Merge 7358b1bbf5 into f548e57e54

* Consolidate dependency updates in CHANGELOG

Removed specific dependency updates and consolidated them into a single entry.

* Fix capitalization in v7.0.1 changelog entries

Updated changelog entries for v7.0.1 to use consistent capitalization.

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,26 +1,14 @@
 # Changelog
 
 ## v7.0.1
-* Bump github/codeql-action from 3 to 4 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/actions/checkout/pull/2475
-* Bump actions/setup-node from 4 to 6 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/actions/checkout/pull/2477
-* Bump docker/build-push-action from 6.5.0 to 7.2.0 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/actions/checkout/pull/2478
-* Bump docker/login-action from 3.3.0 to 4.2.0 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/actions/checkout/pull/2479
-* Bump actions/checkout from 6 to 7 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/actions/checkout/pull/2488
-* Bump actions/upload-artifact from 4 to 7 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/actions/checkout/pull/2476
-* eslint 9 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/actions/checkout/pull/2474
-* Bump the minor-actions-dependencies group with 2 updates by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/actions/checkout/pull/2499
-* skip running unsafe pr check if input is default by @aiqiaoy in https://github.com/actions/checkout/pull/2518
-* trim only ascii whitespace for branch by @aiqiaoy in https://github.com/actions/checkout/pull/2521
-* escape values passed to --unset by @aiqiaoy in https://github.com/actions/checkout/pull/2530
+* Skip running unsafe pr check if input is default by @aiqiaoy in https://github.com/actions/checkout/pull/2518
+* Trim only ascii whitespace for branch by @aiqiaoy in https://github.com/actions/checkout/pull/2521
+* Escape values passed to --unset by @aiqiaoy in https://github.com/actions/checkout/pull/2530
+* Various dependency updates
 
 ## v7.0.0
 * Block checking out fork PR for pull_request_target and workflow_run by @aiqiaoy in https://github.com/actions/checkout/pull/2454
-* Bump actions/publish-immutable-action from 0.0.3 to 0.0.4 in the minor-actions-dependencies group across 1 directory by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/actions/checkout/pull/2458
-* Bump flatted from 3.3.1 to 3.4.2 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/actions/checkout/pull/2460
-* Bump js-yaml from 4.1.0 to 4.2.0 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/actions/checkout/pull/2461
-* Bump @actions/core and @actions/tool-cache and Remove uuid by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/actions/checkout/pull/2459
-* upgrade module to esm and update dependencies by @aiqiaoy in https://github.com/actions/checkout/pull/2463
-* Bump the minor-npm-dependencies group across 1 directory with 3 updates by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/actions/checkout/pull/2462
+* Various dependency updates 
 
 ## v6.0.3
 * Fix checkout init for SHA-256 repositories by @yaananth in https://github.com/actions/checkout/pull/2439

action.yml

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ inputs:
       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.
+    required: false
   token:
     description: >
       Personal access token (PAT) used to fetch the repository. The PAT is configured
@@ -34,11 +35,13 @@ inputs:
 
       [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)
+    required: false
   ssh-known-hosts:
     description: >
       Known hosts in addition to the user and global host key database. The public
       SSH keys for a host may be obtained using the utility `ssh-keyscan`. For example,
       `ssh-keyscan github.com`. The public key for github.com is always implicitly added.
+    required: false
   ssh-strict:
     description: >
       Whether to perform strict host key checking. When true, adds the options `StrictHostKeyChecking=yes`
@@ -50,23 +53,30 @@ inputs:
       The user to use when connecting to the remote SSH host. By default 'git' is used.
     default: git
   persist-credentials:
-    description: 'Whether to configure the token or SSH key with the local git config'
+    description: >
+      Whether to persist the token or SSH key credentials for use by subsequent
+      steps. When true, credentials are stored in a file under `$RUNNER_TEMP`
+      and referenced from the local git config. The post-job step removes the
+      credential file.
     default: true
   path:
     description: 'Relative path under $GITHUB_WORKSPACE to place the repository'
+    default: '.'
+    required: false
   clean:
     description: 'Whether to execute `git clean -ffdx && git reset --hard HEAD` before fetching'
     default: true
   filter:
     description: >
-      Partially clone against a given filter.
-      Overrides sparse-checkout if set.
-    default: null
+      Partially clone against a given filter. When `sparse-checkout` is also
+      set, overrides the default `blob:none` filter that would otherwise be
+      used for fetching.
+    required: false
   sparse-checkout:
     description: >
       Do a sparse checkout on given patterns.
       Each pattern should be separated with new lines.
-    default: null
+    required: false
   sparse-checkout-cone-mode:
     description: >
       Specifies whether to use cone-mode when doing a sparse checkout.
@@ -109,9 +119,13 @@ inputs:
     default: false
 outputs:
   ref:
-    description: 'The branch, tag or SHA that was checked out'
+    description: >
+      The branch or tag ref that was checked out. Empty when the checkout was
+      performed by a full commit SHA.
   commit:
-    description: 'The commit SHA that was checked out'
+    description: >
+      The commit SHA that was checked out. Only set when Git is available (not
+      set when the repository was downloaded via the GitHub REST API fallback).
 runs:
   using: node24
   main: dist/index.js