From 21dc8d233db446f8e739a1dfa886ac6963a05a2c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Manuel Friedli <manuel@fritteli.ch>
Date: Fri, 13 Mar 2026 11:19:20 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Create the checkout action.

---
 .gitignore |  1 +
 action.yml | 22 ++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 23 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 .gitignore
 create mode 100644 action.yml

diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9f11b75
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+.idea/
diff --git a/action.yml b/action.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e261ea6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/action.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+name: 'Checkout git repository'
+author: 'Manuel Friedli'
+description: |
+  Checkout a git repository.
+
+  It performs a shallow checkout and does not require NodeJS to run.
+
+inputs:
+  hostname:
+    description: The hostname of the forge we're checking out from.
+    default: "gittr.ch"
+runs:
+  using: "composite"
+  steps:
+    - run: |
+        set -eu
+        git init --quiet --initial-branch main
+        git remote add origin "https://${{ forge.token }}@${{ inputs.hostname }}/${{ forge.repository }}.git"
+        git fetch --quiet --no-tags --depth=1 origin "${{ forge.sha }}"
+        git checkout --quiet "${{ forge.sha }}"
+      shell: bash