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GitHub Action
Git Diff - Powered by Rust
v1.0.2
This GitHub Action performs a git diff and outputs the files that changed in a Pull Request, based on specified patterns.
Required: A string containing file patterns to include or exclude in the diff. Patterns should be separated by commas.
- Use
*
as a wildcard for any number of characters. - Use
**
for recursive directory matching. - Prefix patterns with
!
to exclude files.
Examples:
*.rs
: All Rust filessrc/**/*
: All files within thesrc
directory and its subdirectories!README.md
: Exclude the README.md file
Patterns could be a single line or multiline string.
patterns: |
*.rs
src/**/*
!README.md
patterns: '*.rs,src/**/*,!README.md'
A list of files that changed in the PR, matching the specified patterns.
The number of files that changed in the PR, matching the specified patterns.
name: Git Diff Check
on:
pull_request:
branches: [ main ]
jobs:
check_diff:
runs-on: ubuntu-latest
steps:
- uses: actions/checkout@v4
- name: Get changed files
id: diff
uses: LuisLiraC/git-diff@master # Use the latest version. You can also use a specific version like v1.0.0
with:
patterns: '*.rs,src/**/*,!README.md'
- name: Get diff outputs
run: |
echo "Files: ${{ steps.diff.outputs.DIFF_FILES }}"
echo "Count: ${{ steps.diff.outputs.DIFF_COUNT }}"
Warning
At this moment it only works with the pull_request
event. It uses the GITHUB_BASE_REF
environment variable to get the base branch of the PR and this it is only available in the pull_request
event.