Diff line numbers javascript action

This action outputs the line number of the deleted/added lines of modified or added files.

The line numbers are obtained by parsing the patch chunks of each file given by git diff

NOTE: Requires having used actions/checkout@v3 in a previous step.

Inputs

include

Optional JSON array. Only process paths that match a regular expression in include. By default includes all.

ignore

Optional JSON array. Do not process paths that match a regular expression in ignore. By default ignores none.

Outputs

lineNumbers

An array with the files’ path, added lines and removed lines. It looks like:

[
  {
    path: string,
    added: number[],
    removed: number[]
  },
  ...
]

• path is the file’s path, e.g. package.json and src/index.js.
• added is an array of numbers. Each number is the line number of an added line.
• removed is an array of numbers. Each number is the line number of a removed line.

Example usage

name: example
on: [pull_request]
jobs:
  example:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - name: Get diff lines
        id: diff
        uses: Equip-Collaboration/diff-line-numbers@v1
        with:
          include: '["\\.js$", "\\.jsx$"]'
          ignore: '["^dist/", "^bin/", "^www/"]'
      - name: Print line numbers of changed lines
        run: echo Line numbers = ${{ toJSON(steps.diff.outputs.lineNumbers) }}