checkout/README.md

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# Checkout V2 beta

This action checks-out your repository under `$GITHUB_WORKSPACE`, so your workflow can access it.

By default, the repository that triggered the workflow is checked-out, for the ref/SHA that triggered the event.

Refer [here](https://help.github.com/en/articles/events-that-trigger-workflows) to learn which commit `$GITHUB_SHA` points to for different events.

# What's new

- Improved fetch performance
  - The default behavior now fetches only the commit being checked-out
- Script authenticated git commands
  - Persists `with.token` in the local git config
  - Enables your scripts to run authenticated git commands
  - Post-job cleanup removes the token
  - Coming soon: Opt out by setting `with.persist-credentials` to `false`
- Creates a local branch
  - No longer detached HEAD when checking out a branch
  - A local branch is created with the corresponding upstream branch set
- Improved layout
  - `with.path` is always relative to `github.workspace`
  - Aligns better with container actions, where `github.workspace` gets mapped in
- Fallback to REST API download
  - When Git 2.18 or higher is not in the PATH, the REST API will be used to download the files
- Removed input `submodules`

Refer [here](https://github.com/actions/checkout/blob/v1/README.md) for previous versions.

# Usage

<!-- start usage -->
```yaml
- uses: actions/checkout@v2-beta
  with:
    # Repository name with owner. For example, actions/checkout
    # Default: ${{ github.repository }}
    repository: ''

    # The branch, tag or SHA to checkout.  When checking out the repository that
    # triggered a workflow, this defaults to the reference or SHA for that event.
    # Otherwise, defaults to `master`.
    ref: ''

    # Access token for clone repository
    # Default: ${{ github.token }}
    token: ''

    # Relative path under $GITHUB_WORKSPACE to place the repository
    path: ''

    # Whether to execute `git clean -ffdx && git reset --hard HEAD` before fetching
    # Default: true
    clean: ''

    # Number of commits to fetch. 0 indicates all history.
    # Default: 1
    fetch-depth: ''

    # Whether to download Git-LFS files
    # Default: false
    lfs: ''
```
<!-- end usage -->

## Checkout a different branch

```yaml
- uses: actions/checkout@v2-beta
  with:
    ref: some-branch
```

## Checkout a different, private repository

```yaml
- uses: actions/checkout@v2-beta
  with:
    repository: myAccount/myRepository
    ref: refs/heads/master
    token: ${{ secrets.GitHub_PAT }} # `GitHub_PAT` is a secret that contains your PAT
```
> - `${{ github.token }}` is scoped to the current repository, so if you want to checkout another repository that is private you will need to provide your own [PAT](https://help.github.com/en/github/authenticating-to-github/creating-a-personal-access-token-for-the-command-line).

## Checkout the HEAD commit of a PR, rather than the merge commit

```yaml
- uses: actions/checkout@v2-beta
  with:
    ref: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha }}
```

# License

The scripts and documentation in this project are released under the [MIT License](LICENSE)