The commit output is empty

[manfredo-sanchez]

Hi.

After checking out two repositories, I'm trying to access the ref and commit outputs.

  - name: 'Checkout repository 1'
    id: 'checkout1'
    uses: 'actions/checkout@v4.2.1'
    with:
      path: 'repository1'

  - name: 'Checkout repository 2'
    id: 'checkout2'
    uses: 'actions/checkout@v4.2.1'
    with:
      repository: 'Organization/another-repository'
      ref: 'development'
      token: '${{ secrets.PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN }}'
      path: 'repository2'

  - name: 'Print output'
    run: |
      Write-Output "Checkout 1 ref: ${{ steps.checkout1.outputs.ref }}"
      Write-Output "Checkout 1 commit: ${{ steps.checkout1.outputs.commit }}"
      Write-Output "Checkout 2 ref: ${{ steps.checkout2.outputs.ref }}"
      Write-Output "Checkout 2 commit: ${{ steps.checkout2.outputs.commit }}"
    shell: 'pwsh'

After executing the workflow, the commit output is empty in both steps.

Checkout 1 ref: refs/heads/development
Checkout 1 commit: 
Checkout 2 ref: development
Checkout 2 commit: 

This doesn't seem to be an issue in the test-output job in .github/workflows/test.yml

Also, the ref output in checkout2 doesn't show the full name of the branch.

The workflow is executed by a self-hosted runner on Windows Server.

Thanks in advance for your time.

[liias]

Does it work with a single repository job?

[ringin31]

why bug