rohmanngmbh/Checkout Repo

Action to checkout GIT Repository with special reference handling.

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Scorecard Score: Scorecard 2–4scored Jul 6, 2026
Maintenance Recency: Maintainedlast commit Sep 28, 2025
License: MIT

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uses: rohmanngmbh/action-checkout-repo@97847692a66b353673fad76c19bf3d00f16bfbda # v1.3.8

tags can be moved; commit SHAs can't. why a SHA?

Inputs

name	description	required	default
repository	Repository name with owner. For example, actions/checkout	no	${{ github.repository }}
ref	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, uses the default branch.	no	${{ github.ref }}
alt_ref	The alternative 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, uses the default branch.	no	—
order	Direction of sort in case of a regular expression for your reference. ('top' or 'down') Example: In case if ref=v* with tags v1, v2, v3 you will get v3 as a valid reference	no	top
token	Personal access token (PAT) used to fetch the repository. The PAT is configured with the local git config, which enables your scripts to run authenticated git commands. The post-job step removes the PAT. We recommend using a service account with the least permissions necessary. Also when generating a new PAT, select the least scopes necessary. [Learn more about creating and using encrypted secrets](https://help.github.com/en/actions/automating-your-workflow-with-github-actions/creating-and-using-encrypted-secrets)	no	${{ github.token }}
path	Relative path under $GITHUB_WORKSPACE to place the repository	no	""
lfs	Whether to download Git-LFS files	no	false
regex_next_to_last	In case of a regular expression matches your selected sha with the head of your default branch: here you can select the behavior. Is the value false (default) the found sha will be taken. Is the value true, the last matching regex before the matching sha will be taken. Example: In case if ref=v* with tags v1, v2, v3 you will get v3 as a valid reference. Is the v3 on the same sha with your main (default branch) and this flag is true. We will switch to v2 (next to last).	no	false
submodules	Whether to checkout submodules: `true` to checkout submodules or `recursive` to recursively checkout submodules.	no	false
include	Explicitly include files for LFS	no	*
exclude	Explicitly exclude files for LFS	no	""
enableCrossOsArchive	Whether the cache is cross-os compatible. This is useful to cache dependencies which are independent of the runner platform. This will help reduce the consumption of the cache quota and help build for multiple platforms from the same cache. [Learn more about cross-os caching](https://github.com/actions/cache/blob/main/tips-and-workarounds.md#cross-os-cache).	no	false

Outputs

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