GitHub Action to read the contents of a file 
GitHub Action to read the contents of a file
Important
Disclaimer: This version was created because the creator has not updated the original (V1) for a while.
This is a GitHub Action that reads a file's contents. If you give it a path to a file, it will provide its contents and file size, accessible through an output variable.
The following example workflow step will read the contents of the package.json file.
- name: 'Read file contents' uses: guibranco/github-file-reader-action-v2@latest id: read_file with: path: 'package.json'The following input variable options can/must be configured:
| Input variable | Necessity | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
path | Required | the path to the file to read. | |
encoding | Optional | the encoding of the file to read. | utf8 |
contents: The contents of the file.size: The size of the file.
name: 'Read file contents' on: [push, pull_request] jobs: file_contents: runs-on: ubuntu-latest steps: - name: Checkout code uses: actions/checkout@v4 - name: Read file contents uses: guibranco/github-file-reader-action-v2@latest id: read_file with: path: 'package.json' - name: File contents run: echo "${ steps.read_file.outputs.contents }" - name: File size run: echo "${ steps.read_file.outputs.size }"Copyright © 2024 André Storhaug, GuiBranco.
file-reader-action-v2 is licensed under the MIT License.