How to clone repo with path name?

[DaviMenezes]

git clone .../owner/myrepo MyPath/MyRepo

[GuillaumeFalourd]

Hi @DaviMenezes , thank you for opening this issue!
The action currently doesn't support to clone with PATH name, and that would be a great feature indeed! 👍🏼
I'll see how to perform this asap and let you know once it will be implemented.

[GuillaumeFalourd]

@DaviMenezes
I've created a v3 branch to test a path-to-clone input field.
Could you try it and give me a feedback? It should work on all 3 OS runners.
Here is a syntax example:

  uses: GuillaumeFalourd/clone-github-repo-action@v3
  with:
    owner: <owner>
    repository: <repo-name>
    path-to-clone: <path/to/clone>

If not informed, the repository will be cloned where the action is used.

[GuillaumeFalourd]

Hi @DaviMenezes , do you have any feedback?

I've made a test:

• workflow file: https://github.com/GuillaumeFalourd/poc-github-actions/blob/main/.github/workflows/workflow-tester34.yml
• workflow run: https://github.com/GuillaumeFalourd/poc-github-actions/runs/6572504279?check_suite_focus=true

Where it seems to work as expected, but I would love to have more returns about the feature.

[shishodiyas]

If not informed, the repository will be cloned where the action is used.

I'm using this to clone a repo inside an workflow and the path which is provided to it is not used and it is deleting all the exiting files in the repos that was checkout out by the workflow file. instead of cloning the repo

[shishodiyas]

why does it delete the content of existing workflow. it is used in my repo for some work how to by pass this deletion

?

[GuillaumeFalourd]

Hi @satyamshishodiya!

I didn't understand why the action was deleting the repository neither, so I made a few researches and it seems related to a github actions/checkout (which I use to access the repository github.workspace variable if needed) behavior. There is an issue speaking about it here: actions/checkout#211

Are you using containers in your workflow?

I also found this other issue: actions/checkout#430 (comment) where it is suggested to use the input clean: false when calling the actions/checkout, but as it won't work the first time, I would like to see if there is another solution before using this one.

[shishodiyas]

There are no containers in my workflow.

[GuillaumeFalourd]

Hi @shishodiyas , did you try the other workarounds suggested in the link I shared as well?

[shishodiyas]

Hi tried various methods this issue is still pending.

[GuillaumeFalourd]

For what I can say, it doesn't seem related specifically to the clone operation inside the action, but to the action/checkout. Now, if you want to share the workflow you were using, I can perform more tests to check.

[shishodiyas]

It's a private repository so I can't. But I can share the workflow file. Only!! Get Outlook for Android<https://aka.ms/AAb9ysg>

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[GuillaumeFalourd]

The workflow file would be enough 👍🏼