Remove removed options from README

.github/workflows/release-drafter.yml

@@ -15,6 +15,6 @@ jobs:
       contents: write
 
     steps:
-      - uses: release-drafter/release-drafter@v6
+      - uses: release-drafter/release-drafter@v5
         env:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}

README.md

@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ jobs:
 ```
 
 > [!NOTE]
-> The Action has to be used in a Job that runs on a UNIX-like system (e.g. `ubuntu-latest`).
+> The Action has to be used in a Job that runs on a UNIX system (e.g. `ubuntu-latest`).
 
 The following is an extended example with all available options.
 
@@ -59,9 +59,8 @@ The following is an extended example with all available options.
     # Defaults to "Apply automatic changes"
     commit_message: Automated Change
 
-    # Optional. Local and remote branch name where commit is going to be pushed
-    #  to. Defaults to the current branch.
-    #  You might need to set `create_branch: true` if the branch does not exist.
+    # Optional. Remote branch name where commit is going to be pushed to. 
+    # Defaults to the current branch.
     branch: feature-123
 
     # Optional. Options used by `git-commit`.
@@ -82,7 +81,7 @@ The following is an extended example with all available options.
     # Optional commit user and author settings
     commit_user_name: My GitHub Actions Bot # defaults to "github-actions[bot]"
     commit_user_email: my-github-actions-bot@example.org # defaults to "41898282+github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com"
-    commit_author: Author <actions@github.com> # defaults to "username <username@users.noreply.github.com>", where "username" belongs to the author of the commit that triggered the run
+    commit_author: Author <actions@github.com> # defaults to author of the commit that triggered the run
 
     # Optional. Tag name being created in the local repository and 
     # pushed to remote repository and defined branch.
@@ -102,19 +101,10 @@ The following is an extended example with all available options.
     
     # Optional. Disable dirty check and always try to create a commit and push
     skip_dirty_check: true    
-    
-    # Optional. Skip internal call to `git fetch`
-    skip_fetch: true    
-    
-    # Optional. Skip internal call to `git checkout`
-    skip_checkout: true
 
     # Optional. Prevents the shell from expanding filenames. 
     # Details: https://www.gnu.org/software/bash/manual/html_node/Filename-Expansion.html
     disable_globbing: true
-
-    # Optional. Create given branch name in local and remote repository.
-    create_branch: true
 ```
 
 Please note that the Action depends on `bash`. If you're using the Action in a job in combination with a custom Docker container, make sure that `bash` is installed.
@@ -167,16 +157,9 @@ You can use these outputs to trigger other Actions in your Workflow run based on
 - `changes_detected`: Returns either "true" or "false" if the repository was dirty and files have changed.
 - `commit_hash`: Returns the full hash of the commit if one was created.
 
-**⚠️ When using outputs, the step needs to be given an id. See example below.**
-
 ### Example
 
 ```yaml
-  - uses: stefanzweifel/git-auto-commit-action@v5
-    id: auto-commit-action #mandatory for the output to show up in ${{ steps }}
-    with:
-      commit_message: Apply php-cs-fixer changes
-
   - name: "Run if changes have been detected"
     if: steps.auto-commit-action.outputs.changes_detected == 'true'
     run: echo "Changes!"
@@ -360,8 +343,6 @@ If you would like to use this Action to create a commit using [`--amend`](https:
 First, you need to extract the previous commit message by using `git log -1 --pretty=%s`.
 Then you need to provide this last commit message to the Action through the `commit_message` input option.
 
-By default, the commit author is changed to `username <username@users.noreply.github.com>`, where `username` is the name of the user who triggered the workflow (The [`github.actor`](https://docs.github.com/en/actions/learn-github-actions/contexts#github-context) context is used here). If you want to preserve the name and email of the original author, you must extract them from the last commit and provide them to the Action through the `commit_author` input option.
-
 Finally, you have to use `push_options: '--force'` to overwrite the git history on the GitHub remote repository. (git-auto-commit will not do a `git-rebase` for you!)
 
 The steps in your workflow might look like this:
@@ -375,18 +356,15 @@ The steps in your workflow might look like this:
 # Other steps in your workflow to trigger a changed file
 
 - name: Get last commit message
-  id: last-commit
+  id: last-commit-message
   run: |
-    echo "message=$(git log -1 --pretty=%s)" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-    echo "author=$(git log -1 --pretty=\"%an <%ae>\")" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+    echo "msg=$(git log -1 --pretty=%s)" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
 
 - uses: stefanzweifel/git-auto-commit-action@v5
   with:
-    commit_author: ${{ steps.last-commit.outputs.author }}
-    commit_message: ${{ steps.last-commit.outputs.message }}
+    commit_message: ${{ steps.last-commit-message.outputs.msg }}
     commit_options: '--amend --no-edit'
     push_options: '--force'
-    skip_fetch: true
 ```
 
 See discussion in [#159](https://github.com/stefanzweifel/git-auto-commit-action/issues/159#issuecomment-845347950) for details.

action.yml

@@ -56,20 +56,9 @@ inputs:
     description: Skip the check if the git repository is dirty and always try to create a commit.
     required: false
     default: false
-  skip_fetch:
-    description: Skip the call to git-fetch.
-    required: false
-    default: false
-  skip_checkout:
-    description: Skip the call to git-checkout.
-    required: false
-    default: false
   disable_globbing:
     description: Stop the shell from expanding filenames (https://www.gnu.org/software/bash/manual/html_node/Filename-Expansion.html)
     default: false
-  create_branch:
-    description: Create new branch with the name of `branch`-input in local and remote repository, if it doesn't exist yet.
-    default: false
   internal_git_binary:
     description: Internal use only! Path to git binary used to check if git is available. (Don't change this!)
     default: git

entrypoint.sh

@@ -35,8 +35,6 @@ _main() {
 
         _set_github_output "changes_detected" "true"
 
-        _switch_to_branch
-
         _add_files
 
         # Check dirty state of repo again using git-diff.
@@ -82,41 +80,8 @@ _git_is_dirty() {
     echo "INPUT_FILE_PATTERN: ${INPUT_FILE_PATTERN}";
     read -r -a INPUT_FILE_PATTERN_EXPANDED <<< "$INPUT_FILE_PATTERN";
 
-    # capture stderr
-    gitStatusMessage="$((git status -s $INPUT_STATUS_OPTIONS -- ${INPUT_FILE_PATTERN_EXPANDED:+${INPUT_FILE_PATTERN_EXPANDED[@]}} >/dev/null ) 2>&1)";
     # shellcheck disable=SC2086
-    gitStatus="$(git status -s $INPUT_STATUS_OPTIONS -- ${INPUT_FILE_PATTERN_EXPANDED:+${INPUT_FILE_PATTERN_EXPANDED[@]}})";
-    if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
-        _log "error" "git-status failed with:<$gitStatusMessage>";
-        exit 1;
-    fi
-    [ -n "$gitStatus" ]
-}
-
-_switch_to_branch() {
-    echo "INPUT_BRANCH value: $INPUT_BRANCH";
-
-    # Fetch remote to make sure that repo can be switched to the right branch.
-    if "$INPUT_SKIP_FETCH"; then
-        _log "debug" "git-fetch will not be executed.";
-    else
-        git fetch --depth=1;
-    fi
-
-    # If `skip_checkout`-input is true, skip the entire checkout step.
-    if "$INPUT_SKIP_CHECKOUT"; then
-        _log "debug" "git-checkout will not be executed.";
-    else
-        # Create new local branch if `create_branch`-input is true
-        if "$INPUT_CREATE_BRANCH"; then
-            # shellcheck disable=SC2086
-            git checkout -B $INPUT_BRANCH --;
-        else
-            # Switch to branch from current Workflow run
-            # shellcheck disable=SC2086
-            git checkout $INPUT_BRANCH --;
-        fi
-    fi
+    [ -n "$(git status -s $INPUT_STATUS_OPTIONS -- ${INPUT_FILE_PATTERN_EXPANDED:+${INPUT_FILE_PATTERN_EXPANDED[@]}})" ]
 }
 
 _add_files() {
@@ -164,6 +129,8 @@ _tag_commit() {
 
 _push_to_github() {
 
+    echo "INPUT_BRANCH value: $INPUT_BRANCH";
+
     echo "INPUT_PUSH_OPTIONS: ${INPUT_PUSH_OPTIONS}";
     _log "debug" "Apply push options ${INPUT_PUSH_OPTIONS}";
 

package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "devDependencies": {
-    "bats": "^1.11.0",
+    "bats": "^1.10.0",
     "bats-assert": "ztombol/bats-assert",
     "bats-support": "ztombol/bats-support"
   },

tests/git-auto-commit.bats

@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ setup() {
     export FAKE_LOCAL_REPOSITORY="${BATS_TEST_DIRNAME}/tests_local_repository"
     export FAKE_REMOTE="${BATS_TEST_DIRNAME}/tests_remote_repository"
     export FAKE_TEMP_LOCAL_REPOSITORY="${BATS_TEST_DIRNAME}/tests_clone_of_remote_repository"
-    export FAKE_FOLDER_WITHOUT_GIT_REPO="/tmp/tests_folder_without_git_repo"
 
     # While it is likely the GitHub hosted runners will use master as the default branch,
     # locally anyone may change that. So for tests lets grab whatever is currently set
@@ -34,10 +33,7 @@ setup() {
     export INPUT_TAGGING_MESSAGE=""
     export INPUT_PUSH_OPTIONS=""
     export INPUT_SKIP_DIRTY_CHECK=false
-    export INPUT_SKIP_FETCH=false
-    export INPUT_SKIP_CHECKOUT=false
     export INPUT_DISABLE_GLOBBING=false
-    export INPUT_CREATE_BRANCH=false
     export INPUT_INTERNAL_GIT_BINARY=git
 
     # Set GitHub environment variables used by the GitHub Action
@@ -59,7 +55,6 @@ teardown() {
     rm -rf "${FAKE_LOCAL_REPOSITORY}"
     rm -rf "${FAKE_REMOTE}"
     rm -rf "${FAKE_TEMP_LOCAL_REPOSITORY}"
-    rm -rf "${INPUT_REPOSITORY}"
 
     if [ -z ${GITHUB_OUTPUT+x} ]; then
         echo "GITHUB_OUTPUT is not set"
@@ -192,7 +187,6 @@ cat_github_output() {
     assert_failure
 
     assert_line "INPUT_REPOSITORY value: ${INPUT_REPOSITORY}"
-    assert_line "INPUT_BRANCH value: ${FAKE_DEFAULT_BRANCH}"
     assert_line "INPUT_FILE_PATTERN: ."
     assert_line "INPUT_COMMIT_OPTIONS: "
     assert_line "::debug::Apply commit options "
@@ -409,32 +403,6 @@ cat_github_output() {
     assert_output --partial refs/tags/v2.0.0
 }
 
-@test "If SKIP_FETCH is true git-fetch will not be called" {
-
-    touch "${FAKE_LOCAL_REPOSITORY}"/new-file-{1,2,3}.txt
-
-    INPUT_SKIP_FETCH=true
-
-    run git_auto_commit
-
-    assert_success
-
-    assert_line "::debug::git-fetch will not be executed."
-}
-
-@test "If SKIP_CHECKOUT is true git-checkout will not be called" {
-
-    touch "${FAKE_LOCAL_REPOSITORY}"/new-file-{1,2,3}.txt
-
-    INPUT_SKIP_CHECKOUT=true
-
-    run git_auto_commit
-
-    assert_success
-
-    assert_line "::debug::git-checkout will not be executed."
-}
-
 @test "It pushes generated commit and tag to remote and actually updates the commit shas" {
     INPUT_BRANCH=""
     INPUT_TAGGING_MESSAGE="v2.0.0"
@@ -465,10 +433,6 @@ cat_github_output() {
 }
 
 @test "It pushes generated commit and tag to remote branch and updates commit sha" {
-    # Create "a-new-branch"-branch and then immediately switch back to ${FAKE_DEFAULT_BRANCH}
-    git checkout -b a-new-branch
-    git checkout ${FAKE_DEFAULT_BRANCH}
-
     INPUT_BRANCH="a-new-branch"
     INPUT_TAGGING_MESSAGE="v2.0.0"
 
@@ -491,7 +455,7 @@ cat_github_output() {
     assert_output --partial refs/tags/v2.0.0
 
     # Assert that branch "a-new-branch" was updated on remote
-    current_sha="$(git rev-parse --verify --short a-new-branch)"
+    current_sha="$(git rev-parse --verify --short ${FAKE_DEFAULT_BRANCH})"
     remote_sha="$(git rev-parse --verify --short origin/a-new-branch)"
 
     assert_equal $current_sha $remote_sha
@@ -535,7 +499,6 @@ cat_github_output() {
 @test "it does not throw an error if not changes are detected and SKIP_DIRTY_CHECK is false" {
     INPUT_FILE_PATTERN="."
     INPUT_SKIP_DIRTY_CHECK=false
-    INPUT_SKIP_FETCH=false
 
     run git_auto_commit
 
@@ -578,9 +541,8 @@ cat_github_output() {
     assert_line "changes_detected=true"
 }
 
-@test "script fails to push commit to new branch that does not exist yet" {
+@test "It pushes commit to new branch that does not exist yet" {
     INPUT_BRANCH="not-existend-branch"
-    INPUT_CREATE_BRANCH=false
 
     run git branch
     refute_line --partial "not-existend-branch"
@@ -592,25 +554,24 @@ cat_github_output() {
 
     run git_auto_commit
 
-    assert_failure
+    assert_success
 
     assert_line "INPUT_REPOSITORY value: ${INPUT_REPOSITORY}"
     assert_line "INPUT_BRANCH value: not-existend-branch"
-    assert_line "fatal: invalid reference: not-existend-branch"
 
     run git branch
+    assert_line --partial ${FAKE_DEFAULT_BRANCH}
     refute_line --partial "not-existend-branch"
 
     run git branch -r
-    refute_line --partial "origin/not-existend-branch"
+    assert_line --partial "origin/not-existend-branch"
 
     run cat_github_output
     assert_line "changes_detected=true"
 }
 
-@test "It creates new local branch and pushes the new branch to remote" {
+@test "It does not create new local branch and pushes the commit to a new branch on remote" {
     INPUT_BRANCH="not-existend-branch"
-    INPUT_CREATE_BRANCH=true
 
     run git branch
     refute_line --partial "not-existend-branch"
@@ -635,9 +596,12 @@ cat_github_output() {
     assert_line "::debug::Apply push options "
     assert_line "::debug::Push commit to remote branch not-existend-branch"
 
+    # Assert that local repo is still on default branch and not on new branch.
     run git branch
-    assert_line --partial "not-existend-branch"
+    assert_line --partial ${FAKE_DEFAULT_BRANCH}
+    refute_line --partial "not-existend-branch"
 
+    # Assert branch has been created on remote
     run git branch -r
     assert_line --partial "origin/not-existend-branch"
 
@@ -646,13 +610,11 @@ cat_github_output() {
     assert_line -e "commit_hash=[0-9a-f]{40}$"
 }
 
-@test "it does not create new local branch if local branch already exists" {
-
+@test "It does not create new local branch if local branch already exists" {
     git checkout -b not-existend-remote-branch
     git checkout ${FAKE_DEFAULT_BRANCH}
 
     INPUT_BRANCH="not-existend-remote-branch"
-    INPUT_CREATE_BRANCH=true
 
     run git branch
     assert_line --partial "not-existend-remote-branch"
@@ -677,6 +639,11 @@ cat_github_output() {
     assert_line "::debug::Apply push options "
     assert_line "::debug::Push commit to remote branch not-existend-remote-branch"
 
+    # Assert checked out branch is still the same.
+    run git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD
+    assert_line --partial ${FAKE_DEFAULT_BRANCH}
+    refute_line --partial "not-existend-remote-branch"
+
     run git branch
     assert_line --partial "not-existend-remote-branch"
 
@@ -688,8 +655,7 @@ cat_github_output() {
     assert_line -e "commit_hash=[0-9a-f]{40}$"
 }
 
-@test "it creates new local branch and pushes branch to remote even if the remote branch already exists" {
-
+@test "It creates new local branch and pushes branch to remote even if the remote branch already exists" {
     # Create `existing-remote-branch` on remote with changes the local repository does not yet have
     cd $FAKE_TEMP_LOCAL_REPOSITORY
     git checkout -b "existing-remote-branch"
@@ -706,7 +672,6 @@ cat_github_output() {
     cd $FAKE_LOCAL_REPOSITORY
 
     INPUT_BRANCH="existing-remote-branch"
-    INPUT_CREATE_BRANCH=true
 
     run git branch
     refute_line --partial "existing-remote-branch"
@@ -734,13 +699,14 @@ cat_github_output() {
     assert_line "::debug::Push commit to remote branch existing-remote-branch"
 
     run git branch
-    assert_line --partial "existing-remote-branch"
+    assert_line --partial ${FAKE_DEFAULT_BRANCH}
+    refute_line --partial "existing-remote-branch"
 
     run git branch -r
     assert_line --partial "origin/existing-remote-branch"
 
     # Assert that branch "existing-remote-branch" was updated on remote
-    current_sha="$(git rev-parse --verify --short existing-remote-branch)"
+    current_sha="$(git rev-parse --verify --short ${FAKE_DEFAULT_BRANCH})"
     remote_sha="$(git rev-parse --verify --short origin/existing-remote-branch)"
 
     assert_equal $current_sha $remote_sha
@@ -750,7 +716,7 @@ cat_github_output() {
     assert_line -e "commit_hash=[0-9a-f]{40}$"
 }
 
-@test "script fails if new local branch is checked out and push fails as remote has newer commits than local" {
+@test "It fails if local branch is behind remote and when remote has newer commits" {
     # Create `existing-remote-branch` on remote with changes the local repository does not yet have
     cd $FAKE_TEMP_LOCAL_REPOSITORY
     git checkout -b "existing-remote-branch"
@@ -767,7 +733,6 @@ cat_github_output() {
     cd $FAKE_LOCAL_REPOSITORY
 
     INPUT_BRANCH="existing-remote-branch"
-    INPUT_CREATE_BRANCH=true
 
     run git branch
     refute_line --partial "existing-remote-branch"
@@ -782,23 +747,24 @@ cat_github_output() {
 
     assert_failure
 
-    assert_line "hint: Updates were rejected because the tip of your current branch is behind"
+    assert_line "hint: Updates were rejected because a pushed branch tip is behind its remote"
 
     # Assert that branch exists locally and on remote
     run git branch
-    assert_line --partial "existing-remote-branch"
+    assert_line --partial ${FAKE_DEFAULT_BRANCH}
+    refute_line --partial "existing-remote-branch"
 
     run git branch -r
     assert_line --partial "origin/existing-remote-branch"
 
     # Assert that branch "existing-remote-branch" was not updated on remote
-    current_sha="$(git rev-parse --verify --short existing-remote-branch)"
+    current_sha="$(git rev-parse --verify --short ${FAKE_DEFAULT_BRANCH})"
     remote_sha="$(git rev-parse --verify --short origin/existing-remote-branch)"
 
     refute [assert_equal $current_sha $remote_sha]
 }
 
-@test "It pushes commit to remote if branch already exists and local repo is behind its remote counterpart" {
+@test "It fails to push commit to remote if branch already exists and local repo is behind its remote counterpart" {
     # Create `new-branch` on remote with changes the local repository does not yet have
     cd $FAKE_TEMP_LOCAL_REPOSITORY
 
@@ -818,7 +784,7 @@ cat_github_output() {
 
     INPUT_BRANCH="new-branch"
 
-    # Assert that local remote does not know have "new-branch" locally nor does
+    # Assert that local remote does not have a "new-branch"-branch nor does
     # know about the remote branch.
     run git branch
     refute_line --partial "new-branch"
@@ -830,16 +796,13 @@ cat_github_output() {
 
     run git_auto_commit
 
-    assert_success
+    assert_failure
 
     assert_line "INPUT_BRANCH value: new-branch"
     assert_line --partial "::debug::Push commit to remote branch new-branch"
 
-    # Assert that branch "new-branch" was updated on remote
-    current_sha="$(git rev-parse --verify --short new-branch)"
-    remote_sha="$(git rev-parse --verify --short origin/new-branch)"
-
-    assert_equal $current_sha $remote_sha
+    assert_line --partial "Updates were rejected because the remote contains work that you do"
+    assert_line --partial "This is usually caused by another repository pushing"
 }
 
 @test "throws fatal error if file pattern includes files that do not exist" {
@@ -1004,7 +967,7 @@ cat_github_output() {
 
     assert_line --partial "Working tree clean. Nothing to commit."
     assert_line --partial "new-file-2.txt"
-    assert_line --partial "new-file-3.txt"
+    # assert_line --partial "new-file-3.txt"
 
     # Changes are not detected
     run cat_github_output
@@ -1038,7 +1001,7 @@ cat_github_output() {
     assert_line --partial "warning: in the working copy of 'new-file-2.txt', LF will be replaced by CRLF the next time Git touches it"
 
     assert_line --partial "new-file-2.txt"
-    assert_line --partial "new-file-3.txt"
+    # assert_line --partial "new-file-3.txt"
 
     # Changes are detected
     run cat_github_output
@@ -1114,14 +1077,3 @@ END
     run git log -n 1
     assert_output --partial $COMMIT_MESSAGE
 }
-
-@test "It exits with error message if entrypoint.sh is being run not in a git repository" {
-    INPUT_REPOSITORY="${FAKE_FOLDER_WITHOUT_GIT_REPO}"
-
-    mkdir "${INPUT_REPOSITORY}"
-
-    run git_auto_commit
-
-    assert_failure;
-    assert_line "::error::git-status failed with:<fatal: not a git repository (or any of the parent directories): .git>"
-}

yarn.lock

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ bats-support@ztombol/bats-support:
   version "0.3.0"
   resolved "https://codeload.github.com/ztombol/bats-support/tar.gz/004e707638eedd62e0481e8cdc9223ad471f12ee"
 
-bats@^1.11.0:
-  version "1.11.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/bats/-/bats-1.11.0.tgz#40281f021f5befcc10da54ed5674aa5b181f4953"
-  integrity sha512-qiKdnS4ID3bJ1MaEOKuZe12R4w+t+psJF0ICj+UdkiHBBoObPMHv8xmD3w6F4a5qwUyZUHS+413lxENBNy8xcQ==
+bats@^1.10.0:
+  version "1.10.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/bats/-/bats-1.10.0.tgz#d22cb6e2d88fd39302167da237d710406d1587ce"
+  integrity sha512-yOQrC7npuCrN+Ic3TyjTjJlzHa0qlK3oEO6VAYPWwFeutx/GmpljIyB6uNSl/UTASyc2w4FgVuA/QMMf9OdsCw==