boolean# Default: "false"since_last_remote_commit: ''# Skip initially fetching additional history # to improve performance for shallow # repositories. NOTE: This could lead # to errors with missing history. # It's intended to be used # when you've fetched all necessary # history to perform the diff. # Type: boolean# Default: "false"skip_initial_fetch: ''# Do not fail when base # and head SHAs are identical. # Type: boolean# Default: "false"skip_same_sha: ''# Tags pattern to ignore.# Type: stringtags_ignore_pattern: ''# Tags pattern to include.# Type: string# Default: "*"tags_pattern: ''# GitHub token used to fetch # changed files from Github's API. # Type: string# Default: "${{ github.token }}"token: ''# Get changed files for commits # whose timestamp is earlier than # the given time. # Type: stringuntil: ''# Use POSIX path separator `/` # for output file paths on # Windows. # Type: boolean# Default: "false"use_posix_path_separator: ''# Force the use of Github's # REST API even when a # local copy of the repository # exists # Type: boolean# Default: "false"use_rest_api: ''# Write outputs to the `output_dir` # defaults to `.github/outputs` folder. NOTE: # This creates a `.txt` file # by default and a `.json` # file if `json` is set # to `true`. # Type: boolean# Default: "false"write_output_files: ''

Useful Acronyms 🧮

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

Important

When using files_yaml* inputs:
- it's required to prefix all outputs with the key to ensure that the correct outputs are accessible.
  For example, if you use test as the key, you can access outputs like added_files, any_changed, and so on by prefixing them with the key test_added_files or test_any_changed etc.

Outputs 📤

OUTPUT	TYPE	DESCRIPTION
added_files	string	Returns only files that are Added (A).
added_files_count	string	Returns the number of `added_files`
all_changed_and_modified_files	string	Returns all changed and modified files i.e. a combination of (ACMRDTUX)
all_changed_and_modified_files_count	string	Returns the number of `all_changed_and_modified_files`
all_changed_files	string	Returns all changed files i.e. a combination of all added, copied, modified and renamed files (ACMR)
all_changed_files_count	string	Returns the number of `all_changed_files`
all_modified_files	string	Returns all changed files i.e. a combination of all added, copied, modified, renamed and deleted files (ACMRD).
all_modified_files_count	string	Returns the number of `all_modified_files`
all_old_new_renamed_files	string	Returns only files that are Renamed and lists their old and new names. NOTE: This requires setting `include_all_old_new_renamed_files` to `true`. Also, keep in mind that this output is global and wouldn't be nested in outputs generated when the `_yaml_` input is used. (R)
all_old_new_renamed_files_count	string	Returns the number of `all_old_new_renamed_files`
any_added	string	Returns `true` when any of the filenames provided using the `files` or `files_ignore` inputs have been added.
any_changed	string	Returns `true` when any of the filenames provided using the `files` or `files_ignore` inputs have changed. This defaults to `true` when no patterns are specified. i.e. includes a combination of all added, copied, modified and renamed files (ACMR).
any_deleted	string	Returns `true` when any of the filenames provided using the `files` or `files_ignore` inputs have been deleted. This defaults to `true` when no patterns are specified. (D)
any_modified	string	Returns `true` when any of the filenames provided using the `files` or `files_ignore` inputs have been modified. This defaults to `true` when no patterns are specified. i.e. includes a combination of all added, copied, modified, renamed, and deleted files (ACMRD).
changed_keys	string	Returns all changed YAML keys when the `files_yaml` input is used. i.e. key that contains any path that has either been added, copied, modified, and renamed (ACMR)
copied_files	string	Returns only files that are Copied (C).
copied_files_count	string	Returns the number of `copied_files`
deleted_files	string	Returns only files that are Deleted (D).
deleted_files_count	string	Returns the number of `deleted_files`
modified_files	string	Returns only files that are Modified (M).
modified_files_count	string	Returns the number of `modified_files`
modified_keys	string	Returns all modified YAML keys when the `files_yaml` input is used. i.e. key that contains any path that has either been added, copied, modified, and deleted (ACMRD)
only_changed	string	Returns `true` when only files provided using the `files` or `files_ignore` inputs have changed. i.e. includes a combination of all added, copied, modified and renamed files (ACMR).
only_deleted	string	Returns `true` when only files provided using the `files` or `files_ignore` inputs have been deleted. (D)
only_modified	string	Returns `true` when only files provided using the `files` or `files_ignore` inputs have been modified. (ACMRD).
other_changed_files	string	Returns all other changed files not listed in the files input i.e. includes a combination of all added, copied, modified and renamed files (ACMR).
other_changed_files_count	string	Returns the number of `other_changed_files`
other_deleted_files	string	Returns all other deleted files not listed in the files input i.e. a combination of all deleted files (D)
other_deleted_files_count	string	Returns the number of `other_deleted_files`
other_modified_files	string	Returns all other modified files not listed in the files input i.e. a combination of all added, copied, modified, and deleted files (ACMRD)
other_modified_files_count	string	Returns the number of `other_modified_files`
renamed_files	string	Returns only files that are Renamed (R).
renamed_files_count	string	Returns the number of `renamed_files`
type_changed_files	string	Returns only files that have their file type changed (T).
type_changed_files_count	string	Returns the number of `type_changed_files`
unknown_files	string	Returns only files that are Unknown (X).
unknown_files_count	string	Returns the number of `unknown_files`
unmerged_files	string	Returns only files that are Unmerged (U).
unmerged_files_count	string	Returns the number of `unmerged_files`

Versioning 🏷️

This GitHub Action follows the principles of Semantic Versioning for versioning releases.

The format of the version string is as follows:

major: indicates significant changes or new features that may not be backward compatible.
minor: indicates minor changes or new features that are backward compatible.
patch: indicates bug fixes or other small changes that are backward compatible.

Examples 📄

Get all changed files in the current branch

...
- name: Get changed filesid: changed-filesuses: tj-actions/changed-files@9426d40962ed5378910ee2e21d5f8c6fcbf2dd96 # v47.0.6
...

Get all changed files without escaping unsafe filename characters

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- name: Get changed filesid: changed-filesuses: tj-actions/changed-files@9426d40962ed5378910ee2e21d5f8c6fcbf2dd96 # v47.0.6with:
safe_output: false # set to false because we are using an environment variable to store the output and avoid command injection.
- name: List all added filesenv:
ADDED_FILES: ${{ steps.changed-files.outputs.added_files }}run: | for file in ${ADDED_FILES}; do echo "$file was added" done...

Get all changed files and use a comma separator

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- name: Get all changed files and use a comma separator in the outputid: changed-filesuses: tj-actions/changed-files@9426d40962ed5378910ee2e21d5f8c6fcbf2dd96 # v47.0.6with:
separator: ","
...

See inputs for more information.

Get all changed files and list all added files

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- name: Get changed filesid: changed-filesuses: tj-actions/changed-files@9426d40962ed5378910ee2e21d5f8c6fcbf2dd96 # v47.0.6
- name: List all added filesenv:
ADDED_FILES: ${{ steps.changed-files.outputs.added_files }}run: | for file in ${ADDED_FILES}; do echo "$file was added" done...

See outputs for a list of all available outputs.

Get all changed files and optionally run a step if a file was modified

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- name: Get changed filesid: changed-filesuses: tj-actions/changed-files@9426d40962ed5378910ee2e21d5f8c6fcbf2dd96 # v47.0.6
- name: Run a step if my-file.txt was modifiedif: contains(steps.changed-files.outputs.modified_files, 'my-file.txt')run: | echo "my-file.txt file has been modified."...

See outputs for a list of all available outputs.

Get all changed files and write the outputs to a txt file

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- name: Get changed files and write the outputs to a Txt fileid: changed-files-write-output-files-txtuses: tj-actions/changed-files@9426d40962ed5378910ee2e21d5f8c6fcbf2dd96 # v47.0.6with:
write_output_files: true
- name: Verify the contents of the .github/outputs/added_files.txt filerun: | cat .github/outputs/added_files.txt...

Get all changed files and write the outputs to a json file

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- name: Get changed files and write the outputs to a JSON fileid: changed-files-write-output-files-jsonuses: tj-actions/changed-files@9426d40962ed5378910ee2e21d5f8c6fcbf2dd96 # v47.0.6with:
json: truewrite_output_files: true
- name: Verify the contents of the .github/outputs/added_files.json filerun: | cat .github/outputs/added_files.json...

Get all changed files using a list of files

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- name: Get changed filesid: changed-filesuses: tj-actions/changed-files@9426d40962ed5378910ee2e21d5f8c6fcbf2dd96 # v47.0.6with:
files: | my-file.txt *.sh *.png !*.md test_directory/** **/*.sql...

See inputs for more information.

Get all changed files using a list of files and take action based on the changes

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- name: Get changed filesid: changed-files-specificuses: tj-actions/changed-files@9426d40962ed5378910ee2e21d5f8c6fcbf2dd96 # v47.0.6with:
files: | my-file.txt *.sh *.png !*.md test_directory/** **/*.sql - name: Run step if any of the listed files above changeif: steps.changed-files-specific.outputs.any_changed == 'true'run: | echo "One or more files listed above has changed." - name: Run step if only the files listed above changeif: steps.changed-files-specific.outputs.only_changed == 'true'run: | echo "Only files listed above have changed." - name: Run step if any of the listed files above is deletedif: steps.changed-files-specific.outputs.any_deleted == 'true'env:
DELETED_FILES: ${{ steps.changed-files-specific.outputs.deleted_files }}run: | for file in ${DELETED_FILES}; do echo "$file was deleted" done - name: Run step if all listed files above have been deletedif: steps.changed-files-specific.outputs.only_deleted == 'true'env:
DELETED_FILES: ${{ steps.changed-files-specific.outputs.deleted_files }}run: | for file in ${DELETED_FILES}; do echo "$file was deleted" done...

See outputs for a list of all available outputs.

Get all changed files using a source file or list of file(s) to populate to files input

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- name: Get changed files using a source file or list of file(s) to populate to files input.id: changed-files-specific-source-fileuses: tj-actions/changed-files@9426d40962ed5378910ee2e21d5f8c6fcbf2dd96 # v47.0.6with:
files_from_source_file: test/changed-files-list.txt
...

See inputs for more information.

Get changed files using a source file or list of file(s) to populate to files input and optionally specify more files

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- name: Get changed files using a source file or list of file(s) to populate to files input and optionally specify more files.id: changed-files-specific-source-file-and-specify-filesuses: tj-actions/changed-files@9426d40962ed5378910ee2e21d5f8c6fcbf2dd96 # v47.0.6with:
files_from_source_file: | test/changed-files-list.txtfiles: | test.txt...

See inputs for more information.

Get all changed files using a different SHA

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- name: Get changed files using a different SHAid: changed-filesuses: tj-actions/changed-files@9426d40962ed5378910ee2e21d5f8c6fcbf2dd96 # v47.0.6with:
sha: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha }}
...

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Get all changed files using a different base SHA

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- name: Get changed files using a different base SHAid: changed-filesuses: tj-actions/changed-files@9426d40962ed5378910ee2e21d5f8c6fcbf2dd96 # v47.0.6with:
base_sha: ${{ github.event.pull_request.base.sha }}
...

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Get all changed files between the previous tag and the current tag

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on:
push:
tags:
- 'v*'jobs:
release:
name: Releaseruns-on: ubuntu-lateststeps:
- name: Checkoutuses: actions/checkout@v4with:
fetch-depth: 0
- name: Get changed filesid: changed-filesuses: tj-actions/changed-files@9426d40962ed5378910ee2e21d5f8c6fcbf2dd96 # v47.0.6
- name: List changed filesenv:
ALL_CHANGED_FILES: ${{ steps.changed-files.outputs.all_changed_files }}run: | echo "List all the files that have changed: $ALL_CHANGED_FILES" - name: Get changed files in the .github folderid: changed-files-specificuses: tj-actions/changed-files@9426d40962ed5378910ee2e21d5f8c6fcbf2dd96 # v47.0.6with:
files: .github/**
- name: Run step if any file(s) in the .github folder changeif: steps.changed-files-specific.outputs.any_changed == 'true'env:
ALL_CHANGED_FILES: ${{ steps.changed-files-specific.outputs.all_changed_files }}run: | echo "One or more files in the .github folder has changed." echo "List all the files that have changed: $ALL_CHANGED_FILES"...

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Get all changed files for a repository located in a different path

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- name: Checkout into dir1uses: actions/checkout@v4with:
fetch-depth: 0path: dir1
- name: Run changed-files with defaults in dir1id: changed-files-for-dir1uses: tj-actions/changed-files@9426d40962ed5378910ee2e21d5f8c6fcbf2dd96 # v47.0.6with:
path: dir1
- name: List all added files in dir1env:
ADDED_FILES: ${{ steps.changed-files-for-dir1.outputs.added_files }}run: | for file in ${ADDED_FILES}; do echo "$file was added" done...

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Get all changed files with non-äšćįí characters i.e (Filename in other languages)

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- name: Run changed-files with quotepath disabledid: changed-files-quotepathuses: tj-actions/changed-files@9426d40962ed5378910ee2e21d5f8c6fcbf2dd96 # v47.0.6with:
quotepath: "false"
- name: Run changed-files with quotepath disabled for a specified list of file(s)id: changed-files-quotepath-specificuses: tj-actions/changed-files@9426d40962ed5378910ee2e21d5f8c6fcbf2dd96 # v47.0.6with:
files: test/test-è.txtquotepath: "false"
...

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Get all changed files using the last successful commit of the base branch

Push event

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- name: Get branch nameid: branch-nameuses: tj-actions/branch-names@v6
- uses: nrwl/nx-set-shas@v3id: last_successful_commit_pushwith:
main-branch-name: ${{ steps.branch-name.outputs.current_branch }} # Get the last successful commit for the current branch.workflow-id: 'test.yml'
- name: Run changed-files with the commit of the last successful test workflow runid: changed-files-base-sha-pushuses: tj-actions/changed-files@9426d40962ed5378910ee2e21d5f8c6fcbf2dd96 # v47.0.6with:
base_sha: ${{ steps.last_successful_commit_push.outputs.base }}
...

Pull request events

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- name: Get branch nameid: branch-nameuses: tj-actions/branch-names@v5
- uses: nrwl/nx-set-shas@v3id: last_successful_commit_pull_requestwith:
main-branch-name: ${{ steps.branch-name.outputs.base_ref_branch }} # Get the last successful commit on the master or main branchworkflow_id: 'test.yml'
- name: Run changed-files with the commit of the last successful test workflow run on the main branchid: changed-files-base-sha-pull-requestuses: tj-actions/changed-files@9426d40962ed5378910ee2e21d5f8c6fcbf2dd96 # v47.0.6with:
base_sha: ${{ steps.last_successful_commit_pull_request.outputs.base }}
...

Warning
This setting overrides the commit sha used by setting since_last_remote_commit to true. It is recommended to use either solution that works for your use case.

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Get all changed files but only return the directory names

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- name: Run changed-files with dir_namesid: changed-files-dir-namesuses: tj-actions/changed-files@9426d40962ed5378910ee2e21d5f8c6fcbf2dd96 # v47.0.6with:
dir_names: "true"
...

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Get all changed files and return JSON formatted outputs

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- name: Run changed-files with JSON outputid: changed-files-jsonuses: tj-actions/changed-files@9426d40962ed5378910ee2e21d5f8c6fcbf2dd96 # v47.0.6with:
json: "true"
...

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Get all changed files by commits pushed in the past

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- name: Get changed-files since 2022-08-19id: changed-files-sinceuses: tj-actions/changed-files@9426d40962ed5378910ee2e21d5f8c6fcbf2dd96 # v47.0.6with:
since: "2022-08-19"
- name: Get changed-files until 2022-08-20id: changed-files-untiluses: tj-actions/changed-files@9426d40962ed5378910ee2e21d5f8c6fcbf2dd96 # v47.0.6with:
until: "2022-08-20"
...

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Open source projects 📦

And many more...

Scalability Example 📈

Important Notice ⚠️

Important

Spaces in file names can introduce bugs when using bash loops. See: #216 However, this action will handle spaces in file names, with a recommendation of using a separator to prevent any hidden issues.

Migration guide 🔄

With the switch from using grep's Extended regex to match files to the natively supported workflow glob pattern matching syntax introduced in v13 you'll need to modify patterns used to match files.

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- name: Get specific changed files
id: changed-files-specific
uses: tj-actions/changed-files@v24
with:
files: |
- \.sh$- .(sql|py)$- ^(dir1|dir2)+ **/*.{sh,sql,py}+ {dir1,dir2}/**

Free software: MIT license

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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.
All essential details about your workflow that might be helpful in troubleshooting. (NOTE: Ensure that you include full log outputs with debugging enabled)
Detailed steps to reproduce the bug.

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