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* Update README.md for V4

* Update actionReference in generate-docs.ts for v4
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[![Build and Test](https://github.com/actions/checkout/actions/workflows/test.yml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/actions/checkout/actions/workflows/test.yml)

# Checkout V3
# Checkout V4

This action checks-out your repository under `$GITHUB_WORKSPACE`, so your workflow can access it.

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# What's new

- Updated to the node16 runtime by default
- This requires a minimum [Actions Runner](https://github.com/actions/runner/releases/tag/v2.285.0) version of v2.285.0 to run, which is by default available in GHES 3.4 or later.
- Updated default runtime to node20
- This requires a minimum Actions Runner version of [v2.308.0](https://github.com/actions/runner/releases/tag/v2.308.0).
- Added support for fetching without the `--progress` option

# Usage

<!-- start usage -->
```yaml
- uses: actions/checkout@v3
- uses: actions/checkout@v4
with:
# Repository name with owner. For example, actions/checkout
# Default: ${{ github.repository }}
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## Fetch only the root files

```yaml
- uses: actions/checkout@v3
- uses: actions/checkout@v4
with:
sparse-checkout: .
```

## Fetch only the root files and `.github` and `src` folder

```yaml
- uses: actions/checkout@v3
- uses: actions/checkout@v4
with:
sparse-checkout: |
.github
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## Fetch only a single file

```yaml
- uses: actions/checkout@v3
- uses: actions/checkout@v4
with:
sparse-checkout: |
README.md
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## Fetch all history for all tags and branches

```yaml
- uses: actions/checkout@v3
- uses: actions/checkout@v4
with:
fetch-depth: 0
```

## Checkout a different branch

```yaml
- uses: actions/checkout@v3
- uses: actions/checkout@v4
with:
ref: my-branch
```

## Checkout HEAD^

```yaml
- uses: actions/checkout@v3
- uses: actions/checkout@v4
with:
fetch-depth: 2
- run: git checkout HEAD^
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```yaml
- name: Checkout
uses: actions/checkout@v3
uses: actions/checkout@v4
with:
path: main
- name: Checkout tools repo
uses: actions/checkout@v3
uses: actions/checkout@v4
with:
repository: my-org/my-tools
path: my-tools
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```yaml
- name: Checkout
uses: actions/checkout@v3
uses: actions/checkout@v4
- name: Checkout tools repo
uses: actions/checkout@v3
uses: actions/checkout@v4
with:
repository: my-org/my-tools
path: my-tools
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```yaml
- name: Checkout
uses: actions/checkout@v3
uses: actions/checkout@v4
with:
path: main
- name: Checkout private tools
uses: actions/checkout@v3
uses: actions/checkout@v4
with:
repository: my-org/my-private-tools
token: ${{ secrets.GH_PAT }} # `GH_PAT` is a secret that contains your PAT
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## Checkout pull request HEAD commit instead of merge commit

```yaml
- uses: actions/checkout@v3
- uses: actions/checkout@v4
with:
ref: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha }}
```
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build:
runs-on: ubuntu-latest
steps:
- uses: actions/checkout@v3
- uses: actions/checkout@v4
```

## Push a commit using the built-in token
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build:
runs-on: ubuntu-latest
steps:
- uses: actions/checkout@v3
- uses: actions/checkout@v4
- run: |
date > generated.txt
git config user.name github-actions
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}

updateUsage(
'actions/checkout@v3',
'actions/checkout@v4',
path.join(__dirname, '..', '..', 'action.yml'),
path.join(__dirname, '..', '..', 'README.md')
)

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