Last Commit Info
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(2)This GitHub Action retrieves comprehensive information about the last commit in a repository. It can fetch commit details for the entire repository or for a specific file path, making it useful for various CI/CD workflows that need to access commit metadata.
- Get the last commit SHA, message, and metadata
- Support for filtering by specific file path
- Retrieve both author and committer information
- Get API and HTML URLs for the commit
- Works with any repository (default: current repository)
- Uses GitHub CLI for reliable API access - It DOES NOT require checkout of the repository
| Name | Required | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
github-token |
No | ${{ github.token }} |
GitHub token for authentication |
repository |
No | ${{ github.repository }} |
Repository to check for the last commit (format: owner/repo) |
path |
No | "" (entire repository) |
Specific file path to check for last commit. When specified, returns the last commit that modified this specific path |
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
sha |
The SHA hash of the last commit |
message |
The commit message of the last commit |
author-name |
The name of the commit author |
author-email |
The email address of the commit author |
committer-name |
The name of the commit committer |
committer-email |
The email address of the commit committer |
api-url |
The GitHub API URL for the commit |
html-url |
The GitHub web URL for the commit |
name: Get Last Commit
on: [push, pull_request]
jobs:
commit-info:
runs-on: ubuntu-latest
steps:
- name: Get last commit info
id: commit
uses: cdqag/action-last-commit-info@v1
- name: Display commit info
run: |
echo "Last commit SHA: ${{ steps.commit.outputs.sha }}"
echo "Commit message: ${{ steps.commit.outputs.message }}"
echo "Author: ${{ steps.commit.outputs.author-name }} <${{ steps.commit.outputs.author-email }}>"
echo "Commit URL: ${{ steps.commit.outputs.html-url }}"name: Check Dockerfile Changes
on: [push, pull_request]
jobs:
dockerfile-check:
runs-on: ubuntu-latest
steps:
- name: Checkout
uses: actions/checkout@v4
- name: Get last commit for Dockerfile
id: dockerfile-commit
uses: cdqag/action-last-commit-info@v1
with:
path: Dockerfile
- name: Check if Dockerfile was recently modified
run: |
echo "Dockerfile was last modified in commit: ${{ steps.dockerfile-commit.outputs.sha }}"
echo "Commit message: ${{ steps.dockerfile-commit.outputs.message }}"name: Check External Repo
on: workflow_dispatch
jobs:
external-check:
runs-on: ubuntu-latest
steps:
- name: Get commit from another repo
id: external-commit
uses: cdqag/action-last-commit-info@v1
with:
repository: octocat/Hello-World
github-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
- name: Display external repo info
run: |
echo "Last commit in Hello-World: ${{ steps.external-commit.outputs.sha }}"
echo "Message: ${{ steps.external-commit.outputs.message }}"This project is licensed under the Apache-2.0 License. See the LICENSE file for details.
Last Commit Info is not certified by GitHub. It is provided by a third-party and is governed by separate terms of service, privacy policy, and support documentation.
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(2)Last Commit Info is not certified by GitHub. It is provided by a third-party and is governed by separate terms of service, privacy policy, and support documentation.