misleading error: Please run actions/checkout before this action

[avielb-navina]

Is there an existing issue for this?

• I have searched the existing issues

Does this issue exist in the latest version?

• I'm using the latest release

Describe the bug?

Hey!
when I tried to use this github action, i was always getting the error:
Please run actions/checkout before this action
even though I was following the documentation.

eventually the root cause for this was even though I was in did in a git repository, i had to do fix as described below:

this is not working:

    - name: Checkout
      uses: actions/checkout@v4
      with:
        fetch-depth: 0
    - name: Get changed files
      id: changed-files
      uses: tj-actions/changed-files@v45

I was able to fix it only after doing as follows:

    - name: Checkout
      uses: actions/checkout@v4
      with:
        fetch-depth: 0
        clean: true
    - name: Config git
      run: |
        git config --global user.email "mail@example.com"
        git config --global user.name "avielb"
        git config --global --add safe.directory /__w/workspace/example-repo
    - name: Get changed files
      id: changed-files
      uses: tj-actions/changed-files@v45

To Reproduce

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What OS are you seeing the problem on?

ubuntu-latest or ubuntu-22.04

Expected behavior?

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Relevant log output

Please run actions/checkout before this action

Has all relevant logs been included?

• I've included all relevant logs

Anything else?

No response

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[jackton1]

Hi @avielb-navina. Unfortunately this issue seems to be missing any steps to reproduce the error or related logs required to provide a solution.

Closing this issue for now since it doesn’t include the required information.

[jackton1]

Hi @avielb-navina, it is also worth noting that this issue is a duplicate of #1948