checkout/CHANGELOG.md

Changelog

v2 (preview)

• Improved fetch performance
  • The default behavior now fetches only the SHA being checked-out.
• Script authenticated git commands
  • Persists with.token in the local git config.
  • Enables your scripts to run authenticated git commands.
  • Post-job cleanup removes the token.
  • Coming soon: Opt out by setting with.persist-credentials to false.
• Creates a local branch
  • No longer detached HEAD when checking out a branch.
  • A local branch is created with the corresponding upstream branch set.
• Improved layout
  • with.path is always relative to github.workspace.
  • Aligns better with container actions, where github.workspace gets mapped in.
• Removed input submodules

v1

Refer here for the V1 changelog