Update CHANGELOG for v2.10.2

Fix #90 getLocalRef() returns wrong ref

.github/workflows/pull-request-verification.yml

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ on:
     paths-ignore: [ '*.md' ]
     branches:
       - master
-      - develop
+      - '**'
 
 jobs:
   build:

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,5 +1,18 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## v2.10.2
+- [Fix getLocalRef() returns wrong ref](https://github.com/dorny/paths-filter/pull/91)
+
+## v2.10.1
+- [Improve robustness of change detection](https://github.com/dorny/paths-filter/pull/85)
+
+## v2.10.0
+- [Add ref input parameter](https://github.com/dorny/paths-filter/pull/82)
+- [Fix change detection in PR when pullRequest.changed_files is incorrect](https://github.com/dorny/paths-filter/pull/83)
+
+## v2.9.3
+- [Fix change detection when base is a tag](https://github.com/dorny/paths-filter/pull/78)
+
 ## v2.9.2
 - [Fix fetching git history](https://github.com/dorny/paths-filter/pull/75)
 

README.md

@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 # Paths Changes Filter
 
-This [Github Action](https://github.com/features/actions) enables conditional execution of workflow steps and jobs,
-based on the files modified by pull request, feature branch or in pushed commits.
+[Github Action](https://github.com/features/actions) that enables conditional execution of workflow steps and jobs, based on the files modified by pull request, on a feature
+branch, or by the recently pushed commits.
 
-It saves time and resources especially in monorepo setups, where you can run slow tasks (e.g. integration tests or deployments) only for changed components.
+Run slow tasks like integration tests or deployments only for changed components. It saves time and resources, especially in monorepo setups.
 Github workflows built-in [path filters](https://docs.github.com/en/actions/reference/workflow-syntax-for-github-actions#onpushpull_requestpaths)
 don't allow this because they don't work on a level of individual jobs or steps.
 
@@ -17,27 +17,27 @@ don't allow this because they don't work on a level of individual jobs or steps.
   - Workflow triggered by **[pull_request](https://docs.github.com/en/actions/reference/events-that-trigger-workflows#pull_request)**
     or **[pull_request_target](https://docs.github.com/en/actions/reference/events-that-trigger-workflows#pull_request_target)** event
   - Changes are detected against the pull request base branch
-  - Uses Github REST API to fetch list of modified files
+  - Uses Github REST API to fetch a list of modified files
 - **Feature branches:**
   - Workflow triggered by **[push](https://docs.github.com/en/actions/reference/events-that-trigger-workflows#push)**
   or any other **[event](https://docs.github.com/en/free-pro-team@latest/actions/reference/events-that-trigger-workflows)**
   - The `base` input parameter must not be the same as the branch that triggered the workflow
-  - Changes are detected against the merge-base with configured base branch or default branch
+  - Changes are detected against the merge-base with the configured base branch or the default branch
   - Uses git commands to detect changes - repository must be already [checked out](https://github.com/actions/checkout)
-- **Master, Release or other long-lived branches:**
+- **Master, Release, or other long-lived branches:**
   - Workflow triggered by **[push](https://docs.github.com/en/actions/reference/events-that-trigger-workflows#push)** event
-  when `base` input parameter is same as the branch that triggered the workflow:
+  when `base` input parameter is the same as the branch that triggered the workflow:
     - Changes are detected against the most recent commit on the same branch before the push
   - Workflow triggered by any other **[event](https://docs.github.com/en/free-pro-team@latest/actions/reference/events-that-trigger-workflows)**
   when `base` input parameter is commit SHA:
     - Changes are detected against the provided `base` commit
   - Workflow triggered by any other **[event](https://docs.github.com/en/free-pro-team@latest/actions/reference/events-that-trigger-workflows)**
-  when `base` input parameter is same as the branch that triggered the workflow:
-    - Changes are detected from last commit
+  when `base` input parameter is the same as the branch that triggered the workflow:
+    - Changes are detected from the last commit
   - Uses git commands to detect changes - repository must be already [checked out](https://github.com/actions/checkout)
 - **Local changes**
   - Workflow triggered by any event when `base` input parameter is set to `HEAD`
-  - Changes are detected against current HEAD
+  - Changes are detected against the current HEAD
   - Untracked files are ignored
 
 ## Example
@@ -57,24 +57,22 @@ For more scenarios see [examples](#examples) section.
 
 ## Notes:
 - Paths expressions are evaluated using [picomatch](https://github.com/micromatch/picomatch) library.
-  Documentation for path expression format can be found on project github page.
+  Documentation for path expression format can be found on the project GitHub page.
 - Picomatch [dot](https://github.com/micromatch/picomatch#options) option is set to true.
-  Globbing will match also paths where file or folder name starts with a dot.
-- It's recommended to quote your path expressions with `'` or `"`. Otherwise you will get an error if it starts with `*`.
+  Globbing will also match paths where file or folder name starts with a dot.
+- It's recommended to quote your path expressions with `'` or `"`. Otherwise, you will get an error if it starts with `*`.
 - Local execution with [act](https://github.com/nektos/act) works only with alternative runner image. Default runner doesn't have `git` binary.
   - Use: `act -P ubuntu-latest=nektos/act-environments-ubuntu:18.04`
 
 
 # What's New
+- Add `ref` input parameter
 - Add `list-files: csv` format
 - Configure matrix job to run for each folder with changes using `changes` output
 - Improved listing of matching files with `list-files: shell` and `list-files: escape` options
-- Support local changes
-- Fixed retrieval of all changes via Github API when there are 100+ changes
 - Paths expressions are now evaluated using [picomatch](https://github.com/micromatch/picomatch) library
-- Support workflows triggered by any event
 
-For more information see [CHANGELOG](https://github.com/dorny/paths-filter/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md)
+For more information, see [CHANGELOG](https://github.com/dorny/paths-filter/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md)
 
 # Usage
 
@@ -82,39 +80,44 @@ For more information see [CHANGELOG](https://github.com/dorny/paths-filter/blob/
 - uses: dorny/paths-filter@v2
   with:
     # Defines filters applied to detected changed files.
-    # Each filter has a name and list of rules.
+    # Each filter has a name and a list of rules.
     # Rule is a glob expression - paths of all changed
     # files are matched against it.
     # Rule can optionally specify if the file
-    # should be added, modified or deleted.
-    # For each filter there will be corresponding output variable to
+    # should be added, modified, or deleted.
+    # For each filter, there will be a corresponding output variable to
     # indicate if there's a changed file matching any of the rules.
-    # Optionally there can be a second output variable
+    # Optionally, there can be a second output variable
     # set to list of all files matching the filter.
-    # Filters can be provided inline as a string (containing valid YAML document)
-    # or as a relative path to separate file (e.g.: .github/filters.yaml).
-    # Multiline string is evaluated as embedded filter definition,
-    # single line string is evaluated as relative path to separate file.
+    # Filters can be provided inline as a string (containing valid YAML document),
+    # or as a relative path to a file (e.g.: .github/filters.yaml).
     # Filters syntax is documented by example - see examples section.
     filters: ''
 
-    # Branch, tag or commit SHA against which the changes will be detected.
-    # If it references same branch it was pushed to,
+    # Branch, tag, or commit SHA against which the changes will be detected.
+    # If it references the same branch it was pushed to,
     # changes are detected against the most recent commit before the push.
-    # Otherwise it uses git merge-base to find best common ancestor between
+    # Otherwise, it uses git merge-base to find the best common ancestor between
     # current branch (HEAD) and base.
     # When merge-base is found, it's used for change detection - only changes
-    # introduced by current branch are considered.
+    # introduced by the current branch are considered.
     # All files are considered as added if there is no common ancestor with
     # base branch or no previous commit.
     # This option is ignored if action is triggered by pull_request event.
     # Default: repository default branch (e.g. master)
     base: ''
 
-    # How many commits are initially fetched from base branch.
+    # Git reference (e.g. branch name) from which the changes will be detected.
+    # Useful when workflow can be triggered only on the default branch (e.g. repository_dispatch event)
+    # but you want to get changes on a different branch.
+    # This option is ignored if action is triggered by pull_request event.
+    # default: ${{ github.ref }}
+    ref:
+
+    # How many commits are initially fetched from the base branch.
     # If needed, each subsequent fetch doubles the
     # previously requested number of commits until the merge-base
-    # is found or there are no more commits in the history.
+    # is found, or there are no more commits in the history.
     # This option takes effect only when changes are detected
     # using git against base branch (feature branch workflow).
     # Default: 100
@@ -123,11 +126,11 @@ For more information see [CHANGELOG](https://github.com/dorny/paths-filter/blob/
     # Enables listing of files matching the filter:
     #   'none'  - Disables listing of matching files (default).
     #   'csv'   - Coma separated list of filenames.
-    #             If needed it uses double quotes to wrap filename with unsafe characters.
-    #   'json'  - Matching files paths are formatted as JSON array.
-    #   'shell' - Space delimited list usable as command line argument list in Linux shell.
-    #             If needed it uses single or double quotes to wrap filename with unsafe characters.
-    #   'escape'- Space delimited list usable as command line argument list in Linux shell.
+    #             If needed, it uses double quotes to wrap filename with unsafe characters.
+    #   'json'  - File paths are formatted as JSON array.
+    #   'shell' - Space delimited list usable as command-line argument list in Linux shell.
+    #             If needed, it uses single or double quotes to wrap filename with unsafe characters.
+    #   'escape'- Space delimited list usable as command-line argument list in Linux shell.
     #             Backslash escapes every potentially unsafe character.
     # Default: none
     list-files: ''
@@ -135,23 +138,23 @@ For more information see [CHANGELOG](https://github.com/dorny/paths-filter/blob/
     # Relative path under $GITHUB_WORKSPACE where the repository was checked out.
     working-directory: ''
 
-    # Personal access token used to fetch list of changed files
+    # Personal access token used to fetch a list of changed files
     # from Github REST API.
-    # It's used only if action is triggered by pull request event.
+    # It's only used if action is triggered by a pull request event.
     # Github token from workflow context is used as default value.
-    # If empty string is provided, action falls back to detect
+    # If an empty string is provided, the action falls back to detect
     # changes using git commands.
     # Default: ${{ github.token }}
     token: ''
 ```
 
 ## Outputs
-- For each filter it sets output variable named by the filter to the text:
+- For each filter, it sets output variable named by the filter to the text:
    - `'true'` - if **any** of changed files matches any of filter rules
    - `'false'` - if **none** of changed files matches any of filter rules
-- For each filter it sets output variable with name `${FILTER_NAME}_count` to the count of matching files.
-- If enabled, for each filter it sets output variable with name `${FILTER_NAME}_files`. It will contain list of all files matching the filter.
-- `changes` - JSON array with names of all filters matching any of changed files.
+- For each filter, it sets an output variable with the name `${FILTER_NAME}_count` to the count of matching files.
+- If enabled, for each filter it sets an output variable with the name `${FILTER_NAME}_files`. It will contain a list of all files matching the filter.
+- `changes` - JSON array with names of all filters matching any of the changed files.
 
 # Examples
 
@@ -278,7 +281,7 @@ jobs:
 ```yaml
 on:
   pull_request:
-    branches: # PRs to following branches will trigger the workflow
+    branches: # PRs to the following branches will trigger the workflow
       - master
       - develop
 jobs:
@@ -324,7 +327,7 @@ jobs:
 ```yaml
 on:
   push:
-    branches: # Push to following branches will trigger the workflow
+    branches: # Push to the following branches will trigger the workflow
       - master
       - develop
       - release/**
@@ -336,8 +339,8 @@ jobs:
     - uses: dorny/paths-filter@v2
       id: filter
       with:
-        # Use context to get branch where commits were pushed.
-        # If there is only one long lived branch (e.g. master),
+        # Use context to get the branch where commits were pushed.
+        # If there is only one long-lived branch (e.g. master),
         # you can specify it directly.
         # If it's not configured, the repository default branch is used.
         base: ${{ github.ref }}
@@ -361,11 +364,11 @@ jobs:
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v2
 
-      # Some action which modifies files tracked by git (e.g. code linter)
+      # Some action that modifies files tracked by git (e.g. code linter)
     - uses: johndoe/some-action@v1
 
       # Filter to detect which files were modified
-      # Changes could be for example automatically committed
+      # Changes could be, for example, automatically committed
     - uses: dorny/paths-filter@v2
       id: filter
       with:
@@ -416,10 +419,10 @@ jobs:
       id: filter
       with:
         # Changed file can be 'added', 'modified', or 'deleted'.
-        # By default the type of change is not considered.
-        # Optionally it's possible to specify it using nested
-        # dictionary, where type(s) of change composes the key.
-        # Multiple change types can be specified using `|` as delimiter.
+        # By default, the type of change is not considered.
+        # Optionally, it's possible to specify it using nested
+        # dictionary, where the type of change composes the key.
+        # Multiple change types can be specified using `|` as the delimiter.
         filters: |
           shared: &shared
             - common/**
@@ -446,7 +449,7 @@ jobs:
     # Enable listing of files matching each filter.
     # Paths to files will be available in `${FILTER_NAME}_files` output variable.
     # Paths will be escaped and space-delimited.
-    # Output is usable as command line argument list in Linux shell
+    # Output is usable as command-line argument list in Linux shell
     list-files: shell
 
     # In this example changed files will be checked by linter.
@@ -473,7 +476,7 @@ jobs:
     # Paths will be formatted as JSON array
     list-files: json
 
-    # In this example all changed files are passed to following action to do
+    # In this example all changed files are passed to the following action to do
     # some custom processing.
     filters: |
       changed:

action.yml

@@ -9,6 +9,11 @@ inputs:
   working-directory:
     description: 'Relative path under $GITHUB_WORKSPACE where the repository was checked out.'
     required: false
+  ref:
+    description: |
+      Git reference (e.g. branch name) from which the changes will be detected.
+      This option is ignored if action is triggered by pull_request event.
+    required: false
   base:
     description: |
       Git reference (e.g. branch name) against which the changes will be detected. Defaults to repository default branch (e.g. master).

dist/index.js

@@ -3830,19 +3830,15 @@ async function getChangesInLastCommit() {
     return parseGitDiffOutput(output);
 }
 exports.getChangesInLastCommit = getChangesInLastCommit;
-async function getChanges(baseRef) {
-    if (!(await hasCommit(baseRef))) {
-        // Fetch single commit
-        core.startGroup(`Fetching ${baseRef} from origin`);
-        await exec_1.default('git', ['fetch', '--depth=1', '--no-tags', 'origin', baseRef]);
-        core.endGroup();
-    }
+async function getChanges(base, head) {
+    const baseRef = await ensureRefAvailable(base);
+    const headRef = await ensureRefAvailable(head);
     // Get differences between ref and HEAD
-    core.startGroup(`Change detection ${baseRef}..HEAD`);
+    core.startGroup(`Change detection ${base}..${head}`);
     let output = '';
     try {
         // Two dots '..' change detection - directly compares two versions
-        output = (await exec_1.default('git', ['diff', '--no-renames', '--name-status', '-z', `${baseRef}..HEAD`])).stdout;
+        output = (await exec_1.default('git', ['diff', '--no-renames', '--name-status', '-z', `${baseRef}..${headRef}`])).stdout;
     }
     finally {
         fixStdOutNullTermination();
@@ -3865,21 +3861,44 @@ async function getChangesOnHead() {
     return parseGitDiffOutput(output);
 }
 exports.getChangesOnHead = getChangesOnHead;
-async function getChangesSinceMergeBase(base, ref, initialFetchDepth) {
-    const baseRef = `remotes/origin/${base}`;
+async function getChangesSinceMergeBase(base, head, initialFetchDepth) {
+    let baseRef;
+    let headRef;
     async function hasMergeBase() {
-        return (await exec_1.default('git', ['merge-base', baseRef, ref], { ignoreReturnCode: true })).code === 0;
+        if (baseRef === undefined || headRef === undefined) {
+            return false;
+        }
+        return (await exec_1.default('git', ['merge-base', baseRef, headRef], { ignoreReturnCode: true })).code === 0;
     }
     let noMergeBase = false;
-    core.startGroup(`Searching for merge-base ${baseRef}...${ref}`);
+    core.startGroup(`Searching for merge-base ${base}...${head}`);
     try {
+        baseRef = await getLocalRef(base);
+        headRef = await getLocalRef(head);
         if (!(await hasMergeBase())) {
-            await exec_1.default('git', ['fetch', `--depth=${initialFetchDepth}`, 'origin', base, ref]);
+            await exec_1.default('git', ['fetch', '--no-tags', `--depth=${initialFetchDepth}`, 'origin', base, head]);
+            if (baseRef === undefined || headRef === undefined) {
+                baseRef = baseRef !== null && baseRef !== void 0 ? baseRef : (await getLocalRef(base));
+                headRef = headRef !== null && headRef !== void 0 ? headRef : (await getLocalRef(head));
+                if (baseRef === undefined || headRef === undefined) {
+                    await exec_1.default('git', ['fetch', '--tags', '--depth=1', 'origin', base, head], {
+                        ignoreReturnCode: true // returns exit code 1 if tags on remote were updated - we can safely ignore it
+                    });
+                    baseRef = baseRef !== null && baseRef !== void 0 ? baseRef : (await getLocalRef(base));
+                    headRef = headRef !== null && headRef !== void 0 ? headRef : (await getLocalRef(head));
+                    if (baseRef === undefined) {
+                        throw new Error(`Could not determine what is ${base} - fetch works but it's not a branch, tag or commit SHA`);
+                    }
+                    if (headRef === undefined) {
+                        throw new Error(`Could not determine what is ${head} - fetch works but it's not a branch, tag or commit SHA`);
+                    }
+                }
+            }
             let depth = initialFetchDepth;
             let lastCommitCount = await getCommitCount();
             while (!(await hasMergeBase())) {
                 depth = Math.min(depth * 2, Number.MAX_SAFE_INTEGER);
-                await exec_1.default('git', ['fetch', `--deepen=${depth}`, 'origin', base, ref]);
+                await exec_1.default('git', ['fetch', `--deepen=${depth}`, 'origin', base, head]);
                 const commitCount = await getCommitCount();
                 if (commitCount === lastCommitCount) {
                     core.info('No more commits were fetched');
@@ -3897,16 +3916,17 @@ async function getChangesSinceMergeBase(base, ref, initialFetchDepth) {
     finally {
         core.endGroup();
     }
+    // Three dots '...' change detection - finds merge-base and compares against it
+    let diffArg = `${baseRef}...${headRef}`;
     if (noMergeBase) {
-        core.warning('No merge base found - all files will be listed as added');
-        return await listAllFilesAsAdded();
+        core.warning('No merge base found - change detection will use direct <commit>..<commit> comparison');
+        diffArg = `${baseRef}..${headRef}`;
     }
-    // Get changes introduced on HEAD compared to ref
-    core.startGroup(`Change detection ${baseRef}...${ref}`);
+    // Get changes introduced on ref compared to base
+    core.startGroup(`Change detection ${diffArg}`);
     let output = '';
     try {
-        // Three dots '...' change detection - finds merge-base and compares against it
-        output = (await exec_1.default('git', ['diff', '--no-renames', '--name-status', '-z', `${baseRef}...${ref}`])).stdout;
+        output = (await exec_1.default('git', ['diff', '--no-renames', '--name-status', '-z', diffArg])).stdout;
     }
     finally {
         fixStdOutNullTermination();
@@ -3947,7 +3967,7 @@ async function listAllFilesAsAdded() {
 }
 exports.listAllFilesAsAdded = listAllFilesAsAdded;
 async function getCurrentRef() {
-    core.startGroup(`Determining current ref`);
+    core.startGroup(`Get current git ref`);
     try {
         const branch = (await exec_1.default('git', ['branch', '--show-current'])).stdout.trim();
         if (branch) {
@@ -3981,19 +4001,53 @@ function isGitSha(ref) {
 }
 exports.isGitSha = isGitSha;
 async function hasCommit(ref) {
-    core.startGroup(`Checking if commit for ${ref} is locally available`);
-    try {
-        return (await exec_1.default('git', ['cat-file', '-e', `${ref}^{commit}`], { ignoreReturnCode: true })).code === 0;
-    }
-    finally {
-        core.endGroup();
-    }
+    return (await exec_1.default('git', ['cat-file', '-e', `${ref}^{commit}`], { ignoreReturnCode: true })).code === 0;
 }
 async function getCommitCount() {
     const output = (await exec_1.default('git', ['rev-list', '--count', '--all'])).stdout;
     const count = parseInt(output);
     return isNaN(count) ? 0 : count;
 }
+async function getLocalRef(shortName) {
+    if (isGitSha(shortName)) {
+        return (await hasCommit(shortName)) ? shortName : undefined;
+    }
+    const output = (await exec_1.default('git', ['show-ref', shortName], { ignoreReturnCode: true })).stdout;
+    const refs = output
+        .split(/\r?\n/g)
+        .map(l => l.match(/refs\/(?:(?:heads)|(?:tags)|(?:remotes\/origin))\/(.*)$/))
+        .filter(match => match !== null && match[1] === shortName)
+        .map(match => { var _a; return (_a = match === null || match === void 0 ? void 0 : match[0]) !== null && _a !== void 0 ? _a : ''; }); // match can't be null here but compiler doesn't understand that
+    if (refs.length === 0) {
+        return undefined;
+    }
+    const remoteRef = refs.find(ref => ref.startsWith('refs/remotes/origin/'));
+    if (remoteRef) {
+        return remoteRef;
+    }
+    return refs[0];
+}
+async function ensureRefAvailable(name) {
+    core.startGroup(`Ensuring ${name} is fetched from origin`);
+    try {
+        let ref = await getLocalRef(name);
+        if (ref === undefined) {
+            await exec_1.default('git', ['fetch', '--depth=1', '--no-tags', 'origin', name]);
+            ref = await getLocalRef(name);
+            if (ref === undefined) {
+                await exec_1.default('git', ['fetch', '--depth=1', '--tags', 'origin', name]);
+                ref = await getLocalRef(name);
+                if (ref === undefined) {
+                    throw new Error(`Could not determine what is ${name} - fetch works but it's not a branch, tag or commit SHA`);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        return ref;
+    }
+    finally {
+        core.endGroup();
+    }
+}
 function fixStdOutNullTermination() {
     // Previous command uses NULL as delimiters and output is printed to stdout.
     // We have to make sure next thing written to stdout will start on new line.
@@ -4658,6 +4712,7 @@ async function run() {
             process.chdir(workingDirectory);
         }
         const token = core.getInput('token', { required: false });
+        const ref = core.getInput('ref', { required: false });
         const base = core.getInput('base', { required: false });
         const filtersInput = core.getInput('filters', { required: true });
         const filtersYaml = isPathInput(filtersInput) ? getConfigFileContent(filtersInput) : filtersInput;
@@ -4668,7 +4723,8 @@ async function run() {
             return;
         }
         const filter = new filter_1.Filter(filtersYaml);
-        const files = await getChangedFiles(token, base, initialFetchDepth);
+        const files = await getChangedFiles(token, base, ref, initialFetchDepth);
+        core.info(`Detected ${files.length} changed files`);
         const results = filter.match(files);
         exportResults(results, listFiles);
     }
@@ -4688,108 +4744,142 @@ function getConfigFileContent(configPath) {
     }
     return fs.readFileSync(configPath, { encoding: 'utf8' });
 }
-async function getChangedFiles(token, base, initialFetchDepth) {
+async function getChangedFiles(token, base, ref, initialFetchDepth) {
     // if base is 'HEAD' only local uncommitted changes will be detected
     // This is the simplest case as we don't need to fetch more commits or evaluate current/before refs
     if (base === git.HEAD) {
+        if (ref) {
+            core.warning(`'ref' input parameter is ignored when 'base' is set to HEAD`);
+        }
         return await git.getChangesOnHead();
     }
-    if (github.context.eventName === 'pull_request' || github.context.eventName === 'pull_request_target') {
+    const prEvents = ['pull_request', 'pull_request_review', 'pull_request_review_comment', 'pull_request_target'];
+    if (prEvents.includes(github.context.eventName)) {
+        if (ref) {
+            core.warning(`'ref' input parameter is ignored when 'base' is set to HEAD`);
+        }
+        if (base) {
+            core.warning(`'base' input parameter is ignored when action is triggered by pull request event`);
+        }
         const pr = github.context.payload.pull_request;
         if (token) {
             return await getChangedFilesFromApi(token, pr);
         }
+        if (github.context.eventName === 'pull_request_target') {
+            // pull_request_target is executed in context of base branch and GITHUB_SHA points to last commit in base branch
+            // Therefor it's not possible to look at changes in last commit
+            // At the same time we don't want to fetch any code from forked repository
+            throw new Error(`'token' input parameter is required if action is triggered by 'pull_request_target' event`);
+        }
         core.info('Github token is not available - changes will be detected from PRs merge commit');
         return await git.getChangesInLastCommit();
     }
     else {
-        return getChangedFilesFromGit(base, initialFetchDepth);
+        return getChangedFilesFromGit(base, ref, initialFetchDepth);
     }
 }
-async function getChangedFilesFromGit(base, initialFetchDepth) {
+async function getChangedFilesFromGit(base, head, initialFetchDepth) {
     var _a;
-    const defaultRef = (_a = github.context.payload.repository) === null || _a === void 0 ? void 0 : _a.default_branch;
+    const defaultBranch = (_a = github.context.payload.repository) === null || _a === void 0 ? void 0 : _a.default_branch;
     const beforeSha = github.context.eventName === 'push' ? github.context.payload.before : null;
-    const ref = git.getShortName(github.context.ref) ||
-        (core.warning(`'ref' field is missing in event payload - using current branch, tag or commit SHA`),
-            await git.getCurrentRef());
-    const baseRef = git.getShortName(base) || defaultRef;
-    if (!baseRef) {
+    const currentRef = await git.getCurrentRef();
+    head = git.getShortName(head || github.context.ref || currentRef);
+    base = git.getShortName(base || defaultBranch);
+    if (!head) {
+        throw new Error("This action requires 'head' input to be configured, 'ref' to be set in the event payload or branch/tag checked out in current git repository");
+    }
+    if (!base) {
         throw new Error("This action requires 'base' input to be configured or 'repository.default_branch' to be set in the event payload");
     }
-    const isBaseRefSha = git.isGitSha(baseRef);
-    const isBaseRefSameAsRef = baseRef === ref;
+    const isBaseSha = git.isGitSha(base);
+    const isBaseSameAsHead = base === head;
     // If base is commit SHA we will do comparison against the referenced commit
     // Or if base references same branch it was pushed to, we will do comparison against the previously pushed commit
-    if (isBaseRefSha || isBaseRefSameAsRef) {
-        if (!isBaseRefSha && !beforeSha) {
+    if (isBaseSha || isBaseSameAsHead) {
+        const baseSha = isBaseSha ? base : beforeSha;
+        if (!baseSha) {
             core.warning(`'before' field is missing in event payload - changes will be detected from last commit`);
+            if (head !== currentRef) {
+                core.warning(`Ref ${head} is not checked out - results might be incorrect!`);
+            }
             return await git.getChangesInLastCommit();
         }
-        const baseSha = isBaseRefSha ? baseRef : beforeSha;
         // If there is no previously pushed commit,
         // we will do comparison against the default branch or return all as added
         if (baseSha === git.NULL_SHA) {
-            if (defaultRef && baseRef !== defaultRef) {
-                core.info(`First push of a branch detected - changes will be detected against the default branch ${defaultRef}`);
-                return await git.getChangesSinceMergeBase(defaultRef, ref, initialFetchDepth);
+            if (defaultBranch && base !== defaultBranch) {
+                core.info(`First push of a branch detected - changes will be detected against the default branch ${defaultBranch}`);
+                return await git.getChangesSinceMergeBase(defaultBranch, head, initialFetchDepth);
             }
             else {
                 core.info('Initial push detected - all files will be listed as added');
+                if (head !== currentRef) {
+                    core.warning(`Ref ${head} is not checked out - results might be incorrect!`);
+                }
                 return await git.listAllFilesAsAdded();
             }
         }
-        core.info(`Changes will be detected against commit (${baseSha})`);
-        return await git.getChanges(baseSha);
+        core.info(`Changes will be detected between ${baseSha} and ${head}`);
+        return await git.getChanges(baseSha, head);
     }
-    // Changes introduced by current branch against the base branch
-    core.info(`Changes will be detected against the branch ${baseRef}`);
-    return await git.getChangesSinceMergeBase(baseRef, ref, initialFetchDepth);
+    core.info(`Changes will be detected between ${base} and ${head}`);
+    return await git.getChangesSinceMergeBase(base, head, initialFetchDepth);
 }
 // Uses github REST api to get list of files changed in PR
-async function getChangedFilesFromApi(token, pullRequest) {
-    core.startGroup(`Fetching list of changed files for PR#${pullRequest.number} from Github API`);
-    core.info(`Number of changed_files is ${pullRequest.changed_files}`);
-    const client = new github.GitHub(token);
-    const pageSize = 100;
-    const files = [];
-    for (let page = 1; (page - 1) * pageSize < pullRequest.changed_files; page++) {
-        core.info(`Invoking listFiles(pull_number: ${pullRequest.number}, page: ${page}, per_page: ${pageSize})`);
-        const response = await client.pulls.listFiles({
-            owner: github.context.repo.owner,
-            repo: github.context.repo.repo,
-            pull_number: pullRequest.number,
-            page,
-            per_page: pageSize
-        });
-        for (const row of response.data) {
-            core.info(`[${row.status}] ${row.filename}`);
-            // There's no obvious use-case for detection of renames
-            // Therefore we treat it as if rename detection in git diff was turned off.
-            // Rename is replaced by delete of original filename and add of new filename
-            if (row.status === file_1.ChangeStatus.Renamed) {
-                files.push({
-                    filename: row.filename,
-                    status: file_1.ChangeStatus.Added
-                });
-                files.push({
-                    // 'previous_filename' for some unknown reason isn't in the type definition or documentation
-                    filename: row.previous_filename,
-                    status: file_1.ChangeStatus.Deleted
-                });
+async function getChangedFilesFromApi(token, prNumber) {
+    core.startGroup(`Fetching list of changed files for PR#${prNumber.number} from Github API`);
+    try {
+        const client = new github.GitHub(token);
+        const per_page = 100;
+        const files = [];
+        for (let page = 1;; page++) {
+            core.info(`Invoking listFiles(pull_number: ${prNumber.number}, page: ${page}, per_page: ${per_page})`);
+            const response = await client.pulls.listFiles({
+                owner: github.context.repo.owner,
+                repo: github.context.repo.repo,
+                pull_number: prNumber.number,
+                per_page,
+                page
+            });
+            if (response.status !== 200) {
+                throw new Error(`Fetching list of changed files from GitHub API failed with error code ${response.status}`);
             }
-            else {
-                // Github status and git status variants are same except for deleted files
-                const status = row.status === 'removed' ? file_1.ChangeStatus.Deleted : row.status;
-                files.push({
-                    filename: row.filename,
-                    status
-                });
+            core.info(`Received ${response.data.length} items`);
+            if (response.data.length === 0) {
+                core.info('All changed files has been fetched from GitHub API');
+                break;
+            }
+            for (const row of response.data) {
+                core.info(`[${row.status}] ${row.filename}`);
+                // There's no obvious use-case for detection of renames
+                // Therefore we treat it as if rename detection in git diff was turned off.
+                // Rename is replaced by delete of original filename and add of new filename
+                if (row.status === file_1.ChangeStatus.Renamed) {
+                    files.push({
+                        filename: row.filename,
+                        status: file_1.ChangeStatus.Added
+                    });
+                    files.push({
+                        // 'previous_filename' for some unknown reason isn't in the type definition or documentation
+                        filename: row.previous_filename,
+                        status: file_1.ChangeStatus.Deleted
+                    });
+                }
+                else {
+                    // Github status and git status variants are same except for deleted files
+                    const status = row.status === 'removed' ? file_1.ChangeStatus.Deleted : row.status;
+                    files.push({
+                        filename: row.filename,
+                        status
+                    });
+                }
             }
         }
+        return files;
+    }
+    finally {
+        core.endGroup();
     }
-    core.endGroup();
-    return files;
 }
 function exportResults(results, format) {
     core.info('Results:');

src/git.ts

@@ -18,20 +18,16 @@ export async function getChangesInLastCommit(): Promise<File[]> {
   return parseGitDiffOutput(output)
 }
 
-export async function getChanges(baseRef: string): Promise<File[]> {
-  if (!(await hasCommit(baseRef))) {
-    // Fetch single commit
-    core.startGroup(`Fetching ${baseRef} from origin`)
-    await exec('git', ['fetch', '--depth=1', '--no-tags', 'origin', baseRef])
-    core.endGroup()
-  }
+export async function getChanges(base: string, head: string): Promise<File[]> {
+  const baseRef = await ensureRefAvailable(base)
+  const headRef = await ensureRefAvailable(head)
 
   // Get differences between ref and HEAD
-  core.startGroup(`Change detection ${baseRef}..HEAD`)
+  core.startGroup(`Change detection ${base}..${head}`)
   let output = ''
   try {
     // Two dots '..' change detection - directly compares two versions
-    output = (await exec('git', ['diff', '--no-renames', '--name-status', '-z', `${baseRef}..HEAD`])).stdout
+    output = (await exec('git', ['diff', '--no-renames', '--name-status', '-z', `${baseRef}..${headRef}`])).stdout
   } finally {
     fixStdOutNullTermination()
     core.endGroup()
@@ -54,23 +50,50 @@ export async function getChangesOnHead(): Promise<File[]> {
   return parseGitDiffOutput(output)
 }
 
-export async function getChangesSinceMergeBase(base: string, ref: string, initialFetchDepth: number): Promise<File[]> {
-  const baseRef = `remotes/origin/${base}`
-
+export async function getChangesSinceMergeBase(base: string, head: string, initialFetchDepth: number): Promise<File[]> {
+  let baseRef: string | undefined
+  let headRef: string | undefined
   async function hasMergeBase(): Promise<boolean> {
-    return (await exec('git', ['merge-base', baseRef, ref], {ignoreReturnCode: true})).code === 0
+    if (baseRef === undefined || headRef === undefined) {
+      return false
+    }
+    return (await exec('git', ['merge-base', baseRef, headRef], {ignoreReturnCode: true})).code === 0
   }
 
   let noMergeBase = false
-  core.startGroup(`Searching for merge-base ${baseRef}...${ref}`)
+  core.startGroup(`Searching for merge-base ${base}...${head}`)
   try {
+    baseRef = await getLocalRef(base)
+    headRef = await getLocalRef(head)
     if (!(await hasMergeBase())) {
-      await exec('git', ['fetch', `--depth=${initialFetchDepth}`, 'origin', base, ref])
+      await exec('git', ['fetch', '--no-tags', `--depth=${initialFetchDepth}`, 'origin', base, head])
+      if (baseRef === undefined || headRef === undefined) {
+        baseRef = baseRef ?? (await getLocalRef(base))
+        headRef = headRef ?? (await getLocalRef(head))
+        if (baseRef === undefined || headRef === undefined) {
+          await exec('git', ['fetch', '--tags', '--depth=1', 'origin', base, head], {
+            ignoreReturnCode: true // returns exit code 1 if tags on remote were updated - we can safely ignore it
+          })
+          baseRef = baseRef ?? (await getLocalRef(base))
+          headRef = headRef ?? (await getLocalRef(head))
+          if (baseRef === undefined) {
+            throw new Error(
+              `Could not determine what is ${base} - fetch works but it's not a branch, tag or commit SHA`
+            )
+          }
+          if (headRef === undefined) {
+            throw new Error(
+              `Could not determine what is ${head} - fetch works but it's not a branch, tag or commit SHA`
+            )
+          }
+        }
+      }
+
       let depth = initialFetchDepth
       let lastCommitCount = await getCommitCount()
       while (!(await hasMergeBase())) {
         depth = Math.min(depth * 2, Number.MAX_SAFE_INTEGER)
-        await exec('git', ['fetch', `--deepen=${depth}`, 'origin', base, ref])
+        await exec('git', ['fetch', `--deepen=${depth}`, 'origin', base, head])
         const commitCount = await getCommitCount()
         if (commitCount === lastCommitCount) {
           core.info('No more commits were fetched')
@@ -88,17 +111,18 @@ export async function getChangesSinceMergeBase(base: string, ref: string, initia
     core.endGroup()
   }
 
+  // Three dots '...' change detection - finds merge-base and compares against it
+  let diffArg = `${baseRef}...${headRef}`
   if (noMergeBase) {
-    core.warning('No merge base found - all files will be listed as added')
-    return await listAllFilesAsAdded()
+    core.warning('No merge base found - change detection will use direct <commit>..<commit> comparison')
+    diffArg = `${baseRef}..${headRef}`
   }
 
-  // Get changes introduced on HEAD compared to ref
-  core.startGroup(`Change detection ${baseRef}...${ref}`)
+  // Get changes introduced on ref compared to base
+  core.startGroup(`Change detection ${diffArg}`)
   let output = ''
   try {
-    // Three dots '...' change detection - finds merge-base and compares against it
-    output = (await exec('git', ['diff', '--no-renames', '--name-status', '-z', `${baseRef}...${ref}`])).stdout
+    output = (await exec('git', ['diff', '--no-renames', '--name-status', '-z', diffArg])).stdout
   } finally {
     fixStdOutNullTermination()
     core.endGroup()
@@ -139,7 +163,7 @@ export async function listAllFilesAsAdded(): Promise<File[]> {
 }
 
 export async function getCurrentRef(): Promise<string> {
-  core.startGroup(`Determining current ref`)
+  core.startGroup(`Get current git ref`)
   try {
     const branch = (await exec('git', ['branch', '--show-current'])).stdout.trim()
     if (branch) {
@@ -174,12 +198,7 @@ export function isGitSha(ref: string): boolean {
 }
 
 async function hasCommit(ref: string): Promise<boolean> {
-  core.startGroup(`Checking if commit for ${ref} is locally available`)
-  try {
-    return (await exec('git', ['cat-file', '-e', `${ref}^{commit}`], {ignoreReturnCode: true})).code === 0
-  } finally {
-    core.endGroup()
-  }
+  return (await exec('git', ['cat-file', '-e', `${ref}^{commit}`], {ignoreReturnCode: true})).code === 0
 }
 
 async function getCommitCount(): Promise<number> {
@@ -188,6 +207,52 @@ async function getCommitCount(): Promise<number> {
   return isNaN(count) ? 0 : count
 }
 
+async function getLocalRef(shortName: string): Promise<string | undefined> {
+  if (isGitSha(shortName)) {
+    return (await hasCommit(shortName)) ? shortName : undefined
+  }
+
+  const output = (await exec('git', ['show-ref', shortName], {ignoreReturnCode: true})).stdout
+  const refs = output
+    .split(/\r?\n/g)
+    .map(l => l.match(/refs\/(?:(?:heads)|(?:tags)|(?:remotes\/origin))\/(.*)$/))
+    .filter(match => match !== null && match[1] === shortName)
+    .map(match => match?.[0] ?? '') // match can't be null here but compiler doesn't understand that
+
+  if (refs.length === 0) {
+    return undefined
+  }
+
+  const remoteRef = refs.find(ref => ref.startsWith('refs/remotes/origin/'))
+  if (remoteRef) {
+    return remoteRef
+  }
+
+  return refs[0]
+}
+
+async function ensureRefAvailable(name: string): Promise<string> {
+  core.startGroup(`Ensuring ${name} is fetched from origin`)
+  try {
+    let ref = await getLocalRef(name)
+    if (ref === undefined) {
+      await exec('git', ['fetch', '--depth=1', '--no-tags', 'origin', name])
+      ref = await getLocalRef(name)
+      if (ref === undefined) {
+        await exec('git', ['fetch', '--depth=1', '--tags', 'origin', name])
+        ref = await getLocalRef(name)
+        if (ref === undefined) {
+          throw new Error(`Could not determine what is ${name} - fetch works but it's not a branch, tag or commit SHA`)
+        }
+      }
+    }
+
+    return ref
+  } finally {
+    core.endGroup()
+  }
+}
+
 function fixStdOutNullTermination(): void {
   // Previous command uses NULL as delimiters and output is printed to stdout.
   // We have to make sure next thing written to stdout will start on new line.

src/main.ts

@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ async function run(): Promise<void> {
     }
 
     const token = core.getInput('token', {required: false})
+    const ref = core.getInput('ref', {required: false})
     const base = core.getInput('base', {required: false})
     const filtersInput = core.getInput('filters', {required: true})
     const filtersYaml = isPathInput(filtersInput) ? getConfigFileContent(filtersInput) : filtersInput
@@ -31,7 +32,8 @@ async function run(): Promise<void> {
     }
 
     const filter = new Filter(filtersYaml)
-    const files = await getChangedFiles(token, base, initialFetchDepth)
+    const files = await getChangedFiles(token, base, ref, initialFetchDepth)
+    core.info(`Detected ${files.length} changed files`)
     const results = filter.match(files)
     exportResults(results, listFiles)
   } catch (error) {
@@ -55,123 +57,165 @@ function getConfigFileContent(configPath: string): string {
   return fs.readFileSync(configPath, {encoding: 'utf8'})
 }
 
-async function getChangedFiles(token: string, base: string, initialFetchDepth: number): Promise<File[]> {
+async function getChangedFiles(token: string, base: string, ref: string, initialFetchDepth: number): Promise<File[]> {
   // if base is 'HEAD' only local uncommitted changes will be detected
   // This is the simplest case as we don't need to fetch more commits or evaluate current/before refs
   if (base === git.HEAD) {
+    if (ref) {
+      core.warning(`'ref' input parameter is ignored when 'base' is set to HEAD`)
+    }
     return await git.getChangesOnHead()
   }
 
-  if (github.context.eventName === 'pull_request' || github.context.eventName === 'pull_request_target') {
+  const prEvents = ['pull_request', 'pull_request_review', 'pull_request_review_comment', 'pull_request_target']
+  if (prEvents.includes(github.context.eventName)) {
+    if (ref) {
+      core.warning(`'ref' input parameter is ignored when 'base' is set to HEAD`)
+    }
+    if (base) {
+      core.warning(`'base' input parameter is ignored when action is triggered by pull request event`)
+    }
     const pr = github.context.payload.pull_request as Webhooks.WebhookPayloadPullRequestPullRequest
     if (token) {
       return await getChangedFilesFromApi(token, pr)
     }
+    if (github.context.eventName === 'pull_request_target') {
+      // pull_request_target is executed in context of base branch and GITHUB_SHA points to last commit in base branch
+      // Therefor it's not possible to look at changes in last commit
+      // At the same time we don't want to fetch any code from forked repository
+      throw new Error(`'token' input parameter is required if action is triggered by 'pull_request_target' event`)
+    }
     core.info('Github token is not available - changes will be detected from PRs merge commit')
     return await git.getChangesInLastCommit()
   } else {
-    return getChangedFilesFromGit(base, initialFetchDepth)
+    return getChangedFilesFromGit(base, ref, initialFetchDepth)
   }
 }
 
-async function getChangedFilesFromGit(base: string, initialFetchDepth: number): Promise<File[]> {
-  const defaultRef = github.context.payload.repository?.default_branch
+async function getChangedFilesFromGit(base: string, head: string, initialFetchDepth: number): Promise<File[]> {
+  const defaultBranch = github.context.payload.repository?.default_branch
 
   const beforeSha =
     github.context.eventName === 'push' ? (github.context.payload as Webhooks.WebhookPayloadPush).before : null
 
-  const ref =
-    git.getShortName(github.context.ref) ||
-    (core.warning(`'ref' field is missing in event payload - using current branch, tag or commit SHA`),
-    await git.getCurrentRef())
+  const currentRef = await git.getCurrentRef()
 
-  const baseRef = git.getShortName(base) || defaultRef
-  if (!baseRef) {
+  head = git.getShortName(head || github.context.ref || currentRef)
+  base = git.getShortName(base || defaultBranch)
+
+  if (!head) {
+    throw new Error(
+      "This action requires 'head' input to be configured, 'ref' to be set in the event payload or branch/tag checked out in current git repository"
+    )
+  }
+
+  if (!base) {
     throw new Error(
       "This action requires 'base' input to be configured or 'repository.default_branch' to be set in the event payload"
     )
   }
 
-  const isBaseRefSha = git.isGitSha(baseRef)
-  const isBaseRefSameAsRef = baseRef === ref
+  const isBaseSha = git.isGitSha(base)
+  const isBaseSameAsHead = base === head
 
   // If base is commit SHA we will do comparison against the referenced commit
   // Or if base references same branch it was pushed to, we will do comparison against the previously pushed commit
-  if (isBaseRefSha || isBaseRefSameAsRef) {
-    if (!isBaseRefSha && !beforeSha) {
+  if (isBaseSha || isBaseSameAsHead) {
+    const baseSha = isBaseSha ? base : beforeSha
+    if (!baseSha) {
       core.warning(`'before' field is missing in event payload - changes will be detected from last commit`)
+      if (head !== currentRef) {
+        core.warning(`Ref ${head} is not checked out - results might be incorrect!`)
+      }
       return await git.getChangesInLastCommit()
     }
 
-    const baseSha = isBaseRefSha ? baseRef : beforeSha
     // If there is no previously pushed commit,
     // we will do comparison against the default branch or return all as added
     if (baseSha === git.NULL_SHA) {
-      if (defaultRef && baseRef !== defaultRef) {
-        core.info(`First push of a branch detected - changes will be detected against the default branch ${defaultRef}`)
-        return await git.getChangesSinceMergeBase(defaultRef, ref, initialFetchDepth)
+      if (defaultBranch && base !== defaultBranch) {
+        core.info(
+          `First push of a branch detected - changes will be detected against the default branch ${defaultBranch}`
+        )
+        return await git.getChangesSinceMergeBase(defaultBranch, head, initialFetchDepth)
       } else {
         core.info('Initial push detected - all files will be listed as added')
+        if (head !== currentRef) {
+          core.warning(`Ref ${head} is not checked out - results might be incorrect!`)
+        }
         return await git.listAllFilesAsAdded()
       }
     }
 
-    core.info(`Changes will be detected against commit (${baseSha})`)
-    return await git.getChanges(baseSha)
+    core.info(`Changes will be detected between ${baseSha} and ${head}`)
+    return await git.getChanges(baseSha, head)
   }
 
-  // Changes introduced by current branch against the base branch
-  core.info(`Changes will be detected against the branch ${baseRef}`)
-  return await git.getChangesSinceMergeBase(baseRef, ref, initialFetchDepth)
+  core.info(`Changes will be detected between ${base} and ${head}`)
+  return await git.getChangesSinceMergeBase(base, head, initialFetchDepth)
 }
 
 // Uses github REST api to get list of files changed in PR
 async function getChangedFilesFromApi(
   token: string,
-  pullRequest: Webhooks.WebhookPayloadPullRequestPullRequest
+  prNumber: Webhooks.WebhookPayloadPullRequestPullRequest
 ): Promise<File[]> {
-  core.startGroup(`Fetching list of changed files for PR#${pullRequest.number} from Github API`)
-  core.info(`Number of changed_files is ${pullRequest.changed_files}`)
-  const client = new github.GitHub(token)
-  const pageSize = 100
-  const files: File[] = []
-  for (let page = 1; (page - 1) * pageSize < pullRequest.changed_files; page++) {
-    core.info(`Invoking listFiles(pull_number: ${pullRequest.number}, page: ${page}, per_page: ${pageSize})`)
-    const response = await client.pulls.listFiles({
-      owner: github.context.repo.owner,
-      repo: github.context.repo.repo,
-      pull_number: pullRequest.number,
-      page,
-      per_page: pageSize
-    })
-    for (const row of response.data) {
-      core.info(`[${row.status}] ${row.filename}`)
-      // There's no obvious use-case for detection of renames
-      // Therefore we treat it as if rename detection in git diff was turned off.
-      // Rename is replaced by delete of original filename and add of new filename
-      if (row.status === ChangeStatus.Renamed) {
-        files.push({
-          filename: row.filename,
-          status: ChangeStatus.Added
-        })
-        files.push({
-          // 'previous_filename' for some unknown reason isn't in the type definition or documentation
-          filename: (<any>row).previous_filename as string,
-          status: ChangeStatus.Deleted
-        })
-      } else {
-        // Github status and git status variants are same except for deleted files
-        const status = row.status === 'removed' ? ChangeStatus.Deleted : (row.status as ChangeStatus)
-        files.push({
-          filename: row.filename,
-          status
-        })
+  core.startGroup(`Fetching list of changed files for PR#${prNumber.number} from Github API`)
+  try {
+    const client = new github.GitHub(token)
+    const per_page = 100
+    const files: File[] = []
+
+    for (let page = 1; ; page++) {
+      core.info(`Invoking listFiles(pull_number: ${prNumber.number}, page: ${page}, per_page: ${per_page})`)
+      const response = await client.pulls.listFiles({
+        owner: github.context.repo.owner,
+        repo: github.context.repo.repo,
+        pull_number: prNumber.number,
+        per_page,
+        page
+      })
+
+      if (response.status !== 200) {
+        throw new Error(`Fetching list of changed files from GitHub API failed with error code ${response.status}`)
+      }
+
+      core.info(`Received ${response.data.length} items`)
+      if (response.data.length === 0) {
+        core.info('All changed files has been fetched from GitHub API')
+        break
+      }
+
+      for (const row of response.data) {
+        core.info(`[${row.status}] ${row.filename}`)
+        // There's no obvious use-case for detection of renames
+        // Therefore we treat it as if rename detection in git diff was turned off.
+        // Rename is replaced by delete of original filename and add of new filename
+        if (row.status === ChangeStatus.Renamed) {
+          files.push({
+            filename: row.filename,
+            status: ChangeStatus.Added
+          })
+          files.push({
+            // 'previous_filename' for some unknown reason isn't in the type definition or documentation
+            filename: (<any>row).previous_filename as string,
+            status: ChangeStatus.Deleted
+          })
+        } else {
+          // Github status and git status variants are same except for deleted files
+          const status = row.status === 'removed' ? ChangeStatus.Deleted : (row.status as ChangeStatus)
+          files.push({
+            filename: row.filename,
+            status
+          })
+        }
       }
     }
-  }
 
-  core.endGroup()
-  return files
+    return files
+  } finally {
+    core.endGroup()
+  }
 }
 
 function exportResults(results: FilterResults, format: ExportFormat): void {