confirm that default checks out GITHUB_SHA about checkout HOT 8 CLOSED

I still think it might help other users if this was briefly mentioned that by default, the action checks out $GITHUB_SHA in the docs: https://help.github.com/en/articles/configuring-a-workflow#using-the-checkout-action

Might also benefit from a link to what $GITHUB_SHA is for different events.

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by default, checkout will run git fetch and git checkout $GITHUB_SHA

the ref input is for what ref to checkout, so you can do ref: refs/heads/master, ref: SHA or ref: tag

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i will find someone on the doc team for this. :)

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sounds like this is fixed now

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thanks! Sorry, GITHUB_SHA is what I meant, not GITHUB_REF.

Whom can I poke to maybe clarify that in the docs? Am I the only one for whom that wasn't obvious?

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I've added a PR to amend the README.md accordingly: #10

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This should be closed now? 😁

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The link for what $GITHUB_SHA is now in the top-level readme file.

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