actions/checkout@v4 - /api/v1/repos/administrator/runner1/tarball/master - Page not found 404

[virtualdreams]

Description

The action actions/checkout@v4 won't work if git not exists in docker container. The action tries to download from an invalid url. The url is also not available in /api/swagger.

Workflow

name: Runner1 Test Checkout
run-name: Runner1 Test Checkout
on: [push]

jobs:
  checkout:
    name: checkout
    runs-on: alpine
    defaults:
      run:
        shell: sh
    steps:
      - name: Checkout repository
        uses: actions/checkout@v4
        with:
          ref: master

Output of act_runner in gitea

Deleting the contents of '/workspace/administrator/runner1'
The repository will be downloaded using the GitHub REST API
To create a local Git repository instead, add Git 2.18 or higher to the PATH
Downloading the archive
404 page not found

Error in log from gitea

GET /api/v1/repos/administrator/runner1/tarball/master for 172.19.0.2:58436, 404 Not Found in 5.7ms @ http/server.go:2188(GlobalNotFound)

If i try to download manually

curl http://gitea.example.org:3000/api/v1/repos/administrator/runner1/tarball/master
404 page not found

Repository is public.

Gitea Version

1.22.3

Can you reproduce the bug on the Gitea demo site?

No

Log Gist

No response

Screenshots

No response

Git Version

No response

Operating System

No response

How are you running Gitea?

On host directly.

Database

MySQL/MariaDB

[vcicmanec]

Facing the same issue, seems to be related to this
#29654

[lunny]

Gitea doesn't support the API endpoint /api/v1/repos/<username>/<reponame>/tarball/<branch_name> yet.
ref: https://docs.github.com/en/rest/repos/contents?apiVersion=2022-11-28#download-a-repository-archive-tar
ref: https://docs.github.com/en/rest/repos/contents?apiVersion=2022-11-28#download-a-repository-archive-zip

[Tockra]

I would be nice if the implementation of the endpoints will be occur in future. Currently I fixed this issue by adding the step:

      - name: Install git
        run: apt-get update && apt-get install -y git

But its a little bit annoying losing this 15 seconds in each job

[lunny]

You can install git in your docker container. So there will be no extra additional time.

[Tockra]

You can install git in your docker container. So there will be no extra additional time.

But it is not the case, that I'm using a own docker image. I'm using public images from docker.hub which does not incldue git.
So I have to build my own image, upload it to my own registry, ensure the gitea runner is logged into that registry (which is not trivial) and then I spare the 15 seconds of the git installation.
I think its not a great deal.
It would be 1000% better just to fix that very basic checkout action (provide the missing endpoints).
I'm asking myself if I chose the wrong horse (gitea) when I see that this bug is known since beginning of 2024 and no fix is here yet.