- [Checkout pull request HEAD commit instead of merge commit](#Checkout-pull-request-HEAD-commit-instead-of-merge-commit)
- [Checkout pull request on closed event](#Checkout-pull-request-on-closed-event)
- [Checkout submodules](#Checkout-submodules)
- [Fetch all tags](#Fetch-all-tags)
- [Fetch all branches](#Fetch-all-branches)
## Checkout a different branch
```yaml
- uses: actions/checkout@v2
with:
ref: some-branch
ref: my-branch
```
## Checkout a different, private repository
## Checkout HEAD^
```yaml
- uses: actions/checkout@v2
with:
repository: myAccount/myRepository
ref: refs/heads/master
fetch-depth: 2
- run: git checkout HEAD^
```
## Checkout multiple repos (side by side)
```yaml
- name: Checkout
uses: actions/checkout@v2
with:
path: main
- name: Checkout tools repo
uses: actions/checkout@v2
with:
repository: my-org/my-tools
path: my-tools
```
## Checkout multiple repos (nested)
```yaml
- name: Checkout
uses: actions/checkout@v2
- name: Checkout tools repo
uses: actions/checkout@v2
with:
repository: my-org/my-tools
path: my-tools
```
## Checkout multiple repos (private)
```yaml
- name: Checkout
uses: actions/checkout@v2
with:
path: main
- name: Checkout private tools
uses: actions/checkout@v2
with:
repository: my-org/my-private-tools
token: ${{ secrets.GitHub_PAT }} # `GitHub_PAT` is a secret that contains your PAT
path: my-tools
```
> - `${{ github.token }}` is scoped to the current repository, so if you want to checkout another repository that is private you will need to provide your own [PAT](https://help.github.com/en/github/authenticating-to-github/creating-a-personal-access-token-for-the-command-line).
## Checkout the HEAD commit of a PR, rather than the merge commit
> - `${{ github.token }}` is scoped to the current repository, so if you want to checkout a different repository that is private you will need to provide your own [PAT](https://help.github.com/en/github/authenticating-to-github/creating-a-personal-access-token-for-the-command-line).
## Checkout pull request HEAD commit instead of merge commit
```yaml
- uses: actions/checkout@v2
@ -100,6 +158,47 @@ Refer [here](https://github.com/actions/checkout/blob/v1/README.md) for previous