.github/workflows/test.yml

@@ -299,18 +299,15 @@ jobs:
   test-output:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      # Download the action at the current ref
+      # Clone this repo
       - name: Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@v4.1.6
-        with:
-          path: actions-checkout
 
       # Basic checkout using git
       - name: Checkout basic
         id: checkout
-        uses: ./actions-checkout
+        uses: ./
         with:
-          path: cloned-using-local-action
           ref: test-data/v2/basic
 
       # Verify output
@@ -328,3 +325,7 @@ jobs:
             echo "Expected commit to be 82f71901cf8c021332310dcc8cdba84c4193ff5d"
             exit 1
           fi
+
+      # needed to make checkout post cleanup succeed
+      - name: Fix Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4.1.6

__test__/verify-submodules-recursive.sh

@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ fi
 
 echo "Testing persisted credential"
 pushd ./submodules-recursive/submodule-level-1/submodule-level-2
-git config --local --name-only --get-regexp '^includeIf\.' && git fetch
+git config --local --name-only --get-regexp http.+extraheader && git fetch
 if [ "$?" != "0" ]; then
     echo "Failed to validate persisted credential"
     popd

__test__/verify-submodules-true.sh

@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ fi
 
 echo "Testing persisted credential"
 pushd ./submodules-true/submodule-level-1
-git config --local --name-only --get-regexp '^includeIf\.' && git fetch
+git config --local --name-only --get-regexp http.+extraheader && git fetch
 if [ "$?" != "0" ]; then
     echo "Failed to validate persisted credential"
     popd

dist/index.js

@@ -289,15 +289,15 @@ class GitAuthHelper {
                 // For each submodule, configure includeIf entries pointing to the shared credentials file.
                 // Configure both host and container paths to support Docker container actions.
                 for (const configPath of configPaths) {
-                    // Submodule Git directory
-                    let submoduleGitDir = path.dirname(configPath); // The config file is at .git/modules/submodule-name/config
-                    submoduleGitDir = submoduleGitDir.replace(/\\/g, '/'); // Use forward slashes, even on Windows
+                    // The config file is at .git/modules/submodule-name/config
+                    let submoduleConfigDir = path.dirname(configPath);
+                    submoduleConfigDir = submoduleConfigDir.replace(/\\/g, '/'); // Use forward slashes, even on Windows
                     // Configure host includeIf
-                    yield this.git.config(`includeIf.gitdir:${submoduleGitDir}.path`, credentialsConfigPath, false, false, configPath);
+                    yield this.git.config(`includeIf.gitdir:${submoduleConfigDir}.path`, credentialsConfigPath, false, false, configPath);
                     // Configure container includeIf
-                    let relativeSubmoduleGitDir = path.relative(githubWorkspace, submoduleGitDir);
-                    relativeSubmoduleGitDir = relativeSubmoduleGitDir.replace(/\\/g, '/'); // Use forward slashes, even on Windows
-                    const containerSubmoduleGitDir = path.posix.join('/github/workspace', relativeSubmoduleGitDir);
+                    let relativeSubmoduleConfigDir = path.relative(githubWorkspace, submoduleConfigDir);
+                    relativeSubmoduleConfigDir = relativeSubmoduleConfigDir.replace(/\\/g, '/'); // Use forward slashes, even on Windows
+                    const containerSubmoduleGitDir = path.posix.join('/github/workspace', relativeSubmoduleConfigDir);
                     yield this.git.config(`includeIf.gitdir:${containerSubmoduleGitDir}.path`, containerCredentialsPath, false, false, configPath);
                 }
                 if (this.settings.sshKey) {

src/git-auth-helper.ts

@@ -205,13 +205,13 @@ class GitAuthHelper {
       // For each submodule, configure includeIf entries pointing to the shared credentials file.
       // Configure both host and container paths to support Docker container actions.
       for (const configPath of configPaths) {
-        // Submodule Git directory
-        let submoduleGitDir = path.dirname(configPath) // The config file is at .git/modules/submodule-name/config
-        submoduleGitDir = submoduleGitDir.replace(/\\/g, '/') // Use forward slashes, even on Windows
+        // The config file is at .git/modules/submodule-name/config
+        let submoduleConfigDir = path.dirname(configPath)
+        submoduleConfigDir = submoduleConfigDir.replace(/\\/g, '/') // Use forward slashes, even on Windows
 
         // Configure host includeIf
         await this.git.config(
-          `includeIf.gitdir:${submoduleGitDir}.path`,
+          `includeIf.gitdir:${submoduleConfigDir}.path`,
           credentialsConfigPath,
           false,
           false,
@@ -219,14 +219,17 @@ class GitAuthHelper {
         )
 
         // Configure container includeIf
-        let relativeSubmoduleGitDir = path.relative(
+        let relativeSubmoduleConfigDir = path.relative(
           githubWorkspace,
-          submoduleGitDir
+          submoduleConfigDir
         )
-        relativeSubmoduleGitDir = relativeSubmoduleGitDir.replace(/\\/g, '/') // Use forward slashes, even on Windows
+        relativeSubmoduleConfigDir = relativeSubmoduleConfigDir.replace(
+          /\\/g,
+          '/'
+        ) // Use forward slashes, even on Windows
         const containerSubmoduleGitDir = path.posix.join(
           '/github/workspace',
-          relativeSubmoduleGitDir
+          relativeSubmoduleConfigDir
         )
         await this.git.config(
           `includeIf.gitdir:${containerSubmoduleGitDir}.path`,