Sync checkout version with tag version

2025-11-04 07:48:09 +08:00 · 2023-04-12 14:19:11 +00:00
22 changed files with 146 additions and 601 deletions
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -72,33 +72,6 @@ jobs:
        shell: bash
        run: __test__/verify-side-by-side.sh

-      # Sparse checkout
-      - name: Sparse checkout
-        uses: ./
-        with:
-          sparse-checkout: |
-            __test__
-            .github
-            dist
-          path: sparse-checkout
-
-      - name: Verify sparse checkout
-        run: __test__/verify-sparse-checkout.sh
-
-      # Sparse checkout (non-cone mode)
-      - name: Sparse checkout (non-cone mode)
-        uses: ./
-        with:
-          sparse-checkout: |
-            /__test__/
-            /.github/
-            /dist/
-          sparse-checkout-cone-mode: false
-          path: sparse-checkout-non-cone-mode
-
-      - name: Verify sparse checkout (non-cone mode)
-        run: __test__/verify-sparse-checkout-non-cone-mode.sh
-
      # LFS
      - name: Checkout LFS
        uses: ./
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,19 +1,5 @@
 # Changelog

-## v3.5.3
- [Fix: Checkout fail in self-hosted runners when faulty submodule are checked-in](https://github.com/actions/checkout/pull/1196)
- [Fix typos found by codespell](https://github.com/actions/checkout/pull/1287)
- [Add support for sparse checkouts](https://github.com/actions/checkout/pull/1369)
-
-## v3.5.2
- [Fix api endpoint for GHES](https://github.com/actions/checkout/pull/1289)
-
-## v3.5.1
- [Fix slow checkout on Windows](https://github.com/actions/checkout/pull/1246)
-
-## v3.5.0
-* [Add new public key for known_hosts](https://github.com/actions/checkout/pull/1237)
-
 ## v3.4.0
 - [Upgrade codeql actions to v2](https://github.com/actions/checkout/pull/1209)
 - [Upgrade dependencies](https://github.com/actions/checkout/pull/1210)
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -74,15 +74,6 @@ When Git 2.18 or higher is not in your PATH, falls back to the REST API to downl
    # Default: true
    clean: ''

-    # Do a sparse checkout on given patterns. Each pattern should be separated with
-    # new lines
-    # Default: null
-    sparse-checkout: ''
-
-    # Specifies whether to use cone-mode when doing a sparse checkout.
-    # Default: true
-    sparse-checkout-cone-mode: ''
-
    # Number of commits to fetch. 0 indicates all history for all branches and tags.
    # Default: 1
    fetch-depth: ''
@@ -115,9 +106,6 @@ When Git 2.18 or higher is not in your PATH, falls back to the REST API to downl

 # Scenarios

- [Fetch only the root files](#Fetch-only-the-root-files)
- [Fetch only the root files and `.github` and `src` folder](#Fetch-only-the-root-files-and-github-and-src-folder)
- [Fetch only a single file](#Fetch-only-a-single-file)
 - [Fetch all history for all tags and branches](#Fetch-all-history-for-all-tags-and-branches)
 - [Checkout a different branch](#Checkout-a-different-branch)
 - [Checkout HEAD^](#Checkout-HEAD)
@@ -128,34 +116,6 @@ When Git 2.18 or higher is not in your PATH, falls back to the REST API to downl
 - [Checkout pull request on closed event](#Checkout-pull-request-on-closed-event)
 - [Push a commit using the built-in token](#Push-a-commit-using-the-built-in-token)

-## Fetch only the root files
-
-```yaml
- uses: actions/checkout@v3
-  with:
-    sparse-checkout: .
-```
-
-## Fetch only the root files and `.github` and `src` folder
-
-```yaml
- uses: actions/checkout@v3
-  with:
-    sparse-checkout: |
-      .github
-      src
-```
-
-## Fetch only a single file
-
-```yaml
- uses: actions/checkout@v3
-  with:
-    sparse-checkout: |
-      README.md
-    sparse-checkout-cone-mode: false
-```
-
 ## Fetch all history for all tags and branches

 ```yaml
--- a/test/git-auth-helper.test.ts
+++ b/test/git-auth-helper.test.ts
@@ -94,11 +94,11 @@ describe('git-auth-helper tests', () => {
      `x-access-token:${settings.authToken}`,
      'utf8'
    ).toString('base64')
-    // expect(
-    //   configContent.indexOf(
-    //     `http.${expectedServerUrl}/.extraheader AUTHORIZATION: basic ${basicCredential}`
-    //   )
-    // ).toBeGreaterThanOrEqual(0)
+    expect(
+      configContent.indexOf(
+        `http.${expectedServerUrl}/.extraheader AUTHORIZATION: basic ${basicCredential}`
+      )
+    ).toBeGreaterThanOrEqual(0)
  }

  const configureAuth_configuresAuthHeader =
@@ -145,11 +145,11 @@ describe('git-auth-helper tests', () => {
      const configContent = (
        await fs.promises.readFile(localGitConfigPath)
      ).toString()
-      // expect(
-      //   configContent.indexOf(
-      //     `http.https://github.com/.extraheader AUTHORIZATION`
-      //   )
-      // ).toBeGreaterThanOrEqual(0)
+      expect(
+        configContent.indexOf(
+          `http.https://github.com/.extraheader AUTHORIZATION`
+        )
+      ).toBeGreaterThanOrEqual(0)
    }
  )

@@ -419,11 +419,11 @@ describe('git-auth-helper tests', () => {
    expect(
      configContent.indexOf('value-from-global-config')
    ).toBeGreaterThanOrEqual(0)
-    // expect(
-    //   configContent.indexOf(
-    //     `http.https://github.com/.extraheader AUTHORIZATION: basic ${basicCredential}`
-    //   )
-    // ).toBeGreaterThanOrEqual(0)
+    expect(
+      configContent.indexOf(
+        `http.https://github.com/.extraheader AUTHORIZATION: basic ${basicCredential}`
+      )
+    ).toBeGreaterThanOrEqual(0)
  })

  const configureGlobalAuth_createsNewGlobalGitConfigWhenGlobalDoesNotExist =
@@ -463,11 +463,11 @@ describe('git-auth-helper tests', () => {
      const configContent = (
        await fs.promises.readFile(path.join(git.env['HOME'], '.gitconfig'))
      ).toString()
-      // expect(
-      //   configContent.indexOf(
-      //     `http.https://github.com/.extraheader AUTHORIZATION: basic ${basicCredential}`
-      //   )
-      // ).toBeGreaterThanOrEqual(0)
+      expect(
+        configContent.indexOf(
+          `http.https://github.com/.extraheader AUTHORIZATION: basic ${basicCredential}`
+        )
+      ).toBeGreaterThanOrEqual(0)
    }
  )

@@ -554,7 +554,7 @@ describe('git-auth-helper tests', () => {
      expect(mockSubmoduleForeach.mock.calls[0][0]).toMatch(
        /unset-all.*insteadOf/
      )
-      // expect(mockSubmoduleForeach.mock.calls[1][0]).toMatch(/http.*extraheader/)
+      expect(mockSubmoduleForeach.mock.calls[1][0]).toMatch(/http.*extraheader/)
      expect(mockSubmoduleForeach.mock.calls[2][0]).toMatch(
        /url.*insteadOf.*git@github.com:/
      )
@@ -593,7 +593,7 @@ describe('git-auth-helper tests', () => {
      expect(mockSubmoduleForeach.mock.calls[0][0]).toMatch(
        /unset-all.*insteadOf/
      )
-      // expect(mockSubmoduleForeach.mock.calls[1][0]).toMatch(/http.*extraheader/)
+      expect(mockSubmoduleForeach.mock.calls[1][0]).toMatch(/http.*extraheader/)
      expect(mockSubmoduleForeach.mock.calls[2][0]).toMatch(/core\.sshCommand/)
    }
  )
@@ -727,8 +727,6 @@ async function setup(testName: string): Promise<void> {
    branchDelete: jest.fn(),
    branchExists: jest.fn(),
    branchList: jest.fn(),
-    sparseCheckout: jest.fn(),
-    sparseCheckoutNonConeMode: jest.fn(),
    checkout: jest.fn(),
    checkoutDetach: jest.fn(),
    config: jest.fn(
@@ -772,9 +770,6 @@ async function setup(testName: string): Promise<void> {
      return ''
    }),
    submoduleSync: jest.fn(),
-    submoduleStatus: jest.fn(async () => {
-      return true
-    }),
    submoduleUpdate: jest.fn(),
    tagExists: jest.fn(),
    tryClean: jest.fn(),
@@ -802,8 +797,6 @@ async function setup(testName: string): Promise<void> {
    authToken: 'some auth token',
    clean: true,
    commit: '',
-    sparseCheckout: [],
-    sparseCheckoutConeMode: true,
    fetchDepth: 1,
    lfs: false,
    submodules: false,
--- a/test/git-command-manager.test.ts
+++ b/test/git-command-manager.test.ts
@@ -39,12 +39,7 @@ describe('git-auth-helper tests', () => {
    jest.spyOn(exec, 'exec').mockImplementation(mockExec)
    const workingDirectory = 'test'
    const lfs = false
-    const doSparseCheckout = false
-    git = await commandManager.createCommandManager(
-      workingDirectory,
-      lfs,
-      doSparseCheckout
-    )
+    git = await commandManager.createCommandManager(workingDirectory, lfs)

    let branches = await git.branchList(false)

@@ -75,12 +70,7 @@ describe('git-auth-helper tests', () => {
    jest.spyOn(exec, 'exec').mockImplementation(mockExec)
    const workingDirectory = 'test'
    const lfs = false
-    const doSparseCheckout = false
-    git = await commandManager.createCommandManager(
-      workingDirectory,
-      lfs,
-      doSparseCheckout
-    )
+    git = await commandManager.createCommandManager(workingDirectory, lfs)

    let branches = await git.branchList(false)

--- a/test/git-directory-helper.test.ts
+++ b/test/git-directory-helper.test.ts
@@ -281,65 +281,6 @@ describe('git-directory-helper tests', () => {
    expect(git.branchDelete).toHaveBeenCalledWith(false, 'local-branch-2')
  })

-  const cleanWhenSubmoduleStatusIsFalse =
-    'cleans when submodule status is false'
-
-  it(cleanWhenSubmoduleStatusIsFalse, async () => {
-    // Arrange
-    await setup(cleanWhenSubmoduleStatusIsFalse)
-    await fs.promises.writeFile(path.join(repositoryPath, 'my-file'), '')
-
-    //mock bad submodule
-
-    const submoduleStatus = git.submoduleStatus as jest.Mock<any, any>
-    submoduleStatus.mockImplementation(async (remote: boolean) => {
-      return false
-    })
-
-    // Act
-    await gitDirectoryHelper.prepareExistingDirectory(
-      git,
-      repositoryPath,
-      repositoryUrl,
-      clean,
-      ref
-    )
-
-    // Assert
-    const files = await fs.promises.readdir(repositoryPath)
-    expect(files).toHaveLength(0)
-    expect(git.tryClean).toHaveBeenCalled()
-  })
-
-  const doesNotCleanWhenSubmoduleStatusIsTrue =
-    'does not clean when submodule status is true'
-
-  it(doesNotCleanWhenSubmoduleStatusIsTrue, async () => {
-    // Arrange
-    await setup(doesNotCleanWhenSubmoduleStatusIsTrue)
-    await fs.promises.writeFile(path.join(repositoryPath, 'my-file'), '')
-
-    const submoduleStatus = git.submoduleStatus as jest.Mock<any, any>
-    submoduleStatus.mockImplementation(async (remote: boolean) => {
-      return true
-    })
-
-    // Act
-    await gitDirectoryHelper.prepareExistingDirectory(
-      git,
-      repositoryPath,
-      repositoryUrl,
-      clean,
-      ref
-    )
-
-    // Assert
-
-    const files = await fs.promises.readdir(repositoryPath)
-    expect(files.sort()).toEqual(['.git', 'my-file'])
-    expect(git.tryClean).toHaveBeenCalled()
-  })
-
  const removesLockFiles = 'removes lock files'
  it(removesLockFiles, async () => {
    // Arrange
@@ -462,8 +403,6 @@ async function setup(testName: string): Promise<void> {
    branchList: jest.fn(async () => {
      return []
    }),
-    sparseCheckout: jest.fn(),
-    sparseCheckoutNonConeMode: jest.fn(),
    checkout: jest.fn(),
    checkoutDetach: jest.fn(),
    config: jest.fn(),
@@ -484,9 +423,6 @@ async function setup(testName: string): Promise<void> {
    submoduleForeach: jest.fn(),
    submoduleSync: jest.fn(),
    submoduleUpdate: jest.fn(),
-    submoduleStatus: jest.fn(async () => {
-      return true
-    }),
    tagExists: jest.fn(),
    tryClean: jest.fn(async () => {
      return true
--- a/test/input-helper.test.ts
+++ b/test/input-helper.test.ts
@@ -79,8 +79,6 @@ describe('input-helper tests', () => {
    expect(settings.clean).toBe(true)
    expect(settings.commit).toBeTruthy()
    expect(settings.commit).toBe('1234567890123456789012345678901234567890')
-    expect(settings.sparseCheckout).toBe(undefined)
-    expect(settings.sparseCheckoutConeMode).toBe(true)
    expect(settings.fetchDepth).toBe(1)
    expect(settings.lfs).toBe(false)
    expect(settings.ref).toBe('refs/heads/some-ref')
--- a/test/verify-sparse-checkout-non-cone-mode.sh
+++ b/test/verify-sparse-checkout-non-cone-mode.sh
@@ -1,51 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-
-# Verify .git folder
-if [ ! -d "./sparse-checkout-non-cone-mode/.git" ]; then
-  echo "Expected ./sparse-checkout-non-cone-mode/.git folder to exist"
-  exit 1
-fi
-
-# Verify sparse-checkout (non-cone-mode)
-cd sparse-checkout-non-cone-mode
-
-ENABLED=$(git config --local --get-all core.sparseCheckout)
-
-if [ "$?" != "0" ]; then
-    echo "Failed to verify that sparse-checkout is enabled"
-    exit 1
-fi
-
-# Check that sparse-checkout is enabled
-if [ "$ENABLED" != "true" ]; then
-  echo "Expected sparse-checkout to be enabled (is: $ENABLED)"
-  exit 1
-fi
-
-SPARSE_CHECKOUT_FILE=$(git rev-parse --git-path info/sparse-checkout)
-
-if [ "$?" != "0" ]; then
-    echo "Failed to validate sparse-checkout"
-    exit 1
-fi
-
-# Check that sparse-checkout list is not empty
-if [ ! -f "$SPARSE_CHECKOUT_FILE" ]; then
-  echo "Expected sparse-checkout file to exist"
-  exit 1
-fi
-
-# Check that all folders from sparse-checkout exists
-for pattern in $(cat "$SPARSE_CHECKOUT_FILE")
-do
-  if [ ! -d "${pattern#/}" ]; then
-    echo "Expected directory '${pattern#/}' to exist"
-    exit 1
-  fi
-done
-
-# Verify that the root directory is not checked out
-if [ -f README.md ]; then
-  echo "Expected top-level files not to exist"
-  exit 1
-fi
--- a/test/verify-sparse-checkout.sh
+++ b/test/verify-sparse-checkout.sh
@@ -1,63 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-
-# Verify .git folder
-if [ ! -d "./sparse-checkout/.git" ]; then
-  echo "Expected ./sparse-checkout/.git folder to exist"
-  exit 1
-fi
-
-# Verify sparse-checkout
-cd sparse-checkout
-
-SPARSE=$(git sparse-checkout list)
-
-if [ "$?" != "0" ]; then
-    echo "Failed to validate sparse-checkout"
-    exit 1
-fi
-
-# Check that sparse-checkout list is not empty
-if [ -z "$SPARSE" ]; then
-  echo "Expected sparse-checkout list to not be empty"
-  exit 1
-fi
-
-# Check that all folders of the sparse checkout exist
-for pattern in $SPARSE
-do
-  if [ ! -d "$pattern" ]; then
-    echo "Expected directory '$pattern' to exist"
-    exit 1
-  fi
-done
-
-checkSparse () {
-  if [ ! -d "./$1" ]; then
-    echo "Expected directory '$1' to exist"
-    exit 1
-  fi
-
-  for file in $(git ls-tree -r --name-only HEAD $1)
-  do
-    if [ ! -f "$file" ]; then
-      echo "Expected file '$file' to exist"
-      exit 1
-    fi
-  done
-}
-
-# Check that all folders and their children have been checked out
-checkSparse __test__
-checkSparse .github
-checkSparse dist
-
-# Check that only sparse-checkout folders have been checked out
-for pattern in $(git ls-tree --name-only HEAD)
-do
-  if [ -d "$pattern" ]; then
-    if [[ "$pattern" != "__test__" && "$pattern" != ".github" && "$pattern" != "dist" ]]; then
-      echo "Expected directory '$pattern' to not exist"
-      exit 1
-    fi
-  fi
-done
--- a/action.yml
+++ b/action.yml
@@ -53,15 +53,6 @@ inputs:
  clean:
    description: 'Whether to execute `git clean -ffdx && git reset --hard HEAD` before fetching'
    default: true
-  sparse-checkout:
-    description: >
-      Do a sparse checkout on given patterns.
-      Each pattern should be separated with new lines
-    default: null
-  sparse-checkout-cone-mode:
-    description: >
-      Specifies whether to use cone-mode when doing a sparse checkout.
-    default: true
  fetch-depth:
    description: 'Number of commits to fetch. 0 indicates all history for all branches and tags.'
    default: 1
--- a/adrs/0153-checkout-v2.md
+++ b/adrs/0153-checkout-v2.md
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ GITHUB_WORKSPACE=/home/runner/work/foo/foo
 RUNNER_WORKSPACE=/home/runner/work/foo
 ```

-V2 introduces a new constraint on the checkout path. The location must now be under `github.workspace`. Whereas the checkout@v1 constraint was one level up, under `runner.workspace`.
+V2 introduces a new contraint on the checkout path. The location must now be under `github.workspace`. Whereas the checkout@v1 constraint was one level up, under `runner.workspace`.

 V2 no longer changes `github.workspace` to follow wherever the self repo is checked-out.

@@ -287,4 +287,4 @@ Note:
 - Update samples to consume `actions/checkout@v2`
 - Job containers now require git in the PATH for checkout, otherwise fallback to REST API
 - Minimum git version 2.18
- Update problem matcher logic regarding source file verification (runner)
+- Update problem matcher logic regarding source file verification (runner)
--- a/dist/index.js
+++ b/dist/index.js
@@ -159,11 +159,11 @@ class GitAuthHelper {
        this.sshKeyPath = '';
        this.sshKnownHostsPath = '';
        this.temporaryHomePath = '';
-        this.gitConfigPath = '';
        this.git = gitCommandManager;
        this.settings = gitSourceSettings || {};
        // Token auth header
        const serverUrl = urlHelper.getServerUrl(this.settings.githubServerUrl);
+        this.tokenConfigKey = `http.${serverUrl.origin}/.extraheader`; // "origin" is SCHEME://HOSTNAME[:PORT]
        const basicCredential = Buffer.from(`x-access-token:${this.settings.authToken}`, 'utf8').toString('base64');
        core.setSecret(basicCredential);
        this.tokenPlaceholderConfigValue = `AUTHORIZATION: basic ***`;
@@ -181,15 +181,12 @@ class GitAuthHelper {
            yield this.removeAuth();
            // Configure new values
            yield this.configureSsh();
-            yield this.configureCredentialsHelper();
+            yield this.configureToken();
        });
    }
    configureTempGlobalConfig() {
        var _a, _b;
        return __awaiter(this, void 0, void 0, function* () {
-            if (!!this.gitConfigPath) {
-                return this.gitConfigPath;
-            }
            // Already setup global config
            if (((_a = this.temporaryHomePath) === null || _a === void 0 ? void 0 : _a.length) > 0) {
                return path.join(this.temporaryHomePath, '.gitconfig');
@@ -202,7 +199,7 @@ class GitAuthHelper {
            yield fs.promises.mkdir(this.temporaryHomePath, { recursive: true });
            // Copy the global git config
            const gitConfigPath = path.join(process.env['HOME'] || os.homedir(), '.gitconfig');
-            this.gitConfigPath = path.join(this.temporaryHomePath, '.gitconfig');
+            const newGitConfigPath = path.join(this.temporaryHomePath, '.gitconfig');
            let configExists = false;
            try {
                yield fs.promises.stat(gitConfigPath);
@@ -214,31 +211,16 @@ class GitAuthHelper {
                }
            }
            if (configExists) {
-                core.info(`Copying '${gitConfigPath}' to '${this.gitConfigPath}'`);
-                yield io.cp(gitConfigPath, this.gitConfigPath);
+                core.info(`Copying '${gitConfigPath}' to '${newGitConfigPath}'`);
+                yield io.cp(gitConfigPath, newGitConfigPath);
            }
            else {
-                yield fs.promises.writeFile(this.gitConfigPath, '');
+                yield fs.promises.writeFile(newGitConfigPath, '');
            }
            // Override HOME
            core.info(`Temporarily overriding HOME='${this.temporaryHomePath}' before making global git config changes`);
            this.git.setEnvironmentVariable('HOME', this.temporaryHomePath);
-            return this.gitConfigPath;
-        });
-    }
-    configureCredentialsHelper() {
-        return __awaiter(this, void 0, void 0, function* () {
-            if (this.settings.lfs) {
-                core.info(`lfs disabled, skipping custom credentials helper`);
-                return;
-            }
-            const newGitConfigPath = yield this.configureTempGlobalConfig();
-            const credentialHelper = `
-    [credential]
-      helper = "!f() { echo username=x-access-token; echo password=${this.tokenConfigValue}; };f"
-    `;
-            core.info(`Configuring git to use a custom credential helper for aut to handle git lfs`);
-            yield fs.promises.appendFile(newGitConfigPath, credentialHelper);
+            return newGitConfigPath;
        });
    }
    configureGlobalAuth() {
@@ -247,6 +229,7 @@ class GitAuthHelper {
            const newGitConfigPath = yield this.configureTempGlobalConfig();
            try {
                // Configure the token
+                yield this.configureToken(newGitConfigPath, true);
                // Configure HTTPS instead of SSH
                yield this.git.tryConfigUnset(this.insteadOfKey, true);
                if (!this.settings.sshKey) {
@@ -258,6 +241,7 @@ class GitAuthHelper {
            catch (err) {
                // Unset in case somehow written to the real global config
                core.info('Encountered an error when attempting to configure token. Attempting unconfigure.');
+                yield this.git.tryConfigUnset(this.tokenConfigKey, true);
                throw err;
            }
        });
@@ -272,7 +256,7 @@ class GitAuthHelper {
                // refer to https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/identity/ad-ds/manage/component-updates/command-line-process-auditing
                const output = yield this.git.submoduleForeach(
                // wrap the pipeline in quotes to make sure it's handled properly by submoduleForeach, rather than just the first part of the pipeline
-                `sh -c "git config --local --show-origin --name-only --get-regexp remote.origin.url"`, this.settings.nestedSubmodules);
+                `sh -c "git config --local '${this.tokenConfigKey}' '${this.tokenPlaceholderConfigValue}' && git config --local --show-origin --name-only --get-regexp remote.origin.url"`, this.settings.nestedSubmodules);
                // Replace the placeholder
                const configPaths = output.match(/(?<=(^|\n)file:)[^\t]+(?=\tremote\.origin\.url)/g) || [];
                for (const configPath of configPaths) {
@@ -295,6 +279,7 @@ class GitAuthHelper {
    removeAuth() {
        return __awaiter(this, void 0, void 0, function* () {
            yield this.removeSsh();
+            yield this.removeToken();
        });
    }
    removeGlobalConfig() {
@@ -364,6 +349,22 @@ class GitAuthHelper {
            }
        });
    }
+    configureToken(configPath, globalConfig) {
+        return __awaiter(this, void 0, void 0, function* () {
+            // Validate args
+            assert.ok((configPath && globalConfig) || (!configPath && !globalConfig), 'Unexpected configureToken parameter combinations');
+            // Default config path
+            if (!configPath && !globalConfig) {
+                configPath = path.join(this.git.getWorkingDirectory(), '.git', 'config');
+            }
+            // Configure a placeholder value. This approach avoids the credential being captured
+            // by process creation audit events, which are commonly logged. For more information,
+            // refer to https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/identity/ad-ds/manage/component-updates/command-line-process-auditing
+            yield this.git.config(this.tokenConfigKey, this.tokenPlaceholderConfigValue, globalConfig);
+            // Replace the placeholder
+            yield this.replaceTokenPlaceholder(configPath || '');
+        });
+    }
    replaceTokenPlaceholder(configPath) {
        return __awaiter(this, void 0, void 0, function* () {
            assert.ok(configPath, 'configPath is not defined');
@@ -406,6 +407,12 @@ class GitAuthHelper {
            yield this.removeGitConfig(SSH_COMMAND_KEY);
        });
    }
+    removeToken() {
+        return __awaiter(this, void 0, void 0, function* () {
+            // HTTP extra header
+            yield this.removeGitConfig(this.tokenConfigKey);
+        });
+    }
    removeGitConfig(configKey, submoduleOnly = false) {
        return __awaiter(this, void 0, void 0, function* () {
            if (!submoduleOnly) {
@@ -463,7 +470,6 @@ Object.defineProperty(exports, "__esModule", ({ value: true }));
 exports.createCommandManager = exports.MinimumGitVersion = void 0;
 const core = __importStar(__nccwpck_require__(2186));
 const exec = __importStar(__nccwpck_require__(1514));
-const fs = __importStar(__nccwpck_require__(7147));
 const fshelper = __importStar(__nccwpck_require__(7219));
 const io = __importStar(__nccwpck_require__(7436));
 const path = __importStar(__nccwpck_require__(1017));
@@ -474,9 +480,9 @@ const git_version_1 = __nccwpck_require__(3142);
 // Auth header not supported before 2.9
 // Wire protocol v2 not supported before 2.18
 exports.MinimumGitVersion = new git_version_1.GitVersion('2.18');
-function createCommandManager(workingDirectory, lfs, doSparseCheckout) {
+function createCommandManager(workingDirectory, lfs) {
    return __awaiter(this, void 0, void 0, function* () {
-        return yield GitCommandManager.createCommandManager(workingDirectory, lfs, doSparseCheckout);
+        return yield GitCommandManager.createCommandManager(workingDirectory, lfs);
    });
 }
 exports.createCommandManager = createCommandManager;
@@ -489,7 +495,6 @@ class GitCommandManager {
        };
        this.gitPath = '';
        this.lfs = false;
-        this.doSparseCheckout = false;
        this.workingDirectory = '';
    }
    branchDelete(remote, branch) {
@@ -569,23 +574,6 @@ class GitCommandManager {
            return result;
        });
    }
-    sparseCheckout(sparseCheckout) {
-        return __awaiter(this, void 0, void 0, function* () {
-            yield this.execGit(['sparse-checkout', 'set', ...sparseCheckout]);
-        });
-    }
-    sparseCheckoutNonConeMode(sparseCheckout) {
-        return __awaiter(this, void 0, void 0, function* () {
-            yield this.execGit(['config', 'core.sparseCheckout', 'true']);
-            const output = yield this.execGit([
-                'rev-parse',
-                '--git-path',
-                'info/sparse-checkout'
-            ]);
-            const sparseCheckoutPath = path.join(this.workingDirectory, output.stdout.trimRight());
-            yield fs.promises.appendFile(sparseCheckoutPath, `\n${sparseCheckout.join('\n')}\n`);
-        });
-    }
    checkout(ref, startPoint) {
        return __awaiter(this, void 0, void 0, function* () {
            const args = ['checkout', '--progress', '--force'];
@@ -627,18 +615,15 @@ class GitCommandManager {
            return output.exitCode === 0;
        });
    }
-    fetch(refSpec, options) {
+    fetch(refSpec, fetchDepth) {
        return __awaiter(this, void 0, void 0, function* () {
            const args = ['-c', 'protocol.version=2', 'fetch'];
            if (!refSpec.some(x => x === refHelper.tagsRefSpec)) {
                args.push('--no-tags');
            }
            args.push('--prune', '--progress', '--no-recurse-submodules');
-            if (options.filter) {
-                args.push(`--filter=${options.filter}`);
-            }
-            if (options.fetchDepth && options.fetchDepth > 0) {
-                args.push(`--depth=${options.fetchDepth}`);
+            if (fetchDepth && fetchDepth > 0) {
+                args.push(`--depth=${fetchDepth}`);
            }
            else if (fshelper.fileExistsSync(path.join(this.workingDirectory, '.git', 'shallow'))) {
                args.push('--unshallow');
@@ -780,13 +765,6 @@ class GitCommandManager {
            yield this.execGit(args);
        });
    }
-    submoduleStatus() {
-        return __awaiter(this, void 0, void 0, function* () {
-            const output = yield this.execGit(['submodule', 'status'], true);
-            core.debug(output.stdout);
-            return output.exitCode === 0;
-        });
-    }
    tagExists(pattern) {
        return __awaiter(this, void 0, void 0, function* () {
            const output = yield this.execGit(['tag', '--list', pattern]);
@@ -835,10 +813,10 @@ class GitCommandManager {
            return output.exitCode === 0;
        });
    }
-    static createCommandManager(workingDirectory, lfs, doSparseCheckout) {
+    static createCommandManager(workingDirectory, lfs) {
        return __awaiter(this, void 0, void 0, function* () {
            const result = new GitCommandManager();
-            yield result.initializeCommandManager(workingDirectory, lfs, doSparseCheckout);
+            yield result.initializeCommandManager(workingDirectory, lfs);
            return result;
        });
    }
@@ -874,7 +852,7 @@ class GitCommandManager {
            return result;
        });
    }
-    initializeCommandManager(workingDirectory, lfs, doSparseCheckout) {
+    initializeCommandManager(workingDirectory, lfs) {
        return __awaiter(this, void 0, void 0, function* () {
            this.workingDirectory = workingDirectory;
            // Git-lfs will try to pull down assets if any of the local/user/system setting exist.
@@ -926,14 +904,6 @@ class GitCommandManager {
                    throw new Error(`Minimum required git-lfs version is ${minimumGitLfsVersion}. Your git-lfs ('${gitLfsPath}') is ${gitLfsVersion}`);
                }
            }
-            this.doSparseCheckout = doSparseCheckout;
-            if (this.doSparseCheckout) {
-                // The `git sparse-checkout` command was introduced in Git v2.25.0
-                const minimumGitSparseCheckoutVersion = new git_version_1.GitVersion('2.25');
-                if (!gitVersion.checkMinimum(minimumGitSparseCheckoutVersion)) {
-                    throw new Error(`Minimum Git version required for sparse checkout is ${minimumGitSparseCheckoutVersion}. Your git ('${this.gitPath}') is ${gitVersion}`);
-                }
-            }
            // Set the user agent
            const gitHttpUserAgent = `git/${gitVersion} (github-actions-checkout)`;
            core.debug(`Set git useragent to: ${gitHttpUserAgent}`);
@@ -1053,16 +1023,11 @@ function prepareExistingDirectory(git, repositoryPath, repositoryUrl, clean, ref
                    }
                }
                core.endGroup();
-                // Check for submodules and delete any existing files if submodules are present
-                if (!(yield git.submoduleStatus())) {
-                    remove = true;
-                    core.info('Bad Submodules found, removing existing files');
-                }
                // Clean
                if (clean) {
                    core.startGroup('Cleaning the repository');
                    if (!(yield git.tryClean())) {
-                        core.debug(`The clean command failed. This might be caused by: 1) path too long, 2) permission issue, or 3) file in use. For further investigation, manually run 'git clean -ffdx' on the directory '${repositoryPath}'.`);
+                        core.debug(`The clean command failed. This might be caused by: 1) path too long, 2) permission issue, or 3) file in use. For futher investigation, manually run 'git clean -ffdx' on the directory '${repositoryPath}'.`);
                        remove = true;
                    }
                    else if (!(yield git.tryReset())) {
@@ -1233,24 +1198,20 @@ function getSource(settings) {
            }
            // Fetch
            core.startGroup('Fetching the repository');
-            const fetchOptions = {};
-            if (settings.sparseCheckout)
-                fetchOptions.filter = 'blob:none';
            if (settings.fetchDepth <= 0) {
                // Fetch all branches and tags
                let refSpec = refHelper.getRefSpecForAllHistory(settings.ref, settings.commit);
-                yield git.fetch(refSpec, fetchOptions);
+                yield git.fetch(refSpec);
                // When all history is fetched, the ref we're interested in may have moved to a different
                // commit (push or force push). If so, fetch again with a targeted refspec.
                if (!(yield refHelper.testRef(git, settings.ref, settings.commit))) {
                    refSpec = refHelper.getRefSpec(settings.ref, settings.commit);
-                    yield git.fetch(refSpec, fetchOptions);
+                    yield git.fetch(refSpec);
                }
            }
            else {
-                fetchOptions.fetchDepth = settings.fetchDepth;
                const refSpec = refHelper.getRefSpec(settings.ref, settings.commit);
-                yield git.fetch(refSpec, fetchOptions);
+                yield git.fetch(refSpec, settings.fetchDepth);
            }
            core.endGroup();
            // Checkout info
@@ -1260,23 +1221,11 @@ function getSource(settings) {
            // LFS fetch
            // Explicit lfs-fetch to avoid slow checkout (fetches one lfs object at a time).
            // Explicit lfs fetch will fetch lfs objects in parallel.
-            // For sparse checkouts, let `checkout` fetch the needed objects lazily.
-            if (settings.lfs && !settings.sparseCheckout) {
+            if (settings.lfs) {
                core.startGroup('Fetching LFS objects');
                yield git.lfsFetch(checkoutInfo.startPoint || checkoutInfo.ref);
                core.endGroup();
            }
-            // Sparse checkout
-            if (settings.sparseCheckout) {
-                core.startGroup('Setting up sparse checkout');
-                if (settings.sparseCheckoutConeMode) {
-                    yield git.sparseCheckout(settings.sparseCheckout);
-                }
-                else {
-                    yield git.sparseCheckoutNonConeMode(settings.sparseCheckout);
-                }
-                core.endGroup();
-            }
            // Checkout
            core.startGroup('Checking out the ref');
            yield git.checkout(checkoutInfo.ref, checkoutInfo.startPoint);
@@ -1330,7 +1279,7 @@ function cleanup(repositoryPath) {
        }
        let git;
        try {
-            git = yield gitCommandManager.createCommandManager(repositoryPath, false, false);
+            git = yield gitCommandManager.createCommandManager(repositoryPath, false);
        }
        catch (_a) {
            return;
@@ -1361,7 +1310,7 @@ function getGitCommandManager(settings) {
    return __awaiter(this, void 0, void 0, function* () {
        core.info(`Working directory is '${settings.repositoryPath}'`);
        try {
-            return yield gitCommandManager.createCommandManager(settings.repositoryPath, settings.lfs, settings.sparseCheckout != null);
+            return yield gitCommandManager.createCommandManager(settings.repositoryPath, settings.lfs);
        }
        catch (err) {
            // Git is required for LFS
@@ -1504,7 +1453,6 @@ const path = __importStar(__nccwpck_require__(1017));
 const retryHelper = __importStar(__nccwpck_require__(2155));
 const toolCache = __importStar(__nccwpck_require__(7784));
 const v4_1 = __importDefault(__nccwpck_require__(824));
-const url_helper_1 = __nccwpck_require__(9437);
 const IS_WINDOWS = process.platform === 'win32';
 function downloadRepository(authToken, owner, repo, ref, commit, repositoryPath, baseUrl) {
    return __awaiter(this, void 0, void 0, function* () {
@@ -1565,9 +1513,7 @@ function getDefaultBranch(authToken, owner, repo, baseUrl) {
        return yield retryHelper.execute(() => __awaiter(this, void 0, void 0, function* () {
            var _a;
            core.info('Retrieving the default branch name');
-            const octokit = github.getOctokit(authToken, {
-                baseUrl: (0, url_helper_1.getServerApiUrl)(baseUrl)
-            });
+            const octokit = github.getOctokit(authToken, { baseUrl: baseUrl });
            let result;
            try {
                // Get the default branch from the repo info
@@ -1599,9 +1545,7 @@ function getDefaultBranch(authToken, owner, repo, baseUrl) {
 exports.getDefaultBranch = getDefaultBranch;
 function downloadArchive(authToken, owner, repo, ref, commit, baseUrl) {
    return __awaiter(this, void 0, void 0, function* () {
-        const octokit = github.getOctokit(authToken, {
-            baseUrl: (0, url_helper_1.getServerApiUrl)(baseUrl)
-        });
+        const octokit = github.getOctokit(authToken, { baseUrl: baseUrl });
        const download = IS_WINDOWS
            ? octokit.rest.repos.downloadZipballArchive
            : octokit.rest.repos.downloadTarballArchive;
@@ -1712,15 +1656,6 @@ function getInputs() {
        // Clean
        result.clean = (core.getInput('clean') || 'true').toUpperCase() === 'TRUE';
        core.debug(`clean = ${result.clean}`);
-        // Sparse checkout
-        const sparseCheckout = core.getMultilineInput('sparse-checkout');
-        if (sparseCheckout.length) {
-            result.sparseCheckout = sparseCheckout;
-            core.debug(`sparse checkout = ${result.sparseCheckout}`);
-        }
-        result.sparseCheckoutConeMode =
-            (core.getInput('sparse-checkout-cone-mode') || 'true').toUpperCase() ===
-                'TRUE';
        // Fetch depth
        result.fetchDepth = Math.floor(Number(core.getInput('fetch-depth') || '1'));
        if (isNaN(result.fetchDepth) || result.fetchDepth < 0) {
@@ -2091,7 +2026,7 @@ function checkCommitInfo(token, commitInfo, repositoryOwner, repositoryName, ref
            if (actualHeadSha !== expectedHeadSha) {
                core.debug(`Expected head sha ${expectedHeadSha}; actual head sha ${actualHeadSha}`);
                const octokit = github.getOctokit(token, {
-                    baseUrl: (0, url_helper_1.getServerApiUrl)(baseUrl),
+                    baseUrl: baseUrl,
                    userAgent: `actions-checkout-tracepoint/1.0 (code=STALE_MERGE;owner=${repositoryOwner};repo=${repositoryName};pr=${fromPayload('number')};run_id=${process.env['GITHUB_RUN_ID']};expected_head_sha=${expectedHeadSha};actual_head_sha=${actualHeadSha})`
                });
                yield octokit.rest.repos.get({
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
  "name": "checkout",
-  "version": "3.5.3",
+  "version": "3.6.0",
  "lockfileVersion": 2,
  "requires": true,
  "packages": {
    "": {
      "name": "checkout",
-      "version": "3.5.3",
+      "version": "3.6.0",
      "license": "MIT",
      "dependencies": {
        "@actions/core": "^1.10.0",
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
  "name": "checkout",
-  "version": "3.5.3",
+  "version": "3.6.0",
  "description": "checkout action",
  "main": "lib/main.js",
  "scripts": {
--- a/src/git-auth-helper.ts
+++ b/src/git-auth-helper.ts
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ export interface IGitAuthHelper {
  configureGlobalAuth(): Promise<void>
  configureSubmoduleAuth(): Promise<void>
  configureTempGlobalConfig(): Promise<string>
-  configureCredentialsHelper(): Promise<void>
  removeAuth(): Promise<void>
  removeGlobalConfig(): Promise<void>
 }
@@ -35,6 +34,7 @@ export function createAuthHelper(
 class GitAuthHelper {
  private readonly git: IGitCommandManager
  private readonly settings: IGitSourceSettings
+  private readonly tokenConfigKey: string
  private readonly tokenConfigValue: string
  private readonly tokenPlaceholderConfigValue: string
  private readonly insteadOfKey: string
@@ -43,7 +43,6 @@ class GitAuthHelper {
  private sshKeyPath = ''
  private sshKnownHostsPath = ''
  private temporaryHomePath = ''
-  private gitConfigPath = ''

  constructor(
    gitCommandManager: IGitCommandManager,
@@ -54,6 +53,7 @@ class GitAuthHelper {

    // Token auth header
    const serverUrl = urlHelper.getServerUrl(this.settings.githubServerUrl)
+    this.tokenConfigKey = `http.${serverUrl.origin}/.extraheader` // "origin" is SCHEME://HOSTNAME[:PORT]
    const basicCredential = Buffer.from(
      `x-access-token:${this.settings.authToken}`,
      'utf8'
@@ -78,13 +78,10 @@ class GitAuthHelper {

    // Configure new values
    await this.configureSsh()
-    await this.configureCredentialsHelper()
+    await this.configureToken()
  }

  async configureTempGlobalConfig(): Promise<string> {
-    if (!!this.gitConfigPath) {
-      return this.gitConfigPath
-    }
    // Already setup global config
    if (this.temporaryHomePath?.length > 0) {
      return path.join(this.temporaryHomePath, '.gitconfig')
@@ -101,7 +98,7 @@ class GitAuthHelper {
      process.env['HOME'] || os.homedir(),
      '.gitconfig'
    )
-    this.gitConfigPath = path.join(this.temporaryHomePath, '.gitconfig')
+    const newGitConfigPath = path.join(this.temporaryHomePath, '.gitconfig')
    let configExists = false
    try {
      await fs.promises.stat(gitConfigPath)
@@ -112,10 +109,10 @@ class GitAuthHelper {
      }
    }
    if (configExists) {
-      core.info(`Copying '${gitConfigPath}' to '${this.gitConfigPath}'`)
-      await io.cp(gitConfigPath, this.gitConfigPath)
+      core.info(`Copying '${gitConfigPath}' to '${newGitConfigPath}'`)
+      await io.cp(gitConfigPath, newGitConfigPath)
    } else {
-      await fs.promises.writeFile(this.gitConfigPath, '')
+      await fs.promises.writeFile(newGitConfigPath, '')
    }

    // Override HOME
@@ -124,25 +121,7 @@ class GitAuthHelper {
    )
    this.git.setEnvironmentVariable('HOME', this.temporaryHomePath)

-    return this.gitConfigPath
-  }
-
-  async configureCredentialsHelper(): Promise<void> {
-    if (this.settings.lfs) {
-      core.info(`lfs disabled, skipping custom credentials helper`)
-      return
-    }
-    const newGitConfigPath = await this.configureTempGlobalConfig()
-
-    const credentialHelper = `
-    [credential]
-      helper = "!f() { echo username=x-access-token; echo password=${this.tokenConfigValue}; };f"
-    `
-
-    core.info(
-      `Configuring git to use a custom credential helper for aut to handle git lfs`
-    )
-    await fs.promises.appendFile(newGitConfigPath, credentialHelper)
+    return newGitConfigPath
  }

  async configureGlobalAuth(): Promise<void> {
@@ -150,6 +129,8 @@ class GitAuthHelper {
    const newGitConfigPath = await this.configureTempGlobalConfig()
    try {
      // Configure the token
+      await this.configureToken(newGitConfigPath, true)
+
      // Configure HTTPS instead of SSH
      await this.git.tryConfigUnset(this.insteadOfKey, true)
      if (!this.settings.sshKey) {
@@ -162,6 +143,7 @@ class GitAuthHelper {
      core.info(
        'Encountered an error when attempting to configure token. Attempting unconfigure.'
      )
+      await this.git.tryConfigUnset(this.tokenConfigKey, true)
      throw err
    }
  }
@@ -176,7 +158,7 @@ class GitAuthHelper {
      // refer to https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/identity/ad-ds/manage/component-updates/command-line-process-auditing
      const output = await this.git.submoduleForeach(
        // wrap the pipeline in quotes to make sure it's handled properly by submoduleForeach, rather than just the first part of the pipeline
-        `sh -c "git config --local --show-origin --name-only --get-regexp remote.origin.url"`,
+        `sh -c "git config --local '${this.tokenConfigKey}' '${this.tokenPlaceholderConfigValue}' && git config --local --show-origin --name-only --get-regexp remote.origin.url"`,
        this.settings.nestedSubmodules
      )

@@ -208,6 +190,7 @@ class GitAuthHelper {

  async removeAuth(): Promise<void> {
    await this.removeSsh()
+    await this.removeToken()
  }

  async removeGlobalConfig(): Promise<void> {
@@ -289,6 +272,34 @@ class GitAuthHelper {
    }
  }

+  private async configureToken(
+    configPath?: string,
+    globalConfig?: boolean
+  ): Promise<void> {
+    // Validate args
+    assert.ok(
+      (configPath && globalConfig) || (!configPath && !globalConfig),
+      'Unexpected configureToken parameter combinations'
+    )
+
+    // Default config path
+    if (!configPath && !globalConfig) {
+      configPath = path.join(this.git.getWorkingDirectory(), '.git', 'config')
+    }
+
+    // Configure a placeholder value. This approach avoids the credential being captured
+    // by process creation audit events, which are commonly logged. For more information,
+    // refer to https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/identity/ad-ds/manage/component-updates/command-line-process-auditing
+    await this.git.config(
+      this.tokenConfigKey,
+      this.tokenPlaceholderConfigValue,
+      globalConfig
+    )
+
+    // Replace the placeholder
+    await this.replaceTokenPlaceholder(configPath || '')
+  }
+
  private async replaceTokenPlaceholder(configPath: string): Promise<void> {
    assert.ok(configPath, 'configPath is not defined')
    let content = (await fs.promises.readFile(configPath)).toString()
@@ -334,6 +345,11 @@ class GitAuthHelper {
    await this.removeGitConfig(SSH_COMMAND_KEY)
  }

+  private async removeToken(): Promise<void> {
+    // HTTP extra header
+    await this.removeGitConfig(this.tokenConfigKey)
+  }
+
  private async removeGitConfig(
    configKey: string,
    submoduleOnly: boolean = false
--- a/src/git-command-manager.ts
+++ b/src/git-command-manager.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 import * as core from '@actions/core'
 import * as exec from '@actions/exec'
-import * as fs from 'fs'
 import * as fshelper from './fs-helper'
 import * as io from '@actions/io'
 import * as path from 'path'
@@ -17,8 +16,6 @@ export interface IGitCommandManager {
  branchDelete(remote: boolean, branch: string): Promise<void>
  branchExists(remote: boolean, pattern: string): Promise<boolean>
  branchList(remote: boolean): Promise<string[]>
-  sparseCheckout(sparseCheckout: string[]): Promise<void>
-  sparseCheckoutNonConeMode(sparseCheckout: string[]): Promise<void>
  checkout(ref: string, startPoint: string): Promise<void>
  checkoutDetach(): Promise<void>
  config(
@@ -28,13 +25,7 @@ export interface IGitCommandManager {
    add?: boolean
  ): Promise<void>
  configExists(configKey: string, globalConfig?: boolean): Promise<boolean>
-  fetch(
-    refSpec: string[],
-    options: {
-      filter?: string
-      fetchDepth?: number
-    }
-  ): Promise<void>
+  fetch(refSpec: string[], fetchDepth?: number): Promise<void>
  getDefaultBranch(repositoryUrl: string): Promise<string>
  getWorkingDirectory(): string
  init(): Promise<void>
@@ -50,7 +41,6 @@ export interface IGitCommandManager {
  submoduleForeach(command: string, recursive: boolean): Promise<string>
  submoduleSync(recursive: boolean): Promise<void>
  submoduleUpdate(fetchDepth: number, recursive: boolean): Promise<void>
-  submoduleStatus(): Promise<boolean>
  tagExists(pattern: string): Promise<boolean>
  tryClean(): Promise<boolean>
  tryConfigUnset(configKey: string, globalConfig?: boolean): Promise<boolean>
@@ -61,14 +51,9 @@ export interface IGitCommandManager {

 export async function createCommandManager(
  workingDirectory: string,
-  lfs: boolean,
-  doSparseCheckout: boolean
+  lfs: boolean
 ): Promise<IGitCommandManager> {
-  return await GitCommandManager.createCommandManager(
-    workingDirectory,
-    lfs,
-    doSparseCheckout
-  )
+  return await GitCommandManager.createCommandManager(workingDirectory, lfs)
 }

 class GitCommandManager {
@@ -78,7 +63,6 @@ class GitCommandManager {
  }
  private gitPath = ''
  private lfs = false
-  private doSparseCheckout = false
  private workingDirectory = ''

  // Private constructor; use createCommandManager()
@@ -169,27 +153,6 @@ class GitCommandManager {
    return result
  }

-  async sparseCheckout(sparseCheckout: string[]): Promise<void> {
-    await this.execGit(['sparse-checkout', 'set', ...sparseCheckout])
-  }
-
-  async sparseCheckoutNonConeMode(sparseCheckout: string[]): Promise<void> {
-    await this.execGit(['config', 'core.sparseCheckout', 'true'])
-    const output = await this.execGit([
-      'rev-parse',
-      '--git-path',
-      'info/sparse-checkout'
-    ])
-    const sparseCheckoutPath = path.join(
-      this.workingDirectory,
-      output.stdout.trimRight()
-    )
-    await fs.promises.appendFile(
-      sparseCheckoutPath,
-      `\n${sparseCheckout.join('\n')}\n`
-    )
-  }
-
  async checkout(ref: string, startPoint: string): Promise<void> {
    const args = ['checkout', '--progress', '--force']
    if (startPoint) {
@@ -238,23 +201,15 @@ class GitCommandManager {
    return output.exitCode === 0
  }

-  async fetch(
-    refSpec: string[],
-    options: {filter?: string; fetchDepth?: number}
-  ): Promise<void> {
+  async fetch(refSpec: string[], fetchDepth?: number): Promise<void> {
    const args = ['-c', 'protocol.version=2', 'fetch']
    if (!refSpec.some(x => x === refHelper.tagsRefSpec)) {
      args.push('--no-tags')
    }

    args.push('--prune', '--progress', '--no-recurse-submodules')
-
-    if (options.filter) {
-      args.push(`--filter=${options.filter}`)
-    }
-
-    if (options.fetchDepth && options.fetchDepth > 0) {
-      args.push(`--depth=${options.fetchDepth}`)
+    if (fetchDepth && fetchDepth > 0) {
+      args.push(`--depth=${fetchDepth}`)
    } else if (
      fshelper.fileExistsSync(
        path.join(this.workingDirectory, '.git', 'shallow')
@@ -402,12 +357,6 @@ class GitCommandManager {
    await this.execGit(args)
  }

-  async submoduleStatus(): Promise<boolean> {
-    const output = await this.execGit(['submodule', 'status'], true)
-    core.debug(output.stdout)
-    return output.exitCode === 0
-  }
-
  async tagExists(pattern: string): Promise<boolean> {
    const output = await this.execGit(['tag', '--list', pattern])
    return !!output.stdout.trim()
@@ -467,15 +416,10 @@ class GitCommandManager {

  static async createCommandManager(
    workingDirectory: string,
-    lfs: boolean,
-    doSparseCheckout: boolean
+    lfs: boolean
  ): Promise<GitCommandManager> {
    const result = new GitCommandManager()
-    await result.initializeCommandManager(
-      workingDirectory,
-      lfs,
-      doSparseCheckout
-    )
+    await result.initializeCommandManager(workingDirectory, lfs)
    return result
  }

@@ -525,8 +469,7 @@ class GitCommandManager {

  private async initializeCommandManager(
    workingDirectory: string,
-    lfs: boolean,
-    doSparseCheckout: boolean
+    lfs: boolean
  ): Promise<void> {
    this.workingDirectory = workingDirectory

@@ -589,16 +532,6 @@ class GitCommandManager {
      }
    }

-    this.doSparseCheckout = doSparseCheckout
-    if (this.doSparseCheckout) {
-      // The `git sparse-checkout` command was introduced in Git v2.25.0
-      const minimumGitSparseCheckoutVersion = new GitVersion('2.25')
-      if (!gitVersion.checkMinimum(minimumGitSparseCheckoutVersion)) {
-        throw new Error(
-          `Minimum Git version required for sparse checkout is ${minimumGitSparseCheckoutVersion}. Your git ('${this.gitPath}') is ${gitVersion}`
-        )
-      }
-    }
    // Set the user agent
    const gitHttpUserAgent = `git/${gitVersion} (github-actions-checkout)`
    core.debug(`Set git useragent to: ${gitHttpUserAgent}`)
--- a/src/git-directory-helper.ts
+++ b/src/git-directory-helper.ts
@@ -81,18 +81,12 @@ export async function prepareExistingDirectory(
      }
      core.endGroup()

-      // Check for submodules and delete any existing files if submodules are present
-      if (!(await git.submoduleStatus())) {
-        remove = true
-        core.info('Bad Submodules found, removing existing files')
-      }
-
      // Clean
      if (clean) {
        core.startGroup('Cleaning the repository')
        if (!(await git.tryClean())) {
          core.debug(
-            `The clean command failed. This might be caused by: 1) path too long, 2) permission issue, or 3) file in use. For further investigation, manually run 'git clean -ffdx' on the directory '${repositoryPath}'.`
+            `The clean command failed. This might be caused by: 1) path too long, 2) permission issue, or 3) file in use. For futher investigation, manually run 'git clean -ffdx' on the directory '${repositoryPath}'.`
          )
          remove = true
        } else if (!(await git.tryReset())) {
--- a/src/git-source-provider.ts
+++ b/src/git-source-provider.ts
@@ -153,26 +153,23 @@ export async function getSource(settings: IGitSourceSettings): Promise<void> {

    // Fetch
    core.startGroup('Fetching the repository')
-    const fetchOptions: {filter?: string; fetchDepth?: number} = {}
-    if (settings.sparseCheckout) fetchOptions.filter = 'blob:none'
    if (settings.fetchDepth <= 0) {
      // Fetch all branches and tags
      let refSpec = refHelper.getRefSpecForAllHistory(
        settings.ref,
        settings.commit
      )
-      await git.fetch(refSpec, fetchOptions)
+      await git.fetch(refSpec)

      // When all history is fetched, the ref we're interested in may have moved to a different
      // commit (push or force push). If so, fetch again with a targeted refspec.
      if (!(await refHelper.testRef(git, settings.ref, settings.commit))) {
        refSpec = refHelper.getRefSpec(settings.ref, settings.commit)
-        await git.fetch(refSpec, fetchOptions)
+        await git.fetch(refSpec)
      }
    } else {
-      fetchOptions.fetchDepth = settings.fetchDepth
      const refSpec = refHelper.getRefSpec(settings.ref, settings.commit)
-      await git.fetch(refSpec, fetchOptions)
+      await git.fetch(refSpec, settings.fetchDepth)
    }
    core.endGroup()

@@ -188,24 +185,12 @@ export async function getSource(settings: IGitSourceSettings): Promise<void> {
    // LFS fetch
    // Explicit lfs-fetch to avoid slow checkout (fetches one lfs object at a time).
    // Explicit lfs fetch will fetch lfs objects in parallel.
-    // For sparse checkouts, let `checkout` fetch the needed objects lazily.
-    if (settings.lfs && !settings.sparseCheckout) {
+    if (settings.lfs) {
      core.startGroup('Fetching LFS objects')
      await git.lfsFetch(checkoutInfo.startPoint || checkoutInfo.ref)
      core.endGroup()
    }

-    // Sparse checkout
-    if (settings.sparseCheckout) {
-      core.startGroup('Setting up sparse checkout')
-      if (settings.sparseCheckoutConeMode) {
-        await git.sparseCheckout(settings.sparseCheckout)
-      } else {
-        await git.sparseCheckoutNonConeMode(settings.sparseCheckout)
-      }
-      core.endGroup()
-    }
-
    // Checkout
    core.startGroup('Checking out the ref')
    await git.checkout(checkoutInfo.ref, checkoutInfo.startPoint)
@@ -276,11 +261,7 @@ export async function cleanup(repositoryPath: string): Promise<void> {

  let git: IGitCommandManager
  try {
-    git = await gitCommandManager.createCommandManager(
-      repositoryPath,
-      false,
-      false
-    )
+    git = await gitCommandManager.createCommandManager(repositoryPath, false)
  } catch {
    return
  }
@@ -316,8 +297,7 @@ async function getGitCommandManager(
  try {
    return await gitCommandManager.createCommandManager(
      settings.repositoryPath,
-      settings.lfs,
-      settings.sparseCheckout != null
+      settings.lfs
    )
  } catch (err) {
    // Git is required for LFS
--- a/src/git-source-settings.ts
+++ b/src/git-source-settings.ts
@@ -29,16 +29,6 @@ export interface IGitSourceSettings {
   */
  clean: boolean

-  /**
-   * The array of folders to make the sparse checkout
-   */
-  sparseCheckout: string[]
-
-  /**
-   * Indicates whether to use cone mode in the sparse checkout (if any)
-   */
-  sparseCheckoutConeMode: boolean
-
  /**
   * The depth when fetching
   */
--- a/src/github-api-helper.ts
+++ b/src/github-api-helper.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ import * as path from 'path'
 import * as retryHelper from './retry-helper'
 import * as toolCache from '@actions/tool-cache'
 import {default as uuid} from 'uuid/v4'
-import {getServerApiUrl} from './url-helper'

 const IS_WINDOWS = process.platform === 'win32'

@@ -85,9 +84,7 @@ export async function getDefaultBranch(
 ): Promise<string> {
  return await retryHelper.execute(async () => {
    core.info('Retrieving the default branch name')
-    const octokit = github.getOctokit(authToken, {
-      baseUrl: getServerApiUrl(baseUrl)
-    })
+    const octokit = github.getOctokit(authToken, {baseUrl: baseUrl})
    let result: string
    try {
      // Get the default branch from the repo info
@@ -128,9 +125,7 @@ async function downloadArchive(
  commit: string,
  baseUrl?: string
 ): Promise<Buffer> {
-  const octokit = github.getOctokit(authToken, {
-    baseUrl: getServerApiUrl(baseUrl)
-  })
+  const octokit = github.getOctokit(authToken, {baseUrl: baseUrl})
  const download = IS_WINDOWS
    ? octokit.rest.repos.downloadZipballArchive
    : octokit.rest.repos.downloadTarballArchive
--- a/src/input-helper.ts
+++ b/src/input-helper.ts
@@ -82,17 +82,6 @@ export async function getInputs(): Promise<IGitSourceSettings> {
  result.clean = (core.getInput('clean') || 'true').toUpperCase() === 'TRUE'
  core.debug(`clean = ${result.clean}`)

-  // Sparse checkout
-  const sparseCheckout = core.getMultilineInput('sparse-checkout')
-  if (sparseCheckout.length) {
-    result.sparseCheckout = sparseCheckout
-    core.debug(`sparse checkout = ${result.sparseCheckout}`)
-  }
-
-  result.sparseCheckoutConeMode =
-    (core.getInput('sparse-checkout-cone-mode') || 'true').toUpperCase() ===
-    'TRUE'
-
  // Fetch depth
  result.fetchDepth = Math.floor(Number(core.getInput('fetch-depth') || '1'))
  if (isNaN(result.fetchDepth) || result.fetchDepth < 0) {
--- a/src/ref-helper.ts
+++ b/src/ref-helper.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import {IGitCommandManager} from './git-command-manager'
 import * as core from '@actions/core'
 import * as github from '@actions/github'
-import {getServerApiUrl, isGhes} from './url-helper'
+import {isGhes} from './url-helper'

 export const tagsRefSpec = '+refs/tags/*:refs/tags/*'

@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@ export async function checkCommitInfo(
        `Expected head sha ${expectedHeadSha}; actual head sha ${actualHeadSha}`
      )
      const octokit = github.getOctokit(token, {
-        baseUrl: getServerApiUrl(baseUrl),
+        baseUrl: baseUrl,
        userAgent: `actions-checkout-tracepoint/1.0 (code=STALE_MERGE;owner=${repositoryOwner};repo=${repositoryName};pr=${fromPayload(
          'number'
        )};run_id=${