36 changed files with 7501 additions and 21105 deletions
--- a/.all-contributorsrc
+++ b/.all-contributorsrc
@ -208,52 +208,6 @@
        "test",
        "bug"
      ]
-    },
-    {
-      "login": "levenleven",
-      "name": "Aleksey Levenstein",
-      "avatar_url": "https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/6463364?v=4",
-      "profile": "https://github.com/levenleven",
-      "contributions": [
-        "doc"
-      ]
-    },
-    {
-      "login": "dan-hill2802",
-      "name": "Daniel Hill",
-      "avatar_url": "https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/5046322?v=4",
-      "profile": "https://github.com/dan-hill2802",
-      "contributions": [
-        "doc"
-      ]
-    },
-    {
-      "login": "KeisukeYamashita",
-      "name": "KeisukeYamashita",
-      "avatar_url": "https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/23056537?v=4",
-      "profile": "https://keisukeyamashita.com",
-      "contributions": [
-        "doc"
-      ]
-    },
-    {
-      "login": "codesculpture",
-      "name": "Aravind",
-      "avatar_url": "https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/63452117?v=4",
-      "profile": "https://github.com/codesculpture",
-      "contributions": [
-        "code",
-        "bug"
-      ]
-    },
-    {
-      "login": "Whadup",
-      "name": "Lukas Pfahler",
-      "avatar_url": "https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/2308119?v=4",
-      "profile": "https://lukaspfahler.de",
-      "contributions": [
-        "code"
-      ]
    }
  ],
  "contributorsPerLine": 7,
--- a/.github/workflows/codacy-analysis.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/codacy-analysis.yml
@ -24,6 +24,11 @@ permissions:

 jobs:
  codacy-security-scan:
+    # Cancel other workflows that are running for the same branch
+    # https://docs.github.com/en/actions/reference/workflow-syntax-for-github-actions#concurrency
+    concurrency:
+      group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}
+      cancel-in-progress: true
    name: Codacy Security Scan
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
@ -34,7 +39,7 @@ jobs:
      # Execute Codacy Analysis CLI and generate a SARIF output with the security issues identified during the analysis
      - name: Run Codacy Analysis CLI
        continue-on-error: true
-        uses: codacy/codacy-analysis-cli-action@v4.4.5
+        uses: codacy/codacy-analysis-cli-action@v4.3.0
        with:
          # Check https://github.com/codacy/codacy-analysis-cli#project-token to get your project token from your Codacy repository
          # You can also omit the token and run the tools that support default configurations
--- a/.github/workflows/greetings.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/greetings.yml
@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-name: Greetings
-
-on: [pull_request_target, issues]
-
-permissions:
-  pull-requests: write
-  issues: write
-
-jobs:
-  greeting:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/first-interaction@v1
-        continue-on-error: true
-        with:
-          repo-token: ${{ secrets.PAT_TOKEN }}
-          issue-message: "Thanks for reporting this issue, don't forget to star this project if you haven't already to help us reach a wider audience."
-          pr-message: "Thanks for implementing a fix, could you ensure that the test covers your changes if applicable."
--- a/.github/workflows/issue-comment-job-example.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/issue-comment-job-example.yml
@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-name: Issue Comment Job Example
+name: Issue Comment Test

 permissions:
   contents: read
--- a/.github/workflows/manual-triggered-job-example.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/manual-triggered-job-example.yml
@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-name: Manual Triggered Job Example
+name: Manual Test

 permissions:
   contents: read
@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ permissions:
 on:
  workflow_dispatch:

+
 jobs:
  test:
    name: Test changed-files
--- a/.github/workflows/matrix-example.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/matrix-example.yml
@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-name: Matrix Example
+name: Matrix Test

 permissions:
   contents: read
@ -24,7 +24,8 @@ jobs:
        id: changed-files
        uses: ./
        with:
-          matrix: true
+          json: true
+          escape_json: false
      - name: List all changed files
        run: echo '${{ steps.changed-files.outputs.all_changed_files }}'

--- a/.github/workflows/multi-job-example.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/multi-job-example.yml
@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-name: Multi Job Example
+name: Multi Job Test

 permissions:
   contents: read
--- a/.github/workflows/sync-release-version.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/sync-release-version.yml
@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ jobs:
      - name: Run git-cliff
        uses: tj-actions/git-cliff@v1
      - name: Create Pull Request
-        uses: peter-evans/create-pull-request@v7.0.5
+        uses: peter-evans/create-pull-request@v5.0.2
        with:
          base: "main"
          labels: "merge when passing"
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ name: CI

 permissions:
  contents: read
+  pull-requests: write

 on:
  push:
@ -34,9 +35,6 @@ jobs:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    outputs:
      files_changed: ${{ steps.changed_files.outputs.files_changed }}
-    permissions:
-      contents: read
-      pull-requests: write
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
        with:
@ -45,7 +43,7 @@ jobs:
          repository: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.repo.full_name }}

      - name: Use Node.js 20.x
-        uses: actions/setup-node@v4.1.0
+        uses: actions/setup-node@v4.0.1
        with:
          cache: 'yarn'
          node-version: '20.x'
@ -60,7 +58,7 @@ jobs:
          yarn install

      - name: Run eslint on changed files
-        uses: tj-actions/eslint-changed-files@v25
+        uses: tj-actions/eslint-changed-files@v22
        if: github.event_name == 'pull_request'
        with:
          token: ${{ secrets.PAT_TOKEN }}
@ -70,12 +68,9 @@ jobs:
      - name: Run build and test
        run: |
          yarn all
-        env:
-          GITHUB_EVENT_PULL_REQUEST_HEAD_REPO_FORK: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.repo.fork }}

      - name: Verify Changed files
-        uses: tj-actions/verify-changed-files@v20
-        if: github.actor != 'dependabot[bot]'
+        uses: tj-actions/verify-changed-files@v17
        id: changed_files
        with:
          files: |
@ -99,7 +94,7 @@ jobs:
          branch: ${{ github.head_ref }}

      - name: Upload build assets
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
        with:
          name: build-assets
          path: dist
@ -116,8 +111,6 @@ jobs:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    needs: build
    if: needs.build.outputs.files_changed != 'true'
-    permissions:
-      contents: read
    steps:
      - name: Checkout into dir1
        uses: actions/checkout@v4
@ -128,7 +121,7 @@ jobs:
          path: dir1

      - name: Download build assets
-        uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v3
        with:
          name: build-assets
          path: dir1/dist
@ -154,7 +147,7 @@ jobs:
          bash

      - name: Download build assets
-        uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v3
        with:
          name: build-assets
          path: dir2/dist
@ -192,8 +185,7 @@ jobs:
    needs: build
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    if: github.event_name == 'push' && needs.build.outputs.files_changed != 'true'
-    permissions:
-      contents: read
+
    steps:
      - name: Checkout branch
        uses: actions/checkout@v4
@ -202,7 +194,7 @@ jobs:
          fetch-depth: 0

      - name: Download build assets
-        uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v3
        with:
          name: build-assets

@ -251,8 +243,6 @@ jobs:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    needs: build
    if: needs.build.outputs.files_changed != 'true'
-    permissions:
-      contents: read

    steps:
      - name: Checkout branch
@ -262,7 +252,7 @@ jobs:
          fetch-depth: 0

      - name: Download build assets
-        uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v3
        with:
          name: build-assets

@ -295,8 +285,6 @@ jobs:
        github.event_name == 'push' || 
        github.event_name == 'pull_request'
      ) && needs.build.outputs.files_changed != 'true'
-    permissions:
-      contents: read

    steps:
      - name: Checkout branch
@ -306,7 +294,7 @@ jobs:
          fetch-depth: 0

      - name: Download build assets
-        uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v3
        with:
          name: build-assets

@ -327,8 +315,6 @@ jobs:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    needs: build
    if: needs.build.outputs.files_changed != 'true'
-    permissions:
-      contents: read

    strategy:
      fail-fast: false
@ -345,7 +331,7 @@ jobs:
          fetch-depth: ${{ matrix.fetch-depth }}

      - name: Download build assets
-        uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v3
        with:
          name: build-assets

@ -368,8 +354,6 @@ jobs:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    needs: build
    if: github.event_name != 'push' && needs.build.outputs.files_changed != 'true'
-    permissions:
-      contents: read

    steps:
      - name: Checkout branch
@ -378,7 +362,7 @@ jobs:
          ref: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha }}

      - name: Download build assets
-        uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v3
        with:
          name: build-assets

@ -397,8 +381,6 @@ jobs:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    needs: build
    if: github.event_name != 'push' && needs.build.outputs.files_changed != 'true'
-    permissions:
-      contents: read
    strategy:
      fail-fast: false
      max-parallel: 4
@ -414,7 +396,7 @@ jobs:
          repository: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.repo.full_name }}

      - name: Download build assets
-        uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v3
        with:
          name: build-assets

@ -433,14 +415,13 @@ jobs:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    needs: build
    if: needs.build.outputs.files_changed != 'true'
-    permissions:
-      contents: read
+
    steps:
      - name: Checkout branch
        uses: actions/checkout@v4

      - name: Download build assets
-        uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v3
        with:
          name: build-assets

@ -488,14 +469,13 @@ jobs:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    needs: build
    if: needs.build.outputs.files_changed != 'true'
-    permissions:
-      contents: read
+
    steps:
      - name: Checkout branch
        uses: actions/checkout@v4

      - name: Download build assets
-        uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v3
        with:
          name: build-assets

@ -555,7 +535,7 @@ jobs:
          path: dir1

      - name: Download build assets
-        uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v3
        with:
          name: build-assets
          path: dir1/dist
@ -570,83 +550,11 @@ jobs:
        shell:
          bash

-  test-dir-names-nested-folder:
-    name: Test changed-files with dir-names in a nested folder
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    needs: build
-    if: needs.build.outputs.files_changed != 'true'
-    permissions:
-      contents: read
-    steps:
-      - name: Checkout branch
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
-        with:
-          repository: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.repo.full_name }}
-          submodules: true
-          fetch-depth: 0
-
-      - name: Download build assets
-        uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
-        with:
-          name: build-assets
-          path: dist
-
-      - name: Get changed files in the .github folder
-        id: changed-files
-        uses: ./
-        with:
-          path: .github
-          json: true
-          escape_json: false
-          dir_names: true
-          dir_names_exclude_current_dir: true
-
-      - name: Show output
-        run: |
-          echo "${{ toJSON(steps.changed-files.outputs) }}"
-        shell:
-          bash
-
-  test-non-existing-repository:
-    name: Test changed-files with non existing repository
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    needs: build
-    if: github.event_name == 'push' && needs.build.outputs.files_changed != 'true'
-    permissions:
-      contents: read
-    steps:
-      - name: Checkout into dir1
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
-        with:
-          repository: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.repo.full_name }}
-          submodules: true
-          fetch-depth: 0
-          path: dir1
-
-      - name: Download build assets
-        uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
-        with:
-          name: build-assets
-          path: dir1/dist
-
-      - name: Run changed-files with non existing repository
-        id: changed-files
-        continue-on-error: true
-        uses: ./dir1
-
-      - name: Verify failed
-        if: steps.changed-files.outcome != 'failure'
-        run: |
-          echo "Expected: (failure) got ${{ steps.changed-files.outcome }}"
-          exit 1
-
  test-submodules:
    name: Test changed-files with submodule
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    needs: build
    if: needs.build.outputs.files_changed != 'true'
-    permissions:
-      contents: read 
    strategy:
      fail-fast: false
      max-parallel: 4
@ -662,7 +570,7 @@ jobs:
          fetch-depth: ${{ matrix.fetch-depth }}

      - name: Download build assets
-        uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v3
        with:
          name: build-assets

@ -685,34 +593,11 @@ jobs:
          echo "${{ toJSON(steps.changed-files.outputs) }}"
        shell:
          bash
-
-      - name: Run changed-files excluding submodule
-        id: changed-files-exclude-submodule
-        uses: ./
-        with:
-          base_sha: "85bd869"
-          sha: "adde7bb"
-          fetch_depth: 60000
-          exclude_submodules: true
-
-      - name: Verify no added files
-        if: steps.changed-files-exclude-submodule.outputs.added_files != ''
-        run: |
-          echo "Expected: ('') got ${{ steps.changed-files-exclude-submodule.outputs.added_files }}"
-          exit 1
-
-      - name: Show output
-        run: |
-          echo "${{ toJSON(steps.changed-files-exclude-submodule.outputs) }}"
-        shell:
-          bash
  test-yaml:
    name: Test changed-files with yaml
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    needs: build
    if: needs.build.outputs.files_changed != 'true'
-    permissions:
-      contents: read
    strategy:
      fail-fast: false
      max-parallel: 4
@ -728,7 +613,7 @@ jobs:
          fetch-depth: ${{ matrix.fetch-depth }}

      - name: Download build assets
-        uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v3
        with:
          name: build-assets

@ -760,24 +645,6 @@ jobs:
        shell:
          bash

-      - name: Run changed-files with files_yaml, files_ignore_yaml
-        id: changed-files-ignore
-        uses: ./
-        with:
-          files_yaml: |
-            test:
-              - test/**.txt
-              - test/**.md
-          files_ignore_yaml: |
-            test:
-              - test/test.txt 
-
-      - name: Show output
-        run: |
-          echo "${{ toJSON(steps.changed-files-ignore.outputs) }}"
-        shell:
-          bash
-
      - name: Run changed-files with files_yaml, json and write_output_files
        id: changed-files-json-write-output-files
        uses: ./
@ -806,8 +673,6 @@ jobs:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    needs: build
    if: needs.build.outputs.files_changed != 'true'
-    permissions:
-      contents: read
    strategy:
      fail-fast: false
      max-parallel: 4
@ -823,7 +688,7 @@ jobs:
          fetch-depth: ${{ matrix.fetch-depth }}

      - name: Download build assets
-        uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v3
        with:
          name: build-assets

@ -998,8 +863,6 @@ jobs:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    needs: build
    if: needs.build.outputs.files_changed != 'true'
-    permissions:
-      contents: read
    steps:
      - name: Checkout branch
        uses: actions/checkout@v4
@ -1030,19 +893,14 @@ jobs:
          bash
  test-dir-names-deleted-files-include-only-deleted-dirs-directory:
    name: Test dir names deleted files include only deleted dirs
-    runs-on: ${{ matrix.platform }}
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    needs: build
-    strategy:
-      matrix:
-        platform: [ubuntu-latest, macos-latest, windows-latest]
    if: needs.build.outputs.files_changed != 'true'
-    permissions:
-      contents: read
    steps:
      - name: Checkout branch
        uses: actions/checkout@v4
        with:
-          ref: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha }}
+          ref: cd1e384723e4d1a184568182ac2b27c53ebf017f
          repository: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.repo.full_name }}
          submodules: true
          fetch-depth: 2
@ -1054,7 +912,6 @@ jobs:
          sha: cd1e384723e4d1a184568182ac2b27c53ebf017f
          dir_names: true
          dir_names_deleted_files_include_only_deleted_dirs: true
-          fetch_depth: 60000
      - name: Show output
        run: |
          echo '${{ toJSON(steps.changed-files-dir-names-deleted-files-include-only-deleted-dirs-directory.outputs) }}'
@ -1074,43 +931,12 @@ jobs:
          exit 1
        shell:
          bash
-      - name: Run changed-files with dir_names and dir_names_deleted_files_include_only_deleted_dirs with the test directory deleted returns posix path separator
-        id: changed-files-dir-names-deleted-files-include-only-deleted-dirs-directory-posix-path-separator
-        uses: ./
-        with:
-          base_sha: a52f8621d26d5d9f54b80f74bda2d9eedff94693
-          sha: cd1e384723e4d1a184568182ac2b27c53ebf017f
-          dir_names: true
-          dir_names_deleted_files_include_only_deleted_dirs: true
-          use_posix_path_separator: true
-          fetch_depth: 60000
-      - name: Show output
-        run: |
-          echo '${{ toJSON(steps.changed-files-dir-names-deleted-files-include-only-deleted-dirs-directory-posix-path-separator.outputs) }}'
-        shell:
-          bash
-      - name: Check deleted_files output on non windows platform
-        if: steps.changed-files-dir-names-deleted-files-include-only-deleted-dirs-directory-posix-path-separator.outputs.deleted_files != 'test/test3' && runner.os != 'Windows'
-        run: |
-          echo "Invalid output: Expected (test/test3) got (${{ steps.changed-files-dir-names-deleted-files-include-only-deleted-dirs-directory-posix-path-separator.outputs.deleted_files }})"
-          exit 1
-        shell:
-          bash
-      - name: Check deleted_files output on windows platform
-        if: "!contains(steps.changed-files-dir-names-deleted-files-include-only-deleted-dirs-directory-posix-path-separator.outputs.deleted_files, 'test/test3') && runner.os == 'Windows'"
-        run: |
-          echo "Invalid output: Expected (test/test3) got (${{ steps.changed-files-dir-names-deleted-files-include-only-deleted-dirs-directory-posix-path-separator.outputs.deleted_files }})"
-          exit 1
-        shell:
-          bash

  test-since-last-remote-commit:
    name: Test changed-files since last remote commit
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    needs: build
    if: needs.build.outputs.files_changed != 'true'
-    permissions:
-      contents: read
    strategy:
      fail-fast: false
      max-parallel: 4
@ -1127,7 +953,7 @@ jobs:
          fetch-depth: ${{ matrix.fetch-depth }}
  
      - name: Download build assets
-        uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v3
        with:
          name: build-assets

@ -1138,10 +964,10 @@ jobs:
        with:
          since_last_remote_commit: true

-      - name: Verify succeeded pull_request(closed)
-        if: steps.changed-files-since-last-remote-commit.outcome != 'success' && matrix.fetch-depth == 1 && github.event.action == 'closed' && github.event_name == 'pull_request'
+      - name: Verify failed
+        if: steps.changed-files-since-last-remote-commit.outcome != 'failure' && matrix.fetch-depth == 1 && github.event.action == 'closed' && github.event_name == 'pull_request'
        run: |
-          echo "Expected: (success) got ${{ steps.changed-files-since-last-remote-commit.outcome }}"
+          echo "Expected: (failure) got ${{ steps.changed-files-since-last-remote-commit.outcome }}"
          exit 1

      - name: Verify succeeded
@ -1161,8 +987,6 @@ jobs:
    runs-on: ${{ matrix.platform }}
    needs: build
    if: needs.build.outputs.files_changed != 'true'
-    permissions:
-      contents: read
    strategy:
      fail-fast: false
      max-parallel: 4
@ -1178,7 +1002,7 @@ jobs:
          repository: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.repo.full_name }}
          fetch-depth: ${{ matrix.fetch-depth }}
      - name: Download build assets
-        uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v3
        with:
          name: build-assets
      - name: Dump GitHub context
@ -1193,7 +1017,7 @@ jobs:
          echo '${{ toJSON(steps.changed-files.outputs) }}'
        shell:
          bash
-      - name: Run changed-files with dir name pattern
+      - name: Run changed-files with dir name
        id: changed-files-dir-name
        uses: ./
        with:
--- a/.github/workflows/update-readme.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/update-readme.yml
@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ jobs:
        uses: tj-actions/remark@v3

      - name: Verify Changed files
-        uses: tj-actions/verify-changed-files@v20
+        uses: tj-actions/verify-changed-files@v17
        id: verify_changed_files
        with:
          files: |
@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ jobs:

      - name: Create Pull Request
        if: failure()
-        uses: peter-evans/create-pull-request@v7
+        uses: peter-evans/create-pull-request@v5
        with:
          base: "main"
          labels: "merge when passing"
--- a/.github/workflows/workflow-run-example.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/workflow-run-example.yml
@ -1,41 +0,0 @@
-name: Workflow Run Example
-on:
-  workflow_run:
-    workflows: [Matrix Example]
-    types: [completed]
-
-permissions:
-  contents: read
-
-jobs:
-  on-success:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    if: ${{ github.event.workflow_run.conclusion == 'success' }}
-    steps:
-      - name: Checkout code
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
-
-      - name: Get changed files
-        id: changed-files
-        uses: ./
-
-      - name: Echo list of changed files on success
-        run: |
-          echo "Changed files on success:"
-          echo "${{ steps.changed-files.outputs.all_changed_files }}"
-
-  on-failure:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    if: ${{ github.event.workflow_run.conclusion == 'failure' }}
-    steps:
-      - name: Checkout code
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
-
-      - name: Get changed files
-        id: changed-files
-        uses: ./
-
-      - name: Echo list of changed files on failure
-        run: |
-          echo "Changed files on failure:"
-          echo "${{ steps.changed-files.outputs.all_changed_files }}"
--- a/.github/workflows/workflow-run-test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/workflow-run-test.yml
@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+name: Workflow Run Example
+on:
+  workflow_run:
+    workflows: [Matrix Test]
+    types: [completed]
+
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+
+jobs:
+  on-success:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    if: ${{ github.event.workflow_run.conclusion == 'success' }}
+    steps:
+      - run: echo 'The triggering workflow passed'
+  on-failure:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    if: ${{ github.event.workflow_run.conclusion == 'failure' }}
+    steps:
+      - run: echo 'The triggering workflow failed'
--- a/HISTORY.md
+++ b/HISTORY.md
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 [![Ubuntu](https://img.shields.io/badge/Ubuntu-E95420?style=for-the-badge\&logo=ubuntu\&logoColor=white)](https://docs.github.com/en/actions/reference/workflow-syntax-for-github-actions#jobsjob_idruns-on)
 [![Mac OS](https://img.shields.io/badge/mac%20os-000000?style=for-the-badge\&logo=macos\&logoColor=F0F0F0)](https://docs.github.com/en/actions/reference/workflow-syntax-for-github-actions#jobsjob_idruns-on)
 [![Windows](https://img.shields.io/badge/Windows-0078D6?style=for-the-badge\&logo=windows\&logoColor=white)](https://docs.github.com/en/actions/reference/workflow-syntax-for-github-actions#jobsjob_idruns-on)
-[![Public workflows that use this action.](https://img.shields.io/endpoint?style=for-the-badge\&url=https%3A%2F%2Fused-by.vercel.app%2Fapi%2Fgithub-actions%2Fused-by%3Faction%3Dtj-actions%2Fchanged-files%26package_id%3DUGFja2FnZS0yOTQyNTU4MDk5%26badge%3Dtrue)](https://github.com/search?o=desc\&q=tj-actions+changed-files+language%3AYAML\&s=\&type=Code)
+[![Public workflows that use this action.](https://img.shields.io/endpoint?style=for-the-badge\&url=https%3A%2F%2Fused-by.vercel.app%2Fapi%2Fgithub-actions%2Fused-by%3Faction%3Dtj-actions%2Fchanged-files%26badge%3Dtrue)](https://github.com/search?o=desc\&q=tj-actions+changed-files+language%3AYAML\&s=\&type=Code)

 [![Codacy Badge](https://app.codacy.com/project/badge/Grade/4fe2f49c3ab144b0bbe4effc85a061a0)](https://app.codacy.com/gh/tj-actions/changed-files/dashboard?utm_source=gh\&utm_medium=referral\&utm_content=\&utm_campaign=Badge_grade)
 [![CI](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/actions/workflows/test.yml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/actions/workflows/test.yml)
@ -9,26 +9,26 @@

 <!-- ALL-CONTRIBUTORS-BADGE:START - Do not remove or modify this section -->

-[![All Contributors](https://img.shields.io/badge/all_contributors-27-orange.svg?style=flat-square)](#contributors-)
+[![All Contributors](https://img.shields.io/badge/all_contributors-22-orange.svg?style=flat-square)](#contributors-)

 <!-- ALL-CONTRIBUTORS-BADGE:END -->

 ## changed-files

-Effortlessly track all changed files and directories relative to a target branch, the current branch (preceding commit or the last remote commit), multiple branches, or custom commits returning **relative paths** from the project root using this GitHub action.
+Effortlessly track all changed files and directories relative to a target branch, preceding commit or the last remote commit returning **relative paths** from the project root using this GitHub action.

 > \[!NOTE]
 >
-> *   This action solely identifies files that have changed for events such as [`pull_request*`, `push`, `merge_group`, `release`, and many more](#other-supported-events-electron). However, it doesn't detect pending uncommitted changes created during the workflow execution.
+> *   This action solely identifies files that have changed within the context of events such as `pull_request*`, `push`, and more. However, it doesn't detect pending uncommitted changes created during the workflow execution.
 >
->     See: https://github.com/tj-actions/verify-changed-files instead.
+>     See: https://github.com/tj-actions/verify-changed-files instead

 ## Table of contents

 *   [Features 🚀](#features-)
 *   [Usage 💻](#usage-)
    *   [On `pull_request` 🔀](#on-pull_request-)
-        *   [Using local .git directory 📁](#using-local-git-directory-)
+        *   [Using local .git history 📁](#using-local-git-history-)
        *   [Using Github's API :octocat:](#using-githubs-api-octocat)
    *   [On `push` ⬆️](#on-push-️)
    *   [Other supported events :electron:](#other-supported-events-electron)
@ -49,18 +49,18 @@ Effortlessly track all changed files and directories relative to a target branch
 ## Features 🚀

 *   Fast execution, averaging 0-10 seconds.
-*   Leverages either [Github's REST API](https://docs.github.com/en/rest/reference/repos#list-commits) or [Git's native diff command](https://git-scm.com/docs/git-diff) to determine changed files.
+*   Leverages either [Github's REST API](https://docs.github.com/en/rest/reference/repos#list-commits) or [Git's native diff](https://git-scm.com/docs/git-diff) to determine changed files.
 *   Facilitates easy debugging.
 *   Scales to handle large/mono repositories.
 *   Supports Git submodules.
 *   Supports [merge queues](https://docs.github.com/en/repositories/configuring-branches-and-merges-in-your-repository/configuring-pull-request-merges/managing-a-merge-queue) for pull requests.
-*   Generates escaped [JSON output for running matrix jobs](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/blob/main/.github/workflows/matrix-example.yml) based on changed files.
+*   Generates escaped [JSON output for running matrix jobs](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/blob/main/.github/workflows/matrix-test.yml) based on changed files.
 *   Lists changed directories.
    *   Limits matching changed directories to a specified maximum depth.
    *   Optionally excludes the current directory.
 *   Writes outputs to a designated `.txt` or `.json` file for further processing.
 *   Restores deleted files to their previous location or a newly specified location.
-*   Supports fetching a fixed number of commits, which improves performance.
+*   Supports fetching a fixed number of commits which improves performance.
 *   Compatible with all platforms (Linux, MacOS, Windows).
 *   Supports [GitHub-hosted runners](https://docs.github.com/en/actions/using-github-hosted-runners/about-github-hosted-runners).
 *   Supports [GitHub Enterprise Server](https://docs.github.com/en/enterprise-server@3.3/admin/github-actions/getting-started-with-github-actions-for-your-enterprise/getting-started-with-github-actions-for-github-enterprise-server).
@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ Visit the [discussions for more information](https://github.com/tj-actions/chang

 Detect changes to all files in a Pull request relative to the target branch or since the last pushed commit.

-#### Using local .git directory 📁
+#### Using local .git history 📁

 ```yaml
 name: CI
@ -116,13 +116,13 @@ jobs:
    name: Test changed-files
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0  # OR "2" -> To retrieve the preceding commit.

-      # -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      # Example 1
-      # -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      - name: Get changed files
        id: changed-files
-        uses: tj-actions/changed-files@v45
+        uses: tj-actions/changed-files@v41
        # To compare changes between the current commit and the last pushed remote commit set `since_last_remote_commit: true`. e.g
        # with:
        #   since_last_remote_commit: true 
@ -131,37 +131,32 @@ jobs:
        env:
          ALL_CHANGED_FILES: ${{ steps.changed-files.outputs.all_changed_files }}
        run: |
-          for file in ${ALL_CHANGED_FILES}; do
+          for file in "$ALL_CHANGED_FILES"; do
            echo "$file was changed"
          done

-      # -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      # Example 2
-      # -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      - name: Get all changed markdown files
        id: changed-markdown-files
-        uses: tj-actions/changed-files@v45
+        uses: tj-actions/changed-files@v41
        with:
          # Avoid using single or double quotes for multiline patterns
          files: |
-            **.md
-            docs/**.md
+             **.md

      - name: List all changed files markdown files
        if: steps.changed-markdown-files.outputs.any_changed == 'true'
        env:
          ALL_CHANGED_FILES: ${{ steps.changed-markdown-files.outputs.all_changed_files }}
        run: |
-          for file in ${ALL_CHANGED_FILES}; do
+          for file in "$ALL_CHANGED_FILES"; do
            echo "$file was changed"
          done

-      # -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      # Example 3
-      # -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      - name: Get all test, doc and src files that have changed
        id: changed-files-yaml
-        uses: tj-actions/changed-files@v45
+        uses: tj-actions/changed-files@v41
        with:
          files_yaml: |
            doc:
@ -191,12 +186,10 @@ jobs:
          echo "One or more doc file(s) has changed."
          echo "List all the files that have changed: $DOC_ALL_CHANGED_FILES"

-      # -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-      # Example 4
-      # -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+      # Example 3
      - name: Get changed files in the docs folder
        id: changed-files-specific
-        uses: tj-actions/changed-files@v45
+        uses: tj-actions/changed-files@v41
        with:
          files: docs/*.{js,html}  # Alternatively using: `docs/**`
          files_ignore: docs/static.js
@ -228,7 +221,7 @@ jobs:
    # NOTE:
    # - This is limited to pull_request* events and would raise an error for other events.
    # - A maximum of 3000 files can be returned.
-    # - For more flexibility and no limitations see "Using local .git directory" above.
+    # - For more flexibility and no limitations see "Using local .git history" above.

    runs-on: ubuntu-latest  # windows-latest || macos-latest
    name: Test changed-files
@ -238,13 +231,13 @@ jobs:
    steps:
      - name: Get changed files
        id: changed-files
-        uses: tj-actions/changed-files@v45
+        uses: tj-actions/changed-files@v41

      - name: List all changed files
        env:
          ALL_CHANGED_FILES: ${{ steps.changed-files.outputs.all_changed_files }}
        run: |
-          for file in ${ALL_CHANGED_FILES}; do
+          for file in "$ALL_CHANGED_FILES"; do
            echo "$file was changed"
          done
 ```
@ -281,14 +274,14 @@ jobs:

      - name: Get changed files
        id: changed-files
-        uses: tj-actions/changed-files@v45
+        uses: tj-actions/changed-files@v41
      # NOTE: `since_last_remote_commit: true` is implied by default and falls back to the previous local commit.

      - name: List all changed files
        env:
          ALL_CHANGED_FILES: ${{ steps.changed-files.outputs.all_changed_files }}
        run: |
-          for file in ${ALL_CHANGED_FILES}; do
+          for file in "$ALL_CHANGED_FILES"; do
            echo "$file was changed"
          done
      ...
@ -299,7 +292,6 @@ jobs:
 *   [schedule](https://docs.github.com/en/actions/using-workflows/events-that-trigger-workflows#schedule)
 *   [release](https://docs.github.com/en/actions/using-workflows/events-that-trigger-workflows#release)
 *   [workflow\_dispatch](https://docs.github.com/en/actions/using-workflows/events-that-trigger-workflows#workflow_dispatch)
-*   [workflow\_run](https://docs.github.com/en/actions/using-workflows/events-that-trigger-workflows#workflow_run)
 *   [merge\_group](https://docs.github.com/en/actions/using-workflows/events-that-trigger-workflows#merge_group)
 *   [issue\_comment](https://docs.github.com/en/actions/using-workflows/events-that-trigger-workflows#issue_comment)
 *   ...and many more
@ -320,15 +312,14 @@ Support this project with a :star:
 >
 > *   When using `files_yaml*` inputs:
 >     *   All keys must start with a letter or `_` and contain only alphanumeric characters, `-`, or `_`.
->
->         For example, `test` or `test_key` or `test-key` or `_test_key` are all valid choices.
+>         For example, `test` or `test_key` or `tesT-key` are all valid.

 ## Inputs ⚙️

 <!-- AUTO-DOC-INPUT:START - Do not remove or modify this section -->

 ```yaml
- uses: tj-actions/changed-files@v45
+- uses: tj-actions/changed-files@v41
  id: changed-files
  with:
    # Github API URL.
@ -336,68 +327,52 @@ Support this project with a :star:
    # Default: "${{ github.api_url }}"
    api_url: ''

-    # Specify a different base commit 
-    # SHA or branch used for 
-    # comparing changes 
+    # Specify a different base commit SHA or branch used 
+    # for comparing changes 
    # Type: string
    base_sha: ''

-    # Exclude changes outside the current 
-    # directory and show path names 
-    # relative to it. NOTE: This 
-    # requires you to specify the 
-    # top-level directory via the `path` 
-    # input. 
+    # Exclude changes outside the current directory and show path 
+    # names relative to it. NOTE: This requires you to 
+    # specify the top-level directory via the `path` input. 
    # Type: boolean
    # Default: "true"
    diff_relative: ''

-    # Output unique changed directories instead 
-    # of filenames. NOTE: This returns 
-    # `.` for changed files located 
-    # in the current working directory 
-    # which defaults to `$GITHUB_WORKSPACE`. 
+    # Output unique changed directories instead of filenames. NOTE: This 
+    # returns `.` for changed files located in the current 
+    # working directory which defaults to `$GITHUB_WORKSPACE`. 
    # Type: boolean
    # Default: "false"
    dir_names: ''

-    # Include only directories that have 
-    # been deleted as opposed to 
-    # directory names of files that 
-    # have been deleted in the 
-    # `deleted_files` output when `dir_names` is 
-    # set to `true`. 
+    # Include only directories that have been deleted as opposed 
+    # to directory names of files that have been deleted 
+    # in the `deleted_files` output when `dir_names` is set to 
+    # `true`. 
    # Type: boolean
    # Default: "false"
    dir_names_deleted_files_include_only_deleted_dirs: ''

-    # Exclude the current directory represented 
-    # by `.` from the output 
-    # when `dir_names` is set to 
-    # `true`. 
+    # Exclude the current directory represented by `.` from the 
+    # output when `dir_names` is set to `true`. 
    # Type: boolean
    # Default: "false"
    dir_names_exclude_current_dir: ''

-    # File and directory patterns to 
-    # include in the output when 
-    # `dir_names` is set to `true`. 
-    # NOTE: This returns only the 
-    # matching files and also the 
-    # directory names. 
+    # File and directory patterns to include in the output 
+    # when `dir_names` is set to `true`. NOTE: This returns 
+    # only the matching files and also the directory names. 
    # Type: string
    dir_names_include_files: ''

-    # Separator used to split the 
-    # `dir_names_include_files` input 
+    # Separator used to split the `dir_names_include_files` input
    # Type: string
    # Default: "\n"
    dir_names_include_files_separator: ''

-    # Limit the directory output to 
-    # a maximum depth e.g `test/test1/test2` 
-    # with max depth of `2` 
-    # returns `test/test1`. 
+    # Limit the directory output to a maximum depth e.g 
+    # `test/test1/test2` with max depth of `2` returns `test/test1`. 
    # Type: string
    dir_names_max_depth: ''

@ -406,19 +381,12 @@ Support this project with a :star:
    # Default: "true"
    escape_json: ''

-    # Exclude changes to submodules.
-    # Type: boolean
-    # Default: "false"
-    exclude_submodules: ''
-
-    # Fail when the initial diff 
-    # fails. 
+    # Fail when the initial diff fails.
    # Type: boolean
    # Default: "false"
    fail_on_initial_diff_error: ''

-    # Fail when the submodule diff 
-    # fails. 
+    # Fail when the submodule diff fails.
    # Type: boolean
    # Default: "false"
    fail_on_submodule_diff_error: ''
@ -428,140 +396,105 @@ Support this project with a :star:
    # Default: "false"
    fetch_additional_submodule_history: ''

-    # Depth of additional branch history 
-    # fetched. NOTE: This can be 
-    # adjusted to resolve errors with 
-    # insufficient history. 
+    # Depth of additional branch history fetched. NOTE: This can 
+    # be adjusted to resolve errors with insufficient history. 
    # Type: string
-    # Default: "25"
+    # Default: "50"
    fetch_depth: ''

-    # Maximum number of retries to 
-    # fetch missing history. 
-    # Type: string
-    # Default: "20"
-    fetch_missing_history_max_retries: ''
-
-    # File and directory patterns used 
-    # to detect changes (Defaults to the entire repo if unset). NOTE: 
-    # Multiline file/directory patterns should not 
-    # include quotes. 
+    # File and directory patterns used to detect changes (Defaults to the entire repo if unset). 
+    # NOTE: Multiline file/directory patterns should not include quotes. 
    # Type: string
    files: ''

-    # Source file(s) used to populate 
-    # the `files` input. 
+    # Source file(s) used to populate the `files` input.
    # Type: string
    files_from_source_file: ''

-    # Separator used to split the 
-    # `files_from_source_file` input. 
+    # Separator used to split the `files_from_source_file` input.
    # Type: string
    # Default: "\n"
    files_from_source_file_separator: ''

-    # Ignore changes to these file(s). 
-    # NOTE: Multiline file/directory patterns should 
-    # not include quotes. 
+    # Ignore changes to these file(s). NOTE: Multiline file/directory patterns 
+    # should not include quotes. 
    # Type: string
    files_ignore: ''

-    # Source file(s) used to populate 
-    # the `files_ignore` input 
+    # Source file(s) used to populate the `files_ignore` input
    # Type: string
    files_ignore_from_source_file: ''

-    # Separator used to split the 
-    # `files_ignore_from_source_file` input 
+    # Separator used to split the `files_ignore_from_source_file` input
    # Type: string
    # Default: "\n"
    files_ignore_from_source_file_separator: ''

-    # Separator used to split the 
-    # `files_ignore` input 
+    # Separator used to split the `files_ignore` input
    # Type: string
    # Default: "\n"
    files_ignore_separator: ''

-    # YAML used to define a 
-    # set of file patterns to 
-    # ignore changes 
+    # YAML used to define a set of file patterns 
+    # to ignore changes 
    # Type: string
    files_ignore_yaml: ''

-    # Source file(s) used to populate 
-    # the `files_ignore_yaml` input. Example: https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/blob/main/test/changed-files.yml 
+    # Source file(s) used to populate the `files_ignore_yaml` input. Example: 
+    # https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/blob/main/test/changed-files.yml 
    # Type: string
    files_ignore_yaml_from_source_file: ''

-    # Separator used to split the 
-    # `files_ignore_yaml_from_source_file` input 
+    # Separator used to split the `files_ignore_yaml_from_source_file` input
    # Type: string
    # Default: "\n"
    files_ignore_yaml_from_source_file_separator: ''

-    # Separator used to split the 
-    # `files` input 
+    # Separator used to split the `files` input
    # Type: string
    # Default: "\n"
    files_separator: ''

-    # YAML used to define a 
-    # set of file patterns to 
-    # detect changes 
+    # YAML used to define a set of file patterns 
+    # to detect changes 
    # Type: string
    files_yaml: ''

-    # Source file(s) used to populate 
-    # the `files_yaml` input. Example: https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/blob/main/test/changed-files.yml 
+    # Source file(s) used to populate the `files_yaml` input. Example: 
+    # https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/blob/main/test/changed-files.yml 
    # Type: string
    files_yaml_from_source_file: ''

-    # Separator used to split the 
-    # `files_yaml_from_source_file` input 
+    # Separator used to split the `files_yaml_from_source_file` input
    # Type: string
    # Default: "\n"
    files_yaml_from_source_file_separator: ''

-    # Include `all_old_new_renamed_files` output. Note this 
-    # can generate a large output 
-    # See: #501. 
+    # Include `all_old_new_renamed_files` output. Note this can generate a large 
+    # output See: #501. 
    # Type: boolean
    # Default: "false"
    include_all_old_new_renamed_files: ''

-    # Output list of changed files 
-    # in a JSON formatted string 
-    # which can be used for 
-    # matrix jobs. Example: https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/blob/main/.github/workflows/matrix-example.yml 
+    # Output list of changed files in a JSON formatted 
+    # string which can be used for matrix jobs. Example: 
+    # https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/blob/main/.github/workflows/matrix-test.yml 
    # Type: boolean
    # Default: "false"
    json: ''

-    # Output changed files in a 
-    # format that can be used 
-    # for matrix jobs. Alias for 
-    # setting inputs `json` to `true` 
-    # and `escape_json` to `false`. 
-    # Type: boolean
-    # Default: "false"
-    matrix: ''
-
-    # Apply the negation patterns first. 
-    # NOTE: This affects how changed 
-    # files are matched. 
+    # Apply the negation patterns first. NOTE: This affects how 
+    # changed files are matched. 
    # Type: boolean
    # Default: "false"
    negation_patterns_first: ''

-    # Split character for old and 
-    # new renamed filename pairs. 
+    # Split character for old and new renamed filename pairs.
    # Type: string
    # Default: " "
    old_new_files_separator: ''

-    # Split character for old and 
-    # new filename pairs. 
+    # Split character for old and new filename pairs.
    # Type: string
    # Default: ","
    old_new_separator: ''
@ -571,22 +504,19 @@ Support this project with a :star:
    # Default: ".github/outputs"
    output_dir: ''

-    # Output renamed files as deleted 
-    # and added files. 
+    # Output renamed files as deleted and added files.
    # Type: boolean
    # Default: "false"
    output_renamed_files_as_deleted_and_added: ''

-    # Specify a relative path under 
-    # `$GITHUB_WORKSPACE` to locate the repository. 
+    # Specify a relative path under `$GITHUB_WORKSPACE` to locate the 
+    # repository. 
    # Type: string
    # Default: "."
    path: ''

-    # Use non-ASCII characters to match 
-    # files and output the filenames 
-    # completely verbatim by setting this 
-    # to `false` 
+    # Use non-ASCII characters to match files and output the 
+    # filenames completely verbatim by setting this to `false` 
    # Type: boolean
    # Default: "true"
    quotepath: ''
@ -596,41 +526,35 @@ Support this project with a :star:
    # Default: "false"
    recover_deleted_files: ''

-    # Recover deleted files to a 
-    # new destination directory, defaults to 
-    # the original location. 
+    # Recover deleted files to a new destination directory, defaults 
+    # to the original location. 
    # Type: string
    recover_deleted_files_to_destination: ''

-    # File and directory patterns used 
-    # to recover deleted files, defaults 
-    # to the patterns provided via 
-    # the `files`, `files_from_source_file`, `files_ignore` and 
-    # `files_ignore_from_source_file` inputs or all deleted 
-    # files if no patterns are 
-    # provided. 
+    # File and directory patterns used to recover deleted files, 
+    # defaults to the patterns provided via the `files`, `files_from_source_file`, 
+    # `files_ignore` and `files_ignore_from_source_file` inputs or all deleted files if 
+    # no patterns are provided. 
    # Type: string
    recover_files: ''

-    # File and directory patterns to 
-    # ignore when recovering deleted files. 
+    # File and directory patterns to ignore when recovering deleted 
+    # files. 
    # Type: string
    recover_files_ignore: ''

-    # Separator used to split the 
-    # `recover_files_ignore` input 
+    # Separator used to split the `recover_files_ignore` input
    # Type: string
    # Default: "\n"
    recover_files_ignore_separator: ''

-    # Separator used to split the 
-    # `recover_files` input 
+    # Separator used to split the `recover_files` input
    # Type: string
    # Default: "\n"
    recover_files_separator: ''

-    # Apply sanitization to output filenames 
-    # before being set as output. 
+    # Apply sanitization to output filenames before being set as 
+    # output. 
    # Type: boolean
    # Default: "true"
    safe_output: ''
@ -640,83 +564,53 @@ Support this project with a :star:
    # Default: " "
    separator: ''

-    # Specify a different commit SHA 
-    # or branch used for comparing 
-    # changes 
+    # Specify a different commit SHA or branch used for 
+    # comparing changes 
    # Type: string
    sha: ''

-    # Get changed files for commits 
-    # whose timestamp is older than 
-    # the given time. 
+    # Get changed files for commits whose timestamp is older 
+    # than the given time. 
    # Type: string
    since: ''

-    # Use the last commit on 
-    # the remote branch as the 
-    # `base_sha`. Defaults to the last 
-    # non-merge commit on the target 
-    # branch for pull request events 
-    # and the previous remote commit 
-    # of the current branch for 
-    # push events. 
+    # Use the last commit on the remote branch as 
+    # the `base_sha`. Defaults to the last non-merge commit on 
+    # the target branch for pull request events and the 
+    # previous remote commit of the current branch for push 
+    # events. 
    # Type: boolean
    # Default: "false"
    since_last_remote_commit: ''

-    # Skip initially fetching additional history 
-    # to improve performance for shallow 
-    # repositories. NOTE: This could lead 
-    # to errors with missing history. 
-    # It's intended to be used 
-    # when you've fetched all necessary 
-    # history to perform the diff. 
+    # Skip the initial fetch to improve performance for shallow 
+    # repositories. NOTE: This could lead to errors with missing 
+    # history and the intended use is limited to when 
+    # you've fetched the history necessary to perform the diff. 
    # Type: boolean
    # Default: "false"
    skip_initial_fetch: ''

-    # Tags pattern to ignore.
-    # Type: string
-    tags_ignore_pattern: ''
-
-    # Tags pattern to include.
-    # Type: string
-    # Default: "*"
-    tags_pattern: ''
-
-    # GitHub token used to fetch 
-    # changed files from Github's API. 
+    # GitHub token used to fetch changed files from Github's 
+    # API. 
    # Type: string
    # Default: "${{ github.token }}"
    token: ''

-    # Get changed files for commits 
-    # whose timestamp is earlier than 
-    # the given time. 
+    # Get changed files for commits whose timestamp is earlier 
+    # than the given time. 
    # Type: string
    until: ''

-    # Use POSIX path separator `/` 
-    # for output file paths on 
-    # Windows. 
-    # Type: boolean
-    # Default: "false"
-    use_posix_path_separator: ''
-
-    # Force the use of Github's 
-    # REST API even when a 
-    # local copy of the repository 
-    # exists 
+    # Force the use of Github's REST API even when 
+    # a local copy of the repository exists 
    # Type: boolean
    # Default: "false"
    use_rest_api: ''

-    # Write outputs to the `output_dir` 
-    # defaults to `.github/outputs` folder. NOTE: 
-    # This creates a `.txt` file 
-    # by default and a `.json` 
-    # file if `json` is set 
-    # to `true`. 
+    # Write outputs to the `output_dir` defaults to `.github/outputs` folder. 
+    # NOTE: This creates a `.txt` file by default and 
+    # a `.json` file if `json` is set to `true`. 
    # Type: boolean
    # Default: "false"
    write_output_files: ''
@ -753,33 +647,33 @@ Support this project with a :star:
 |------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 |                                      <a name="output_added_files"></a>[added\_files](#output_added_files)                                       | string |                                                                                                                                       Returns only files that are <br>Added (A).                                                                                                                                        |
 |                             <a name="output_added_files_count"></a>[added\_files\_count](#output_added_files_count)                              | string |                                                                                                                                           Returns the number of `added_files`                                                                                                                                           |
-|          <a name="output_all_changed_and_modified_files"></a>[all\_changed\_and\_modified\_files](#output_all_changed_and_modified_files)          | string |                                                                                                                    Returns all changed and modified <br>files i.e. a combination of <br>(ACMRDTUX)                                                                                                                      |
+|          <a name="output_all_changed_and_modified_files"></a>[all\_changed\_and\_modified\_files](#output_all_changed_and_modified_files)          | string |                                                                                                                     Returns all changed and modified <br>files i.e. *a combination of (ACMRDTUX)*                                                                                                                       |
 | <a name="output_all_changed_and_modified_files_count"></a>[all\_changed\_and\_modified\_files\_count](#output_all_changed_and_modified_files_count) | string |                                                                                                                                 Returns the number of `all_changed_and_modified_files`                                                                                                                                  |
-|                             <a name="output_all_changed_files"></a>[all\_changed\_files](#output_all_changed_files)                              | string |                                                                                                    Returns all changed files i.e. <br>a combination of all added, <br>copied, modified and renamed files <br>(ACMR)                                                                                                     |
+|                             <a name="output_all_changed_files"></a>[all\_changed\_files](#output_all_changed_files)                              | string |                                                                                                       Returns all changed files i.e. <br>*a combination of all added, copied, modified and renamed files (ACMR)*                                                                                                        |
 |                    <a name="output_all_changed_files_count"></a>[all\_changed\_files\_count](#output_all_changed_files_count)                     | string |                                                                                                                                        Returns the number of `all_changed_files`                                                                                                                                        |
-|                            <a name="output_all_modified_files"></a>[all\_modified\_files](#output_all_modified_files)                            | string |                                                                                              Returns all changed files i.e. <br>a combination of all added, <br>copied, modified, renamed and deleted <br>files (ACMRD).                                                                                                |
+|                            <a name="output_all_modified_files"></a>[all\_modified\_files](#output_all_modified_files)                            | string |                                                                                                 Returns all changed files i.e. <br>*a combination of all added, copied, modified, renamed and deleted files (ACMRD)*.                                                                                                   |
 |                   <a name="output_all_modified_files_count"></a>[all\_modified\_files\_count](#output_all_modified_files_count)                   | string |                                                                                                                                       Returns the number of `all_modified_files`                                                                                                                                        |
 |                 <a name="output_all_old_new_renamed_files"></a>[all\_old\_new\_renamed\_files](#output_all_old_new_renamed_files)                  | string | Returns only files that are <br>Renamed and lists their old <br>and new names. **NOTE:** This <br>requires setting `include_all_old_new_renamed_files` to `true`. <br>Also, keep in mind that <br>this output is global and <br>wouldn't be nested in outputs <br>generated when the `*_yaml_*` input <br>is used. (R)  |
 |        <a name="output_all_old_new_renamed_files_count"></a>[all\_old\_new\_renamed\_files\_count](#output_all_old_new_renamed_files_count)         | string |                                                                                                                                    Returns the number of `all_old_new_renamed_files`                                                                                                                                    |
-|                                      <a name="output_any_changed"></a>[any\_changed](#output_any_changed)                                       | string |                      Returns `true` when any of <br>the filenames provided using the <br>`files*` or `files_ignore*` inputs have changed. This <br>defaults to `true` when no <br>patterns are specified. i.e. *includes a combination of all added, copied, modified and renamed files (ACMR)*.                        |
-|                                      <a name="output_any_deleted"></a>[any\_deleted](#output_any_deleted)                                       | string |                                                             Returns `true` when any of <br>the filenames provided using the <br>`files*` or `files_ignore*` inputs have been deleted. <br>This defaults to `true` when <br>no patterns are specified. (D)                                                               |
-|                                     <a name="output_any_modified"></a>[any\_modified](#output_any_modified)                                     | string |            Returns `true` when any of <br>the filenames provided using the <br>`files*` or `files_ignore*` inputs have been modified. <br>This defaults to `true` when <br>no patterns are specified. i.e. <br>*includes a combination of all added, copied, modified, renamed, and deleted files (ACMRD)*.             |
-|                                     <a name="output_changed_keys"></a>[changed\_keys](#output_changed_keys)                                     | string |                                                                Returns all changed YAML keys <br>when the `files_yaml` input is <br>used. i.e. key that contains <br>any path that has either <br>been added, copied, modified, and <br>renamed (ACMR)                                                                  |
+|                                      <a name="output_any_changed"></a>[any\_changed](#output_any_changed)                                       | string |                                                     Returns `true` when any of <br>the filenames provided using the <br>`files*` or `files_ignore*` inputs has changed. i.e. <br>*includes a combination of all added, copied, modified and renamed files (ACMR)*.                                                      |
+|                                      <a name="output_any_deleted"></a>[any\_deleted](#output_any_deleted)                                       | string |                                                                                            Returns `true` when any of <br>the filenames provided using the <br>`files*` or `files_ignore*` inputs has been deleted. <br>(D)                                                                                             |
+|                                     <a name="output_any_modified"></a>[any\_modified](#output_any_modified)                                     | string |                                            Returns `true` when any of <br>the filenames provided using the <br>`files*` or `files_ignore*` inputs has been modified. <br>i.e. *includes a combination of all added, copied, modified, renamed, and deleted files (ACMRD)*.                                              |
+|                                     <a name="output_changed_keys"></a>[changed\_keys](#output_changed_keys)                                     | string |                                                                     Returns all changed YAML keys <br>when the `files_yaml` input is <br>used. i.e. *key that contains any path that has either been added, copied, modified, and renamed (ACMR)*                                                                       |
 |                                     <a name="output_copied_files"></a>[copied\_files](#output_copied_files)                                     | string |                                                                                                                                      Returns only files that are <br>Copied (C).                                                                                                                                        |
 |                            <a name="output_copied_files_count"></a>[copied\_files\_count](#output_copied_files_count)                            | string |                                                                                                                                          Returns the number of `copied_files`                                                                                                                                           |
 |                                   <a name="output_deleted_files"></a>[deleted\_files](#output_deleted_files)                                    | string |                                                                                                                                      Returns only files that are <br>Deleted (D).                                                                                                                                       |
 |                          <a name="output_deleted_files_count"></a>[deleted\_files\_count](#output_deleted_files_count)                           | string |                                                                                                                                          Returns the number of `deleted_files`                                                                                                                                          |
 |                                  <a name="output_modified_files"></a>[modified\_files](#output_modified_files)                                  | string |                                                                                                                                     Returns only files that are <br>Modified (M).                                                                                                                                       |
 |                         <a name="output_modified_files_count"></a>[modified\_files\_count](#output_modified_files_count)                         | string |                                                                                                                                         Returns the number of `modified_files`                                                                                                                                          |
-|                                   <a name="output_modified_keys"></a>[modified\_keys](#output_modified_keys)                                    | string |                                                               Returns all modified YAML keys <br>when the `files_yaml` input is <br>used. i.e. key that contains <br>any path that has either <br>been added, copied, modified, and <br>deleted (ACMRD)                                                                 |
-|                                     <a name="output_only_changed"></a>[only\_changed](#output_only_changed)                                     | string |                                                           Returns `true` when only files <br>provided using the `files*` or `files_ignore*` inputs <br>have changed. i.e. *includes a combination of all added, copied, modified and renamed files (ACMR)*.                                                             |
-|                                     <a name="output_only_deleted"></a>[only\_deleted](#output_only_deleted)                                     | string |                                                                                                  Returns `true` when only files <br>provided using the `files*` or `files_ignore*` inputs <br>have been deleted. (D)                                                                                                    |
-|                                   <a name="output_only_modified"></a>[only\_modified](#output_only_modified)                                    | string |                                                                                               Returns `true` when only files <br>provided using the `files*` or `files_ignore*` inputs <br>have been modified. (ACMRD).                                                                                                 |
-|                          <a name="output_other_changed_files"></a>[other\_changed\_files](#output_other_changed_files)                           | string |                                                                           Returns all other changed files <br>not listed in the files <br>input i.e. includes a combination <br>of all added, copied, modified <br>and renamed files (ACMR).                                                                            |
+|                                   <a name="output_modified_keys"></a>[modified\_keys](#output_modified_keys)                                    | string |                                                                    Returns all modified YAML keys <br>when the `files_yaml` input is <br>used. i.e. *key that contains any path that has either been added, copied, modified, and deleted (ACMRD)*                                                                      |
+|                                     <a name="output_only_changed"></a>[only\_changed](#output_only_changed)                                     | string |                                                            Returns `true` when only files <br>provided using the `files*` or `files_ignore*` inputs <br>has changed. i.e. *includes a combination of all added, copied, modified and renamed files (ACMR)*.                                                             |
+|                                     <a name="output_only_deleted"></a>[only\_deleted](#output_only_deleted)                                     | string |                                                                                                   Returns `true` when only files <br>provided using the `files*` or `files_ignore*` inputs <br>has been deleted. (D)                                                                                                    |
+|                                   <a name="output_only_modified"></a>[only\_modified](#output_only_modified)                                    | string |                                                                                                Returns `true` when only files <br>provided using the `files*` or `files_ignore*` inputs <br>has been modified. (ACMRD).                                                                                                 |
+|                          <a name="output_other_changed_files"></a>[other\_changed\_files](#output_other_changed_files)                           | string |                                                                              Returns all other changed files <br>not listed in the files <br>input i.e. *includes a combination of all added, copied, modified and renamed files (ACMR)*.                                                                               |
 |                 <a name="output_other_changed_files_count"></a>[other\_changed\_files\_count](#output_other_changed_files_count)                  | string |                                                                                                                                       Returns the number of `other_changed_files`                                                                                                                                       |
-|                          <a name="output_other_deleted_files"></a>[other\_deleted\_files](#output_other_deleted_files)                           | string |                                                                                                 Returns all other deleted files <br>not listed in the files <br>input i.e. a combination of <br>all deleted files (D)                                                                                                   |
+|                          <a name="output_other_deleted_files"></a>[other\_deleted\_files](#output_other_deleted_files)                           | string |                                                                                                  Returns all other deleted files <br>not listed in the files <br>input i.e. *a  combination of all deleted files (D)*                                                                                                   |
 |                 <a name="output_other_deleted_files_count"></a>[other\_deleted\_files\_count](#output_other_deleted_files_count)                  | string |                                                                                                                                       Returns the number of `other_deleted_files`                                                                                                                                       |
-|                         <a name="output_other_modified_files"></a>[other\_modified\_files](#output_other_modified_files)                         | string |                                                                              Returns all other modified files <br>not listed in the files <br>input i.e. a combination of <br>all added, copied, modified, and <br>deleted files (ACMRD)                                                                                |
+|                         <a name="output_other_modified_files"></a>[other\_modified\_files](#output_other_modified_files)                         | string |                                                                                 Returns all other modified files <br>not listed in the files <br>input i.e. *a combination of all added, copied, modified, and deleted files (ACMRD)*                                                                                   |
 |                <a name="output_other_modified_files_count"></a>[other\_modified\_files\_count](#output_other_modified_files_count)                | string |                                                                                                                                      Returns the number of `other_modified_files`                                                                                                                                       |
 |                                   <a name="output_renamed_files"></a>[renamed\_files](#output_renamed_files)                                    | string |                                                                                                                                      Returns only files that are <br>Renamed (R).                                                                                                                                       |
 |                          <a name="output_renamed_files_count"></a>[renamed\_files\_count](#output_renamed_files_count)                           | string |                                                                                                                                          Returns the number of `renamed_files`                                                                                                                                          |
@ -813,7 +707,7 @@ The format of the version string is as follows:
 ...
    - name: Get changed files
      id: changed-files
-      uses: tj-actions/changed-files@v45
+      uses: tj-actions/changed-files@v41
 ...
 ```

@ -826,7 +720,7 @@ The format of the version string is as follows:
 ...
    - name: Get changed files
      id: changed-files
-      uses: tj-actions/changed-files@v45
+      uses: tj-actions/changed-files@v41
      with:
        safe_output: false # set to false because we are using an environment variable to store the output and avoid command injection.

@ -834,7 +728,7 @@ The format of the version string is as follows:
      env:
        ADDED_FILES: ${{ steps.changed-files.outputs.added_files }}
      run: |
-        for file in ${ADDED_FILES}; do
+        for file in "$ADDED_FILES"; do
          echo "$file was added"
        done
 ...
@ -849,7 +743,7 @@ The format of the version string is as follows:
 ...
    - name: Get all changed files and use a comma separator in the output
      id: changed-files
-      uses: tj-actions/changed-files@v45
+      uses: tj-actions/changed-files@v41
      with:
        separator: ","
 ...
@ -866,13 +760,13 @@ See [inputs](#inputs) for more information.
 ...
    - name: Get changed files
      id: changed-files
-      uses: tj-actions/changed-files@v45
+      uses: tj-actions/changed-files@v41

    - name: List all added files
      env:
        ADDED_FILES: ${{ steps.changed-files.outputs.added_files }}
      run: |
-        for file in ${ADDED_FILES}; do
+        for file in "$ADDED_FILES"; do
          echo "$file was added"
        done
 ...
@ -889,7 +783,7 @@ See [outputs](#outputs) for a list of all available outputs.
 ...
    - name: Get changed files
      id: changed-files
-      uses: tj-actions/changed-files@v45
+      uses: tj-actions/changed-files@v41

    - name: Run a step if my-file.txt was modified
      if: contains(steps.changed-files.outputs.modified_files, 'my-file.txt')
@ -910,7 +804,7 @@ See [outputs](#outputs) for a list of all available outputs.

   - name: Get changed files and write the outputs to a Txt file
     id: changed-files-write-output-files-txt
-     uses: tj-actions/changed-files@v45
+     uses: tj-actions/changed-files@v41
     with:
       write_output_files: true

@ -929,7 +823,7 @@ See [outputs](#outputs) for a list of all available outputs.
 ...
   - name: Get changed files and write the outputs to a JSON file
     id: changed-files-write-output-files-json
-     uses: tj-actions/changed-files@v45
+     uses: tj-actions/changed-files@v41
     with:
       json: true
       write_output_files: true
@ -949,7 +843,7 @@ See [outputs](#outputs) for a list of all available outputs.
 ...
    - name: Get changed files
      id: changed-files
-      uses: tj-actions/changed-files@v45
+      uses: tj-actions/changed-files@v41
      with:
        files: |
          my-file.txt
@ -972,7 +866,7 @@ See [inputs](#inputs) for more information.
 ...
    - name: Get changed files
      id: changed-files-specific
-      uses: tj-actions/changed-files@v45
+      uses: tj-actions/changed-files@v41
      with:
        files: |
          my-file.txt
@ -997,7 +891,7 @@ See [inputs](#inputs) for more information.
      env:
        DELETED_FILES: ${{ steps.changed-files-specific.outputs.deleted_files }}
      run: |
-        for file in ${DELETED_FILES}; do
+        for file in "$DELETED_FILES"; do
          echo "$file was deleted"
        done

@ -1006,7 +900,7 @@ See [inputs](#inputs) for more information.
      env:
        DELETED_FILES: ${{ steps.changed-files-specific.outputs.deleted_files }}
      run: |
-        for file in ${DELETED_FILES}; do
+        for file in "$DELETED_FILES"; do
          echo "$file was deleted"
        done
 ...
@ -1023,7 +917,7 @@ See [outputs](#outputs) for a list of all available outputs.
 ...
    - name: Get changed files using a source file or list of file(s) to populate to files input.
      id: changed-files-specific-source-file
-      uses: tj-actions/changed-files@v45
+      uses: tj-actions/changed-files@v41
      with:
        files_from_source_file: test/changed-files-list.txt
 ...
@ -1040,7 +934,7 @@ See [inputs](#inputs) for more information.
 ...
    - name: Get changed files using a source file or list of file(s) to populate to files input and optionally specify more files.
      id: changed-files-specific-source-file-and-specify-files
-      uses: tj-actions/changed-files@v45
+      uses: tj-actions/changed-files@v41
      with:
        files_from_source_file: |
          test/changed-files-list.txt
@ -1061,7 +955,7 @@ See [inputs](#inputs) for more information.
 ...
    - name: Get changed files using a different SHA
      id: changed-files
-      uses: tj-actions/changed-files@v45
+      uses: tj-actions/changed-files@v41
      with:
        sha: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha }}
 ...
@ -1078,7 +972,7 @@ See [inputs](#inputs) for more information.
 ...
    - name: Get changed files using a different base SHA
      id: changed-files
-      uses: tj-actions/changed-files@v45
+      uses: tj-actions/changed-files@v41
      with:
        base_sha: ${{ github.event.pull_request.base.sha }}
 ...
@ -1110,18 +1004,13 @@ jobs:

      - name: Get changed files
        id: changed-files
-        uses: tj-actions/changed-files@v45
-
-      - name: List changed files
-        env:
-          ALL_CHANGED_FILES: ${{ steps.changed-files.outputs.all_changed_files }}
-        run: |
-          echo "List all the files that have changed: $ALL_CHANGED_FILES"
+        uses: tj-actions/changed-files@v41

      - name: Get changed files in the .github folder
        id: changed-files-specific
-        uses: tj-actions/changed-files@v45
+        uses: tj-actions/changed-files@v41
        with:
+          base_sha: ${{ steps.get-base-sha.outputs.base_sha }}
          files: .github/**

      - name: Run step if any file(s) in the .github folder change
@ -1151,15 +1040,16 @@ See [inputs](#inputs) for more information.

    - name: Run changed-files with defaults in dir1
      id: changed-files-for-dir1
-      uses: tj-actions/changed-files@v45
+      uses: tj-actions/changed-files@v41
      with:
        path: dir1

    - name: List all added files in dir1
      env:
-        ADDED_FILES: ${{ steps.changed-files-for-dir1.outputs.added_files }}
+        ADDED_FILES: |-
+          ${{ steps.changed-files-for-dir1.outputs.added_files }}
      run: |
-        for file in ${ADDED_FILES}; do
+        for file in "$ADDED_FILES"; do
          echo "$file was added"
        done
 ...
@ -1176,13 +1066,13 @@ See [inputs](#inputs) for more information.
 ...
    - name: Run changed-files with quotepath disabled
      id: changed-files-quotepath
-      uses: tj-actions/changed-files@v45
+      uses: tj-actions/changed-files@v41
      with:
        quotepath: "false"

    - name: Run changed-files with quotepath disabled for a specified list of file(s)
      id: changed-files-quotepath-specific
-      uses: tj-actions/changed-files@v45
+      uses: tj-actions/changed-files@v41
      with:
        files: test/test-è.txt
        quotepath: "false"
@ -1215,7 +1105,7 @@ See [inputs](#inputs) for more information.

      - name: Run changed-files with the commit of the last successful test workflow run
        id: changed-files-base-sha-push
-        uses: tj-actions/changed-files@v45
+        uses: tj-actions/changed-files@v41
        with:
          base_sha: ${{ steps.last_successful_commit_push.outputs.base }}
 ...
@ -1242,7 +1132,7 @@ See [inputs](#inputs) for more information.

      - name: Run changed-files with the commit of the last successful test workflow run on the main branch
        id: changed-files-base-sha-pull-request
-        uses: tj-actions/changed-files@v45
+        uses: tj-actions/changed-files@v41
        with:
          base_sha: ${{ steps.last_successful_commit_pull_request.outputs.base }}
 ...
@ -1268,7 +1158,7 @@ See [inputs](#inputs) for more information.
 ...
    - name: Run changed-files with dir_names
      id: changed-files-dir-names
-      uses: tj-actions/changed-files@v45
+      uses: tj-actions/changed-files@v41
      with:
        dir_names: "true"
 ...
@ -1285,7 +1175,7 @@ See [inputs](#inputs) for more information.
 ...
    - name: Run changed-files with JSON output
      id: changed-files-json
-      uses: tj-actions/changed-files@v45
+      uses: tj-actions/changed-files@v41
      with:
        json: "true"
 ...
@ -1302,13 +1192,13 @@ See [inputs](#inputs) for more information.
 ...
    - name: Get changed-files since 2022-08-19
      id: changed-files-since
-      uses: tj-actions/changed-files@v45
+      uses: tj-actions/changed-files@v41
      with:
        since: "2022-08-19"

    - name: Get changed-files until 2022-08-20
      id: changed-files-until
-      uses: tj-actions/changed-files@v45
+      uses: tj-actions/changed-files@v41
      with:
        until: "2022-08-20"
 ...
@ -1328,7 +1218,7 @@ See [inputs](#inputs) for more information.

 *   [coder/code-server: uses tj-actions/changed-files to automate detecting changes and run steps based on the outcome](https://github.com/coder/code-server/blob/c32a31d802f679846876b8ad9aacff6cf7b5361d/.github/workflows/build.yaml#L48)

-*   [tldr-pages/tldr: uses tj-actions/changed-files to automate detecting spelling errors](https://github.com/tldr-pages/tldr/blob/c1b714c55cb0048037b79a681a10d7f3ddb0164c/.github/workflows/codespell.yml#L18-L26)
+*   [tldr-pages/tldr: uses tj-actions/changed-files to automate detecting spelling errors](https://github.com/tldr-pages/tldr/blob/main/.github/workflows/codespell.yml#L14)

 *   [nodejs/docker-node: uses tj-actions/changed-files to generate matrix jobs based on changes detected](https://github.com/nodejs/docker-node/blob/3c4fa6daf06a4786d202f2f610351837806a0380/.github/workflows/build-test.yml#L29)

@ -1336,14 +1226,10 @@ See [inputs](#inputs) for more information.

 *   [aws-doc-sdk-examples: uses tj-actions/changed-files to automate testing](https://github.com/awsdocs/aws-doc-sdk-examples/blob/2393723ef6b0cad9502f4852f5c72f7be58ca89d/.github/workflows/javascript.yml#L22)

-*   [nhost: uses tj-actions/changed-files to automate testing based on changes detected](https://github.com/nhost/nhost/blob/71a8ce444618a8ac4d660518172fba4883c4014b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml#L44-L48)
+*   [nhost: uses tj-actions/changed-files to automate testing based on changes detected](https://github.com/nhost/nhost/blob/main/.github/workflows/ci.yaml#L44-L48)

 *   [qmk\_firmware uses tj-actions/changed-files to run linters](https://github.com/qmk/qmk_firmware/blob/7a737235ffd49c32d2c5561e8fe53fd96baa7f96/.github/workflows/lint.yml#L30)

-*   [argo-cd uses tj-actions/changed-files to detect changed frontend or backend files](https://github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/blob/5bc1850aa1d26301043be9f2fb825d88c80c111c/.github/workflows/ci-build.yaml#L33)
-
-*   [argo-workflows uses tj-actions/changed-files to run specific jobs based on changes detected](https://github.com/argoproj/argo-workflows/blob/baef4856ff2603c76dbe277c825eaa3f9788fc91/.github/workflows/ci-build.yaml#L34)
-
 And many more...

 ### Scalability Example 📈
@ -1397,7 +1283,7 @@ Report bugs at https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/issues.
 If you are reporting a bug, please include:

 *   Your operating system name and version.
-*   All essential details about your workflow that might be helpful in troubleshooting. (**NOTE**: Ensure that you include full log outputs with debugging enabled)
+*   Any details about your workflow that might be helpful in troubleshooting. (**NOTE**: Ensure that you include full log outputs with debugging enabled)
 *   Detailed steps to reproduce the bug.

 ## Contributors ✨
@ -1441,11 +1327,6 @@ Thanks goes to these wonderful people ([emoji key](https://allcontributors.org/d
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td align="center" valign="top" width="14.28%"><a href="https://github.com/rodrigorfk"><img src="https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1995033?v=4?s=100" width="100px;" alt="Rodrigo Fior Kuntzer"/><br /><sub><b>Rodrigo Fior Kuntzer</b></sub></a><br /><a href="https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/commits?author=rodrigorfk" title="Code">💻</a> <a href="https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/commits?author=rodrigorfk" title="Tests">⚠️</a> <a href="https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/issues?q=author%3Arodrigorfk" title="Bug reports">🐛</a></td>
-      <td align="center" valign="top" width="14.28%"><a href="https://github.com/levenleven"><img src="https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/6463364?v=4?s=100" width="100px;" alt="Aleksey Levenstein"/><br /><sub><b>Aleksey Levenstein</b></sub></a><br /><a href="https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/commits?author=levenleven" title="Documentation">📖</a></td>
-      <td align="center" valign="top" width="14.28%"><a href="https://github.com/dan-hill2802"><img src="https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/5046322?v=4?s=100" width="100px;" alt="Daniel Hill"/><br /><sub><b>Daniel Hill</b></sub></a><br /><a href="https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/commits?author=dan-hill2802" title="Documentation">📖</a></td>
-      <td align="center" valign="top" width="14.28%"><a href="https://keisukeyamashita.com"><img src="https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/23056537?v=4?s=100" width="100px;" alt="KeisukeYamashita"/><br /><sub><b>KeisukeYamashita</b></sub></a><br /><a href="https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/commits?author=KeisukeYamashita" title="Documentation">📖</a></td>
-      <td align="center" valign="top" width="14.28%"><a href="https://github.com/codesculpture"><img src="https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/63452117?v=4?s=100" width="100px;" alt="Aravind"/><br /><sub><b>Aravind</b></sub></a><br /><a href="https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/commits?author=codesculpture" title="Code">💻</a> <a href="https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/issues?q=author%3Acodesculpture" title="Bug reports">🐛</a></td>
-      <td align="center" valign="top" width="14.28%"><a href="https://lukaspfahler.de"><img src="https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/2308119?v=4?s=100" width="100px;" alt="Lukas Pfahler"/><br /><sub><b>Lukas Pfahler</b></sub></a><br /><a href="https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/commits?author=Whadup" title="Code">💻</a></td>
    </tr>
  </tbody>
 </table>
--- a/action.yml
+++ b/action.yml
@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ inputs:
    required: false
    default: "false"
  json:
-    description: "Output list of changed files in a JSON formatted string which can be used for matrix jobs. Example: https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/blob/main/.github/workflows/matrix-example.yml"
+    description: "Output list of changed files in a JSON formatted string which can be used for matrix jobs. Example: https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/blob/main/.github/workflows/matrix-test.yml"
    required: false
    default: "false"
  escape_json:
@ -141,11 +141,11 @@ inputs:
  fetch_depth:
    description: "Depth of additional branch history fetched. NOTE: This can be adjusted to resolve errors with insufficient history."
    required: false
-    default: "25"
+    default: "50"
  skip_initial_fetch:
    description: |
-      Skip initially fetching additional history to improve performance for shallow repositories.
-      NOTE: This could lead to errors with missing history. It's intended to be used when you've fetched all necessary history to perform the diff.
+      Skip the initial fetch to improve performance for shallow repositories. 
+      NOTE: This could lead to errors with missing history and the intended use is limited to when you've fetched the history necessary to perform the diff.
    required: false
    default: "false"
  fetch_additional_submodule_history:
@ -219,31 +219,6 @@ inputs:
    description: "Apply the negation patterns first. NOTE: This affects how changed files are matched."
    required: false
    default: "false"
-  matrix:
-    description: "Output changed files in a format that can be used for matrix jobs. Alias for setting inputs `json` to `true` and `escape_json` to `false`."
-    required: false
-    default: "false"
-  exclude_submodules:
-    description: "Exclude changes to submodules."
-    required: false
-    default: "false"
-  fetch_missing_history_max_retries:
-    description: "Maximum number of retries to fetch missing history."
-    required: false
-    default: "20"
-  use_posix_path_separator:
-    description: "Use POSIX path separator `/` for output file paths on Windows."
-    required: false
-    default: "false"
-  tags_pattern:
-    description: "Tags pattern to include."
-    required: false
-    default: "*"
-  tags_ignore_pattern:
-    description: "Tags pattern to ignore."
-    required: false
-    default: ""
-

 outputs:
  added_files:
@ -283,45 +258,45 @@ outputs:
  unknown_files_count:
    description: "Returns the number of `unknown_files`"
  all_changed_and_modified_files:
-    description: "Returns all changed and modified files i.e. a combination of (ACMRDTUX)"
+    description: "Returns all changed and modified files i.e. *a combination of (ACMRDTUX)*"
  all_changed_and_modified_files_count:
    description: "Returns the number of `all_changed_and_modified_files`"
  all_changed_files:
-    description: "Returns all changed files i.e. a combination of all added, copied, modified and renamed files (ACMR)"
+    description: "Returns all changed files i.e. *a combination of all added, copied, modified and renamed files (ACMR)*"
  all_changed_files_count:
    description: "Returns the number of `all_changed_files`"
  any_changed:
-    description: "Returns `true` when any of the filenames provided using the `files*` or `files_ignore*` inputs have changed. This defaults to `true` when no patterns are specified. i.e. *includes a combination of all added, copied, modified and renamed files (ACMR)*."
+    description: "Returns `true` when any of the filenames provided using the `files*` or `files_ignore*` inputs has changed. i.e. *includes a combination of all added, copied, modified and renamed files (ACMR)*."
  only_changed:
-    description: "Returns `true` when only files provided using the `files*` or `files_ignore*` inputs have changed. i.e. *includes a combination of all added, copied, modified and renamed files (ACMR)*."
+    description: "Returns `true` when only files provided using the `files*` or `files_ignore*` inputs has changed. i.e. *includes a combination of all added, copied, modified and renamed files (ACMR)*."
  other_changed_files:
-    description: "Returns all other changed files not listed in the files input i.e. includes a combination of all added, copied, modified and renamed files (ACMR)."
+    description: "Returns all other changed files not listed in the files input i.e. *includes a combination of all added, copied, modified and renamed files (ACMR)*."
  other_changed_files_count:
    description: "Returns the number of `other_changed_files`"
  all_modified_files:
-    description: "Returns all changed files i.e. a combination of all added, copied, modified, renamed and deleted files (ACMRD)."
+    description: "Returns all changed files i.e. *a combination of all added, copied, modified, renamed and deleted files (ACMRD)*."
  all_modified_files_count:
    description: "Returns the number of `all_modified_files`"
  any_modified:
-    description: "Returns `true` when any of the filenames provided using the `files*` or `files_ignore*` inputs have been modified. This defaults to `true` when no patterns are specified. i.e. *includes a combination of all added, copied, modified, renamed, and deleted files (ACMRD)*."
+    description: "Returns `true` when any of the filenames provided using the `files*` or `files_ignore*` inputs has been modified. i.e. *includes a combination of all added, copied, modified, renamed, and deleted files (ACMRD)*."
  only_modified:
-    description: "Returns `true` when only files provided using the `files*` or `files_ignore*` inputs have been modified. (ACMRD)."
+    description: "Returns `true` when only files provided using the `files*` or `files_ignore*` inputs has been modified. (ACMRD)."
  other_modified_files:
-    description: "Returns all other modified files not listed in the files input i.e. a combination of all added, copied, modified, and deleted files (ACMRD)"
+    description: "Returns all other modified files not listed in the files input i.e. *a combination of all added, copied, modified, and deleted files (ACMRD)*"
  other_modified_files_count:
    description: "Returns the number of `other_modified_files`"
  any_deleted:
-    description: "Returns `true` when any of the filenames provided using the `files*` or `files_ignore*` inputs have been deleted. This defaults to `true` when no patterns are specified. (D)"
+    description: "Returns `true` when any of the filenames provided using the `files*` or `files_ignore*` inputs has been deleted. (D)"
  only_deleted:
-    description: "Returns `true` when only files provided using the `files*` or `files_ignore*` inputs have been deleted. (D)"
+    description: "Returns `true` when only files provided using the `files*` or `files_ignore*` inputs has been deleted. (D)"
  other_deleted_files:
-    description: "Returns all other deleted files not listed in the files input i.e. a combination of all deleted files (D)"
+    description: "Returns all other deleted files not listed in the files input i.e. *a  combination of all deleted files (D)*"
  other_deleted_files_count:
    description: "Returns the number of `other_deleted_files`"
  modified_keys:
-    description: "Returns all modified YAML keys when the `files_yaml` input is used. i.e. key that contains any path that has either been added, copied, modified, and deleted (ACMRD)"
+    description: "Returns all modified YAML keys when the `files_yaml` input is used. i.e. *key that contains any path that has either been added, copied, modified, and deleted (ACMRD)*"
  changed_keys:
-    description: "Returns all changed YAML keys when the `files_yaml` input is used. i.e. key that contains any path that has either been added, copied, modified, and renamed (ACMR)"
+    description: "Returns all changed YAML keys when the `files_yaml` input is used. i.e. *key that contains any path that has either been added, copied, modified, and renamed (ACMR)*"

 runs:
  using: 'node20'
--- a/dist/index.js
+++ b/dist/index.js
--- a/dist/index.js.map
+++ b/dist/index.js.map
--- a/dist/licenses.txt
+++ b/dist/licenses.txt
--- a/dist/sourcemap-register.js
+++ b/dist/sourcemap-register.js
--- a/jest/setupEnv.cjs
+++ b/jest/setupEnv.cjs
@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 const path = require('path')

+process.env.TESTING = "1"
 process.env.GITHUB_WORKSPACE = path.join(
  path.resolve(__dirname, '..'), '.'
 )
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
  "name": "@tj-actions/changed-files",
-  "version": "45.0.4",
+  "version": "41.1.2",
  "description": "Github action to retrieve all (added, copied, modified, deleted, renamed, type changed, unmerged, unknown) files and directories.",
  "main": "lib/main.js",
  "publishConfig": {
@ -14,7 +14,6 @@
    "lint:fix": "eslint --fix src/*.ts src/**/*.ts",
    "package": "ncc build lib/main.js --source-map --license licenses.txt",
    "test": "jest --coverage",
-    "update-snapshot": "jest -u",
    "all": "yarn build && yarn format && yarn lint && yarn package && yarn test"
  },
  "repository": {
@ -36,8 +35,7 @@
    "@actions/core": "^1.10.0",
    "@actions/exec": "^1.1.1",
    "@actions/github": "^6.0.0",
-    "@octokit/rest": "^21.0.0",
-    "@stdlib/utils-convert-path": "^0.2.1",
+    "@octokit/rest": "^20.0.1",
    "lodash": "^4.17.21",
    "micromatch": "^4.0.5",
    "yaml": "^2.3.1"
@ -46,16 +44,16 @@
    "@types/jest": "^29.5.2",
    "@types/lodash": "^4.14.195",
    "@types/micromatch": "^4.0.2",
-    "@types/node": "^22.0.0",
-    "@types/uuid": "^10.0.0",
-    "@typescript-eslint/eslint-plugin": "^7.0.0",
-    "@typescript-eslint/parser": "^7.0.0",
+    "@types/node": "^20.3.2",
+    "@types/uuid": "^9.0.2",
+    "@typescript-eslint/eslint-plugin": "^6.0.0",
+    "@typescript-eslint/parser": "^6.0.0",
    "@vercel/ncc": "^0.38.0",
    "eslint": "^8.43.0",
-    "eslint-config-prettier": "^9.0.0",
-    "eslint-plugin-github": "^5.0.0",
-    "eslint-plugin-jest": "^28.0.0",
+    "eslint-plugin-github": "^4.8.0",
+    "eslint-plugin-jest": "^27.2.2",
    "eslint-plugin-prettier": "^5.0.0-alpha.2",
+    "eslint-config-prettier": "^9.0.0",
    "jest": "^29.5.0",
    "prettier": "^3.0.0",
    "ts-jest": "^29.1.0",
--- a/src/tests/snapshots/inputs.test.ts.snap
+++ b/src/tests/snapshots/inputs.test.ts.snap
@ -1,373 +0,0 @@
-// Jest Snapshot v1, https://goo.gl/fbAQLP
-
-exports[`getInputs should correctly parse boolean inputs 1`] = `
-{
-  "apiUrl": "",
-  "baseSha": "",
-  "diffRelative": "false",
-  "dirNames": "false",
-  "dirNamesDeletedFilesIncludeOnlyDeletedDirs": "false",
-  "dirNamesExcludeCurrentDir": "false",
-  "dirNamesIncludeFiles": "",
-  "dirNamesIncludeFilesSeparator": "",
-  "escapeJson": false,
-  "excludeSubmodules": "false",
-  "failOnInitialDiffError": "false",
-  "failOnSubmoduleDiffError": "false",
-  "fetchAdditionalSubmoduleHistory": "false",
-  "fetchMissingHistoryMaxRetries": 20,
-  "files": "",
-  "filesFromSourceFile": "",
-  "filesFromSourceFileSeparator": "",
-  "filesIgnore": "",
-  "filesIgnoreFromSourceFile": "",
-  "filesIgnoreFromSourceFileSeparator": "",
-  "filesIgnoreSeparator": "",
-  "filesIgnoreYaml": "",
-  "filesIgnoreYamlFromSourceFile": "",
-  "filesIgnoreYamlFromSourceFileSeparator": "",
-  "filesSeparator": "",
-  "filesYaml": "",
-  "filesYamlFromSourceFile": "",
-  "filesYamlFromSourceFileSeparator": "",
-  "includeAllOldNewRenamedFiles": "false",
-  "json": true,
-  "negationPatternsFirst": "false",
-  "oldNewFilesSeparator": " ",
-  "oldNewSeparator": ",",
-  "outputDir": "",
-  "outputRenamedFilesAsDeletedAndAdded": "false",
-  "path": ".",
-  "quotepath": "false",
-  "recoverDeletedFiles": "false",
-  "recoverDeletedFilesToDestination": "",
-  "recoverFiles": "",
-  "recoverFilesIgnore": "",
-  "recoverFilesIgnoreSeparator": "
-",
-  "recoverFilesSeparator": "
-",
-  "safeOutput": "false",
-  "separator": "",
-  "sha": "",
-  "since": "",
-  "sinceLastRemoteCommit": "false",
-  "skipInitialFetch": "true",
-  "tagsIgnorePattern": "",
-  "tagsPattern": "*",
-  "token": "",
-  "until": "",
-  "usePosixPathSeparator": "false",
-  "useRestApi": "false",
-  "writeOutputFiles": "false",
-}
-`;
-
-exports[`getInputs should correctly parse numeric inputs 1`] = `
-{
-  "apiUrl": "",
-  "baseSha": "",
-  "diffRelative": true,
-  "dirNames": false,
-  "dirNamesDeletedFilesIncludeOnlyDeletedDirs": false,
-  "dirNamesExcludeCurrentDir": false,
-  "dirNamesIncludeFiles": "",
-  "dirNamesIncludeFilesSeparator": "",
-  "dirNamesMaxDepth": 2,
-  "escapeJson": false,
-  "excludeSubmodules": false,
-  "failOnInitialDiffError": false,
-  "failOnSubmoduleDiffError": false,
-  "fetchAdditionalSubmoduleHistory": false,
-  "fetchDepth": 5,
-  "files": "",
-  "filesFromSourceFile": "",
-  "filesFromSourceFileSeparator": "",
-  "filesIgnore": "",
-  "filesIgnoreFromSourceFile": "",
-  "filesIgnoreFromSourceFileSeparator": "",
-  "filesIgnoreSeparator": "",
-  "filesIgnoreYaml": "",
-  "filesIgnoreYamlFromSourceFile": "",
-  "filesIgnoreYamlFromSourceFileSeparator": "",
-  "filesSeparator": "",
-  "filesYaml": "",
-  "filesYamlFromSourceFile": "",
-  "filesYamlFromSourceFileSeparator": "",
-  "includeAllOldNewRenamedFiles": false,
-  "json": false,
-  "negationPatternsFirst": false,
-  "oldNewFilesSeparator": "",
-  "oldNewSeparator": "",
-  "outputDir": "",
-  "outputRenamedFilesAsDeletedAndAdded": false,
-  "path": "",
-  "quotepath": true,
-  "recoverDeletedFiles": false,
-  "recoverDeletedFilesToDestination": "",
-  "recoverFiles": "",
-  "recoverFilesIgnore": "",
-  "recoverFilesIgnoreSeparator": "",
-  "recoverFilesSeparator": "",
-  "safeOutput": false,
-  "separator": "",
-  "sha": "",
-  "since": "",
-  "sinceLastRemoteCommit": false,
-  "skipInitialFetch": false,
-  "tagsIgnorePattern": "",
-  "tagsPattern": "",
-  "token": "",
-  "until": "",
-  "usePosixPathSeparator": false,
-  "useRestApi": false,
-  "writeOutputFiles": false,
-}
-`;
-
-exports[`getInputs should correctly parse string inputs 1`] = `
-{
-  "apiUrl": "https://api.github.com",
-  "baseSha": "",
-  "diffRelative": true,
-  "dirNames": false,
-  "dirNamesDeletedFilesIncludeOnlyDeletedDirs": false,
-  "dirNamesExcludeCurrentDir": false,
-  "dirNamesIncludeFiles": "",
-  "dirNamesIncludeFilesSeparator": "",
-  "escapeJson": false,
-  "excludeSubmodules": false,
-  "failOnInitialDiffError": false,
-  "failOnSubmoduleDiffError": false,
-  "fetchAdditionalSubmoduleHistory": false,
-  "files": "",
-  "filesFromSourceFile": "",
-  "filesFromSourceFileSeparator": "",
-  "filesIgnore": "",
-  "filesIgnoreFromSourceFile": "",
-  "filesIgnoreFromSourceFileSeparator": "",
-  "filesIgnoreSeparator": "",
-  "filesIgnoreYaml": "",
-  "filesIgnoreYamlFromSourceFile": "",
-  "filesIgnoreYamlFromSourceFileSeparator": "",
-  "filesSeparator": "",
-  "filesYaml": "",
-  "filesYamlFromSourceFile": "",
-  "filesYamlFromSourceFileSeparator": "",
-  "includeAllOldNewRenamedFiles": false,
-  "json": false,
-  "negationPatternsFirst": false,
-  "oldNewFilesSeparator": "",
-  "oldNewSeparator": "",
-  "outputDir": "",
-  "outputRenamedFilesAsDeletedAndAdded": false,
-  "path": "",
-  "quotepath": true,
-  "recoverDeletedFiles": false,
-  "recoverDeletedFilesToDestination": "",
-  "recoverFiles": "",
-  "recoverFilesIgnore": "",
-  "recoverFilesIgnoreSeparator": "",
-  "recoverFilesSeparator": "",
-  "safeOutput": false,
-  "separator": "",
-  "sha": "",
-  "since": "",
-  "sinceLastRemoteCommit": false,
-  "skipInitialFetch": false,
-  "tagsIgnorePattern": "",
-  "tagsPattern": "",
-  "token": "token",
-  "until": "",
-  "usePosixPathSeparator": false,
-  "useRestApi": false,
-  "writeOutputFiles": false,
-}
-`;
-
-exports[`getInputs should handle invalid numeric inputs correctly 1`] = `
-{
-  "apiUrl": "",
-  "baseSha": "",
-  "diffRelative": true,
-  "dirNames": false,
-  "dirNamesDeletedFilesIncludeOnlyDeletedDirs": false,
-  "dirNamesExcludeCurrentDir": false,
-  "dirNamesIncludeFiles": "",
-  "dirNamesIncludeFilesSeparator": "",
-  "dirNamesMaxDepth": 2,
-  "escapeJson": false,
-  "excludeSubmodules": false,
-  "failOnInitialDiffError": false,
-  "failOnSubmoduleDiffError": false,
-  "fetchAdditionalSubmoduleHistory": false,
-  "fetchDepth": NaN,
-  "files": "",
-  "filesFromSourceFile": "",
-  "filesFromSourceFileSeparator": "",
-  "filesIgnore": "",
-  "filesIgnoreFromSourceFile": "",
-  "filesIgnoreFromSourceFileSeparator": "",
-  "filesIgnoreSeparator": "",
-  "filesIgnoreYaml": "",
-  "filesIgnoreYamlFromSourceFile": "",
-  "filesIgnoreYamlFromSourceFileSeparator": "",
-  "filesSeparator": "",
-  "filesYaml": "",
-  "filesYamlFromSourceFile": "",
-  "filesYamlFromSourceFileSeparator": "",
-  "includeAllOldNewRenamedFiles": false,
-  "json": false,
-  "negationPatternsFirst": false,
-  "oldNewFilesSeparator": "",
-  "oldNewSeparator": "",
-  "outputDir": "",
-  "outputRenamedFilesAsDeletedAndAdded": false,
-  "path": "",
-  "quotepath": true,
-  "recoverDeletedFiles": false,
-  "recoverDeletedFilesToDestination": "",
-  "recoverFiles": "",
-  "recoverFilesIgnore": "",
-  "recoverFilesIgnoreSeparator": "",
-  "recoverFilesSeparator": "",
-  "safeOutput": false,
-  "separator": "",
-  "sha": "",
-  "since": "",
-  "sinceLastRemoteCommit": false,
-  "skipInitialFetch": false,
-  "tagsIgnorePattern": "",
-  "tagsPattern": "",
-  "token": "",
-  "until": "",
-  "usePosixPathSeparator": false,
-  "useRestApi": false,
-  "writeOutputFiles": false,
-}
-`;
-
-exports[`getInputs should handle negative numeric inputs correctly 1`] = `
-{
-  "apiUrl": "",
-  "baseSha": "",
-  "diffRelative": true,
-  "dirNames": false,
-  "dirNamesDeletedFilesIncludeOnlyDeletedDirs": false,
-  "dirNamesExcludeCurrentDir": false,
-  "dirNamesIncludeFiles": "",
-  "dirNamesIncludeFilesSeparator": "",
-  "dirNamesMaxDepth": -2,
-  "escapeJson": false,
-  "excludeSubmodules": false,
-  "failOnInitialDiffError": false,
-  "failOnSubmoduleDiffError": false,
-  "fetchAdditionalSubmoduleHistory": false,
-  "fetchDepth": 2,
-  "files": "",
-  "filesFromSourceFile": "",
-  "filesFromSourceFileSeparator": "",
-  "filesIgnore": "",
-  "filesIgnoreFromSourceFile": "",
-  "filesIgnoreFromSourceFileSeparator": "",
-  "filesIgnoreSeparator": "",
-  "filesIgnoreYaml": "",
-  "filesIgnoreYamlFromSourceFile": "",
-  "filesIgnoreYamlFromSourceFileSeparator": "",
-  "filesSeparator": "",
-  "filesYaml": "",
-  "filesYamlFromSourceFile": "",
-  "filesYamlFromSourceFileSeparator": "",
-  "includeAllOldNewRenamedFiles": false,
-  "json": false,
-  "negationPatternsFirst": false,
-  "oldNewFilesSeparator": "",
-  "oldNewSeparator": "",
-  "outputDir": "",
-  "outputRenamedFilesAsDeletedAndAdded": false,
-  "path": "",
-  "quotepath": true,
-  "recoverDeletedFiles": false,
-  "recoverDeletedFilesToDestination": "",
-  "recoverFiles": "",
-  "recoverFilesIgnore": "",
-  "recoverFilesIgnoreSeparator": "",
-  "recoverFilesSeparator": "",
-  "safeOutput": false,
-  "separator": "",
-  "sha": "",
-  "since": "",
-  "sinceLastRemoteCommit": false,
-  "skipInitialFetch": false,
-  "tagsIgnorePattern": "",
-  "tagsPattern": "",
-  "token": "",
-  "until": "",
-  "usePosixPathSeparator": false,
-  "useRestApi": false,
-  "writeOutputFiles": false,
-}
-`;
-
-exports[`getInputs should return default values when no inputs are provided 1`] = `
-{
-  "apiUrl": "",
-  "baseSha": "",
-  "diffRelative": true,
-  "dirNames": false,
-  "dirNamesDeletedFilesIncludeOnlyDeletedDirs": false,
-  "dirNamesExcludeCurrentDir": false,
-  "dirNamesIncludeFiles": "",
-  "dirNamesIncludeFilesSeparator": "",
-  "escapeJson": false,
-  "excludeSubmodules": false,
-  "failOnInitialDiffError": false,
-  "failOnSubmoduleDiffError": false,
-  "fetchAdditionalSubmoduleHistory": false,
-  "fetchMissingHistoryMaxRetries": 20,
-  "files": "",
-  "filesFromSourceFile": "",
-  "filesFromSourceFileSeparator": "",
-  "filesIgnore": "",
-  "filesIgnoreFromSourceFile": "",
-  "filesIgnoreFromSourceFileSeparator": "",
-  "filesIgnoreSeparator": "",
-  "filesIgnoreYaml": "",
-  "filesIgnoreYamlFromSourceFile": "",
-  "filesIgnoreYamlFromSourceFileSeparator": "",
-  "filesSeparator": "",
-  "filesYaml": "",
-  "filesYamlFromSourceFile": "",
-  "filesYamlFromSourceFileSeparator": "",
-  "includeAllOldNewRenamedFiles": false,
-  "json": false,
-  "negationPatternsFirst": false,
-  "oldNewFilesSeparator": " ",
-  "oldNewSeparator": ",",
-  "outputDir": "",
-  "outputRenamedFilesAsDeletedAndAdded": false,
-  "path": ".",
-  "quotepath": true,
-  "recoverDeletedFiles": false,
-  "recoverDeletedFilesToDestination": "",
-  "recoverFiles": "",
-  "recoverFilesIgnore": "",
-  "recoverFilesIgnoreSeparator": "
-",
-  "recoverFilesSeparator": "
-",
-  "safeOutput": false,
-  "separator": "",
-  "sha": "",
-  "since": "",
-  "sinceLastRemoteCommit": false,
-  "skipInitialFetch": false,
-  "tagsIgnorePattern": "",
-  "tagsPattern": "*",
-  "token": "",
-  "until": "",
-  "usePosixPathSeparator": false,
-  "useRestApi": false,
-  "writeOutputFiles": false,
-}
-`;
--- a/src/tests/inputs.test.ts
+++ b/src/tests/inputs.test.ts
@ -1,153 +0,0 @@
-import * as core from '@actions/core'
-import {getInputs, Inputs} from '../inputs'
-import {DEFAULT_VALUES_OF_UNSUPPORTED_API_INPUTS} from '../constant'
-
-jest.mock('@actions/core')
-
-describe('getInputs', () => {
-  afterEach(() => {
-    jest.clearAllMocks()
-  })
-
-  test('should return default values when no inputs are provided', () => {
-    ;(core.getInput as jest.Mock).mockImplementation(name => {
-      const camelCaseName = name.replace(/_([a-z])/g, (g: string[]) => {
-        return g[1].toUpperCase()
-      }) as keyof Inputs
-
-      return (DEFAULT_VALUES_OF_UNSUPPORTED_API_INPUTS[camelCaseName] ||
-        '') as string
-    })
-    ;(core.getBooleanInput as jest.Mock).mockImplementation(name => {
-      const camelCaseName = name.replace(/_([a-z])/g, (g: string[]) => {
-        return g[1].toUpperCase()
-      }) as keyof Inputs
-
-      return (DEFAULT_VALUES_OF_UNSUPPORTED_API_INPUTS[camelCaseName] ||
-        false) as boolean
-    })
-    expect(getInputs()).toMatchSnapshot()
-  })
-
-  test('should correctly parse boolean inputs', () => {
-    ;(core.getInput as jest.Mock).mockImplementation(name => {
-      const camelCaseName = name.replace(/_([a-z])/g, (g: string[]) => {
-        return g[1].toUpperCase()
-      }) as keyof Inputs
-
-      return (DEFAULT_VALUES_OF_UNSUPPORTED_API_INPUTS[camelCaseName] ||
-        '') as string
-    })
-    ;(core.getBooleanInput as jest.Mock).mockImplementation(name => {
-      switch (name) {
-        case 'matrix':
-          return 'true'
-        case 'skip_initial_fetch':
-          return 'true'
-        default:
-          return 'false'
-      }
-    })
-    expect(getInputs()).toMatchSnapshot()
-  })
-
-  test('should handle matrix alias correctly', () => {
-    ;(core.getBooleanInput as jest.Mock).mockImplementation(name => {
-      return name === 'matrix' ? 'true' : 'false'
-    })
-
-    const inputs = getInputs()
-    expect(inputs).toHaveProperty('json', true)
-    expect(inputs).toHaveProperty('escapeJson', false)
-  })
-
-  test('should correctly parse string inputs', () => {
-    ;(core.getInput as jest.Mock).mockImplementation(name => {
-      switch (name) {
-        case 'token':
-          return 'token'
-        case 'api_url':
-          return 'https://api.github.com'
-        default:
-          return ''
-      }
-    })
-    ;(core.getBooleanInput as jest.Mock).mockImplementation(name => {
-      const camelCaseName = name.replace(/_([a-z])/g, (g: string[]) => {
-        return g[1].toUpperCase()
-      }) as keyof Inputs
-
-      return (DEFAULT_VALUES_OF_UNSUPPORTED_API_INPUTS[camelCaseName] ||
-        false) as boolean
-    })
-    expect(getInputs()).toMatchSnapshot()
-  })
-
-  test('should correctly parse numeric inputs', () => {
-    ;(core.getInput as jest.Mock).mockImplementation(name => {
-      switch (name) {
-        case 'fetch_depth':
-          return '5'
-        case 'dir_names_max_depth':
-          return '2'
-        default:
-          return ''
-      }
-    })
-    ;(core.getBooleanInput as jest.Mock).mockImplementation(name => {
-      const camelCaseName = name.replace(/_([a-z])/g, (g: string[]) => {
-        return g[1].toUpperCase()
-      }) as keyof Inputs
-
-      return (DEFAULT_VALUES_OF_UNSUPPORTED_API_INPUTS[camelCaseName] ||
-        false) as boolean
-    })
-    expect(getInputs()).toMatchSnapshot()
-  })
-
-  test('should handle invalid numeric inputs correctly', () => {
-    ;(core.getInput as jest.Mock).mockImplementation(name => {
-      // TODO: Add validation for invalid numbers which should result in an error instead of NaN
-      switch (name) {
-        case 'fetch_depth':
-          return 'invalid'
-        case 'dir_names_max_depth':
-          return '2'
-        default:
-          return ''
-      }
-    })
-    ;(core.getBooleanInput as jest.Mock).mockImplementation(name => {
-      const camelCaseName = name.replace(/_([a-z])/g, (g: string[]) => {
-        return g[1].toUpperCase()
-      }) as keyof Inputs
-
-      return (DEFAULT_VALUES_OF_UNSUPPORTED_API_INPUTS[camelCaseName] ||
-        false) as boolean
-    })
-    expect(getInputs()).toMatchSnapshot()
-  })
-
-  test('should handle negative numeric inputs correctly', () => {
-    ;(core.getInput as jest.Mock).mockImplementation(name => {
-      // TODO: Add validation for negative numbers which should result in an error
-      switch (name) {
-        case 'fetch_depth':
-          return '-5'
-        case 'dir_names_max_depth':
-          return '-2'
-        default:
-          return ''
-      }
-    })
-    ;(core.getBooleanInput as jest.Mock).mockImplementation(name => {
-      const camelCaseName = name.replace(/_([a-z])/g, (g: string[]) => {
-        return g[1].toUpperCase()
-      }) as keyof Inputs
-
-      return (DEFAULT_VALUES_OF_UNSUPPORTED_API_INPUTS[camelCaseName] ||
-        false) as boolean
-    })
-    expect(getInputs()).toMatchSnapshot()
-  })
-})
--- a/src/tests/utils.test.ts
+++ b/src/tests/utils.test.ts
@ -1,12 +1,10 @@
 import * as core from '@actions/core'
-import * as exec from '@actions/exec'
 import {ChangeTypeEnum} from '../changedFiles'
 import {Inputs} from '../inputs'
 import {
  getDirname,
  getDirnameMaxDepth,
  getFilteredChangedFiles,
-  getPreviousGitTag,
  normalizeSeparators,
  warnUnsupportedRESTAPIInputs
 } from '../utils'
@ -637,12 +635,7 @@ describe('utils test', () => {
        failOnInitialDiffError: false,
        failOnSubmoduleDiffError: false,
        negationPatternsFirst: false,
-        useRestApi: false,
-        excludeSubmodules: false,
-        fetchMissingHistoryMaxRetries: 20,
-        usePosixPathSeparator: false,
-        tagsPattern: '*',
-        tagsIgnorePattern: ''
+        useRestApi: false
      }

      const coreWarningSpy = jest.spyOn(core, 'warning')
@ -658,104 +651,4 @@ describe('utils test', () => {
      expect(coreWarningSpy).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1)
    })
  })
-  describe('getPreviousGitTag', () => {
-    // Check if the environment variable GITHUB_REPOSITORY_OWNER is 'tj-actions'
-    const shouldSkip = !!process.env.GITHUB_EVENT_PULL_REQUEST_HEAD_REPO_FORK
-    // Function returns the second-latest tag and its SHA
-    it('should return the second latest tag and its SHA when multiple tags are present', async () => {
-      if (shouldSkip) {
-        return
-      }
-      const result = await getPreviousGitTag({
-        cwd: '.',
-        tagsPattern: '*',
-        tagsIgnorePattern: '',
-        currentBranch: 'v1.0.1'
-      })
-      expect(result).toEqual({
-        tag: 'v1.0.0',
-        sha: 'f0751de6af436d4e79016e2041cf6400e0833653'
-      })
-    })
-    // Tags are filtered by a specified pattern when 'tagsPattern' is provided
-    it('should filter tags by the specified pattern', async () => {
-      if (shouldSkip) {
-        return
-      }
-      const result = await getPreviousGitTag({
-        cwd: '.',
-        tagsPattern: 'v1.*',
-        tagsIgnorePattern: '',
-        currentBranch: 'v1.0.1'
-      })
-      expect(result).toEqual({
-        tag: 'v1.0.0',
-        sha: 'f0751de6af436d4e79016e2041cf6400e0833653'
-      })
-    })
-    // Tags are excluded by a specified ignore pattern when 'tagsIgnorePattern' is provided
-    it('should exclude tags by the specified ignore pattern', async () => {
-      if (shouldSkip) {
-        return
-      }
-      const result = await getPreviousGitTag({
-        cwd: '.',
-        tagsPattern: '*',
-        tagsIgnorePattern: 'v0.*.*',
-        currentBranch: 'v1.0.1'
-      })
-      expect(result).toEqual({
-        tag: 'v1.0.0',
-        sha: 'f0751de6af436d4e79016e2041cf6400e0833653'
-      })
-    })
-
-    // No tags are available in the repository
-    it('should return empty values when no tags are available in the repository', async () => {
-      jest.spyOn(exec, 'getExecOutput').mockResolvedValueOnce({
-        stdout: '',
-        stderr: '',
-        exitCode: 0
-      })
-      const result = await getPreviousGitTag({
-        cwd: '.',
-        tagsPattern: '*',
-        tagsIgnorePattern: '',
-        currentBranch: ''
-      })
-      expect(result).toEqual({tag: '', sha: ''})
-    })
-
-    // Only one tag is available, making it impossible to find a previous tag
-    it('should return empty values when only one tag is available', async () => {
-      jest.spyOn(exec, 'getExecOutput').mockResolvedValueOnce({
-        stdout:
-          'v1.0.1|f0751de6af436d4e79016e2041cf6400e0833653|2021-01-01T00:00:00Z',
-        stderr: '',
-        exitCode: 0
-      })
-      const result = await getPreviousGitTag({
-        cwd: '.',
-        tagsPattern: '*',
-        tagsIgnorePattern: '',
-        currentBranch: 'v1.0.1'
-      })
-      expect(result).toEqual({tag: '', sha: ''})
-    })
-
-    // Git commands fail and throw errors
-    it('should throw an error when git commands fail', async () => {
-      jest
-        .spyOn(exec, 'getExecOutput')
-        .mockRejectedValue(new Error('git command failed'))
-      await expect(
-        getPreviousGitTag({
-          cwd: '.',
-          tagsPattern: '*',
-          tagsIgnorePattern: '',
-          currentBranch: 'v1.0.1'
-        })
-      ).rejects.toThrow('git command failed')
-    })
-  })
 })
--- a/src/changedFiles.ts
+++ b/src/changedFiles.ts
@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ import * as core from '@actions/core'
 import * as github from '@actions/github'
 import type {RestEndpointMethodTypes} from '@octokit/rest'
 import flatten from 'lodash/flatten'
-import convertPath from '@stdlib/utils-convert-path'
 import mm from 'micromatch'
 import * as path from 'path'
 import {setOutputsAndGetModifiedAndChangedFilesStatus} from './changedFilesOutput'
@ -122,13 +121,13 @@ export const processChangedFiles = async ({
 export const getRenamedFiles = async ({
  inputs,
  workingDirectory,
-  diffSubmodule,
+  hasSubmodule,
  diffResult,
  submodulePaths
 }: {
  inputs: Inputs
  workingDirectory: string
-  diffSubmodule: boolean
+  hasSubmodule: boolean
  diffResult: DiffResult
  submodulePaths: string[]
 }): Promise<{paths: string; count: string}> => {
@ -140,7 +139,7 @@ export const getRenamedFiles = async ({
    oldNewSeparator: inputs.oldNewSeparator
  })

-  if (diffSubmodule) {
+  if (hasSubmodule) {
    for (const submodulePath of submodulePaths) {
      const submoduleShaResult = await gitSubmoduleDiffSHA({
        cwd: workingDirectory,
@ -218,7 +217,7 @@ export type ChangedFiles = {

 export const getAllDiffFiles = async ({
  workingDirectory,
-  diffSubmodule,
+  hasSubmodule,
  diffResult,
  submodulePaths,
  outputRenamedFilesAsDeletedAndAdded,
@ -227,7 +226,7 @@ export const getAllDiffFiles = async ({
  failOnSubmoduleDiffError
 }: {
  workingDirectory: string
-  diffSubmodule: boolean
+  hasSubmodule: boolean
  diffResult: DiffResult
  submodulePaths: string[]
  outputRenamedFilesAsDeletedAndAdded: boolean
@ -244,7 +243,7 @@ export const getAllDiffFiles = async ({
    failOnInitialDiffError
  })

-  if (diffSubmodule) {
+  if (hasSubmodule) {
    for (const submodulePath of submodulePaths) {
      const submoduleShaResult = await gitSubmoduleDiffSHA({
        cwd: workingDirectory,
@ -356,11 +355,7 @@ function* getChangeTypeFilesGenerator({
      filePaths,
      dirNamesIncludeFilePatterns
    })) {
-      if (isWindows() && inputs.usePosixPathSeparator) {
-        yield convertPath(filePath, 'mixed')
-      } else {
-        yield filePath
-      }
+      yield filePath
    }
  }
 }
@ -407,11 +402,7 @@ function* getAllChangeTypeFilesGenerator({
    filePaths,
    dirNamesIncludeFilePatterns
  })) {
-    if (isWindows() && inputs.usePosixPathSeparator) {
-      yield convertPath(filePath, 'mixed')
-    } else {
-      yield filePath
-    }
+    yield filePath
  }
 }

@ -484,7 +475,7 @@ export const getChangedFilesFromGithubAPI = async ({

    if (changeType === ChangeTypeEnum.Renamed) {
      if (inputs.outputRenamedFilesAsDeletedAndAdded) {
-        changedFiles[ChangeTypeEnum.Deleted].push(item.previous_filename || '')
+        changedFiles[ChangeTypeEnum.Deleted].push(item.filename)
        changedFiles[ChangeTypeEnum.Added].push(item.filename)
      } else {
        changedFiles[ChangeTypeEnum.Renamed].push(item.filename)
--- a/src/changedFilesOutput.ts
+++ b/src/changedFilesOutput.ts
@ -247,7 +247,7 @@ export const setOutputsAndGetModifiedAndChangedFilesStatus = async ({

  await setOutput({
    key: getOutputKey('any_changed', outputPrefix),
-    value: allChangedFiles.paths.length > 0,
+    value: allChangedFiles.paths.length > 0 && filePatterns.length > 0,
    writeOutputFiles: inputs.writeOutputFiles,
    outputDir: inputs.outputDir,
    json: inputs.json
@ -336,7 +336,7 @@ export const setOutputsAndGetModifiedAndChangedFilesStatus = async ({

  await setOutput({
    key: getOutputKey('any_modified', outputPrefix),
-    value: allModifiedFiles.paths.length > 0,
+    value: allModifiedFiles.paths.length > 0 && filePatterns.length > 0,
    writeOutputFiles: inputs.writeOutputFiles,
    outputDir: inputs.outputDir,
    json: inputs.json
@ -442,7 +442,7 @@ export const setOutputsAndGetModifiedAndChangedFilesStatus = async ({

  await setOutput({
    key: getOutputKey('any_deleted', outputPrefix),
-    value: deletedFiles.paths.length > 0,
+    value: deletedFiles.paths.length > 0 && filePatterns.length > 0,
    writeOutputFiles: inputs.writeOutputFiles,
    outputDir: inputs.outputDir,
    json: inputs.json
@ -496,7 +496,7 @@ export const setOutputsAndGetModifiedAndChangedFilesStatus = async ({
  })

  return {
-    anyModified: allModifiedFiles.paths.length > 0,
-    anyChanged: allChangedFiles.paths.length > 0
+    anyModified: allModifiedFiles.paths.length > 0 && filePatterns.length > 0,
+    anyChanged: allChangedFiles.paths.length > 0 && filePatterns.length > 0
  }
 }
--- a/src/commitSha.ts
+++ b/src/commitSha.ts
@ -86,27 +86,15 @@ export interface DiffResult {
  initialCommit?: boolean
 }

-interface SHAForNonPullRequestEvent {
-  inputs: Inputs
-  env: Env
-  workingDirectory: string
-  isShallow: boolean
-  diffSubmodule: boolean
-  gitFetchExtraArgs: string[]
+export const getSHAForNonPullRequestEvent = async (
+  inputs: Inputs,
+  env: Env,
+  workingDirectory: string,
+  isShallow: boolean,
+  hasSubmodule: boolean,
+  gitFetchExtraArgs: string[],
  isTag: boolean
-  remoteName: string
-}
-
-export const getSHAForNonPullRequestEvent = async ({
-  inputs,
-  env,
-  workingDirectory,
-  isShallow,
-  diffSubmodule,
-  gitFetchExtraArgs,
-  isTag,
-  remoteName
-}: SHAForNonPullRequestEvent): Promise<DiffResult> => {
+): Promise<DiffResult> => {
  let targetBranch = env.GITHUB_REF_NAME
  let currentBranch = targetBranch
  let initialCommit = false
@ -134,8 +122,8 @@ export const getSHAForNonPullRequestEvent = async ({
            '-u',
            '--progress',
            `--deepen=${inputs.fetchDepth}`,
-            remoteName,
-            `+refs/heads/${sourceBranch}:refs/remotes/${remoteName}/${sourceBranch}`
+            'origin',
+            `+refs/heads/${sourceBranch}:refs/remotes/origin/${sourceBranch}`
          ]
        })
      } else {
@ -146,13 +134,13 @@ export const getSHAForNonPullRequestEvent = async ({
            '-u',
            '--progress',
            `--deepen=${inputs.fetchDepth}`,
-            remoteName,
-            `+refs/heads/${targetBranch}:refs/remotes/${remoteName}/${targetBranch}`
+            'origin',
+            `+refs/heads/${targetBranch}:refs/remotes/origin/${targetBranch}`
          ]
        })
      }

-      if (diffSubmodule) {
+      if (hasSubmodule) {
        await gitFetchSubmodules({
          cwd: workingDirectory,
          args: [
@ -164,7 +152,7 @@ export const getSHAForNonPullRequestEvent = async ({
        })
      }
    } else {
-      if (diffSubmodule && inputs.fetchAdditionalSubmoduleHistory) {
+      if (hasSubmodule && inputs.fetchAdditionalSubmoduleHistory) {
        await gitFetchSubmodules({
          cwd: workingDirectory,
          args: [
@ -240,12 +228,7 @@ export const getSHAForNonPullRequestEvent = async ({
      }
    } else if (isTag) {
      core.debug('Getting previous SHA for tag...')
-      const {sha, tag} = await getPreviousGitTag({
-        cwd: workingDirectory,
-        tagsPattern: inputs.tagsPattern,
-        tagsIgnorePattern: inputs.tagsIgnorePattern,
-        currentBranch
-      })
+      const {sha, tag} = await getPreviousGitTag({cwd: workingDirectory})
      previousSha = sha
      targetBranch = tag
    } else {
@ -324,23 +307,14 @@ export const getSHAForNonPullRequestEvent = async ({
  }
 }

-interface SHAForPullRequestEvent {
-  inputs: Inputs
-  workingDirectory: string
-  isShallow: boolean
-  diffSubmodule: boolean
+export const getSHAForPullRequestEvent = async (
+  inputs: Inputs,
+  env: Env,
+  workingDirectory: string,
+  isShallow: boolean,
+  hasSubmodule: boolean,
  gitFetchExtraArgs: string[]
-  remoteName: string
-}
-
-export const getSHAForPullRequestEvent = async ({
-  inputs,
-  workingDirectory,
-  isShallow,
-  diffSubmodule,
-  gitFetchExtraArgs,
-  remoteName
-}: SHAForPullRequestEvent): Promise<DiffResult> => {
+): Promise<DiffResult> => {
  let targetBranch = github.context.payload.pull_request?.base?.ref
  const currentBranch = github.context.payload.pull_request?.head?.ref
  if (inputs.sinceLastRemoteCommit) {
@ -356,7 +330,7 @@ export const getSHAForPullRequestEvent = async ({
          ...gitFetchExtraArgs,
          '-u',
          '--progress',
-          remoteName,
+          'origin',
          `pull/${github.context.payload.pull_request?.number}/head:${currentBranch}`
        ]
      })
@ -369,8 +343,8 @@ export const getSHAForPullRequestEvent = async ({
            '-u',
            '--progress',
            `--deepen=${inputs.fetchDepth}`,
-            remoteName,
-            `+refs/heads/${currentBranch}*:refs/remotes/${remoteName}/${currentBranch}*`
+            'origin',
+            `+refs/heads/${currentBranch}*:refs/remotes/origin/${currentBranch}*`
          ]
        })
      }
@ -380,32 +354,35 @@ export const getSHAForPullRequestEvent = async ({
          'Failed to fetch pull request branch. Please ensure "persist-credentials" is set to "true" when checking out the repository. See: https://github.com/actions/checkout#usage'
        )
      }
-      core.debug('Fetching target branch...')
-      await gitFetch({
-        cwd: workingDirectory,
-        args: [
-          ...gitFetchExtraArgs,
-          '-u',
-          '--progress',
-          `--deepen=${inputs.fetchDepth}`,
-          remoteName,
-          `+refs/heads/${github.context.payload.pull_request?.base?.ref}:refs/remotes/${remoteName}/${github.context.payload.pull_request?.base?.ref}`
-        ]
-      })

-      if (diffSubmodule) {
-        await gitFetchSubmodules({
+      if (!inputs.sinceLastRemoteCommit) {
+        core.debug('Fetching target branch...')
+        await gitFetch({
          cwd: workingDirectory,
          args: [
            ...gitFetchExtraArgs,
            '-u',
            '--progress',
-            `--deepen=${inputs.fetchDepth}`
+            `--deepen=${inputs.fetchDepth}`,
+            'origin',
+            `+refs/heads/${targetBranch}:refs/remotes/origin/${targetBranch}`
          ]
        })
+
+        if (hasSubmodule) {
+          await gitFetchSubmodules({
+            cwd: workingDirectory,
+            args: [
+              ...gitFetchExtraArgs,
+              '-u',
+              '--progress',
+              `--deepen=${inputs.fetchDepth}`
+            ]
+          })
+        }
      }
    } else {
-      if (diffSubmodule && inputs.fetchAdditionalSubmoduleHistory) {
+      if (hasSubmodule && inputs.fetchAdditionalSubmoduleHistory) {
        await gitFetchSubmodules({
          cwd: workingDirectory,
          args: [
@ -450,7 +427,10 @@ export const getSHAForPullRequestEvent = async ({
    }
  }

-  if (!github.context.payload.pull_request?.base?.ref) {
+  if (
+    !github.context.payload.pull_request?.base?.ref ||
+    github.context.payload.head?.repo?.fork === 'true'
+  ) {
    diff = '..'
  }

@ -507,14 +487,17 @@ export const getSHAForPullRequestEvent = async ({
        }
      }
    } else {
-      previousSha = github.context.payload.pull_request?.base?.sha
-
-      if (!previousSha) {
+      if (github.context.payload.action === 'closed') {
+        previousSha = github.context.payload.pull_request?.base?.sha
+      } else {
        previousSha = await getRemoteBranchHeadSha({
          cwd: workingDirectory,
-          remoteName,
          branch: targetBranch
        })
+
+        if (!previousSha) {
+          previousSha = github.context.payload.pull_request?.base?.sha
+        }
      }

      if (isShallow) {
@ -530,11 +513,7 @@ export const getSHAForPullRequestEvent = async ({
            'Merge base is not in the local history, fetching remote target branch...'
          )

-          for (
-            let i = 1;
-            i <= (inputs.fetchMissingHistoryMaxRetries || 10);
-            i++
-          ) {
+          for (let i = 1; i <= 10; i++) {
            await gitFetch({
              cwd: workingDirectory,
              args: [
@ -542,8 +521,8 @@ export const getSHAForPullRequestEvent = async ({
                '-u',
                '--progress',
                `--deepen=${inputs.fetchDepth}`,
-                remoteName,
-                `+refs/heads/${targetBranch}:refs/remotes/${remoteName}/${targetBranch}`
+                'origin',
+                `+refs/heads/${targetBranch}:refs/remotes/origin/${targetBranch}`
              ]
            })

--- a/src/constant.ts
+++ b/src/constant.ts
@ -20,10 +20,5 @@ export const DEFAULT_VALUES_OF_UNSUPPORTED_API_INPUTS: Partial<Inputs> = {
  oldNewFilesSeparator: ' ',
  skipInitialFetch: false,
  fetchAdditionalSubmoduleHistory: false,
-  dirNamesDeletedFilesIncludeOnlyDeletedDirs: false,
-  excludeSubmodules: false,
-  fetchMissingHistoryMaxRetries: 20,
-  usePosixPathSeparator: false,
-  tagsPattern: '*',
-  tagsIgnorePattern: ''
+  dirNamesDeletedFilesIncludeOnlyDeletedDirs: false
 }
--- a/src/env.ts
+++ b/src/env.ts
@ -1,10 +1,13 @@
+import * as core from '@actions/core'
+
 export type Env = {
  GITHUB_REF_NAME: string
  GITHUB_REF: string
  GITHUB_WORKSPACE: string
 }
-
 export const getEnv = async (): Promise<Env> => {
+  core.debug(`Process Env: ${JSON.stringify(process.env, null, 2)}`)
+
  return {
    GITHUB_REF_NAME: process.env.GITHUB_REF_NAME || '',
    GITHUB_REF: process.env.GITHUB_REF || '',
--- a/src/inputs.ts
+++ b/src/inputs.ts
@ -54,11 +54,6 @@ export type Inputs = {
  failOnSubmoduleDiffError: boolean
  negationPatternsFirst: boolean
  useRestApi: boolean
-  excludeSubmodules: boolean
-  fetchMissingHistoryMaxRetries?: number
-  usePosixPathSeparator: boolean
-  tagsPattern: string
-  tagsIgnorePattern?: string
 }

 export const getInputs = (): Inputs => {
@ -159,15 +154,8 @@ export const getInputs = (): Inputs => {
      trimWhitespace: false
    }
  )
-  let json = core.getBooleanInput('json', {required: false})
-  let escapeJson = core.getBooleanInput('escape_json', {required: false})
-  const matrix = core.getBooleanInput('matrix', {required: false})
-
-  if (matrix) {
-    json = true
-    escapeJson = false
-  }
-
+  const json = core.getBooleanInput('json', {required: false})
+  const escapeJson = core.getBooleanInput('escape_json', {required: false})
  const safeOutput = core.getBooleanInput('safe_output', {required: false})
  const fetchDepth = core.getInput('fetch_depth', {required: false})
  const sinceLastRemoteCommit = core.getBooleanInput(
@ -245,31 +233,6 @@ export const getInputs = (): Inputs => {
    required: false
  })

-  const excludeSubmodules = core.getBooleanInput('exclude_submodules', {
-    required: false
-  })
-
-  const fetchMissingHistoryMaxRetries = core.getInput(
-    'fetch_missing_history_max_retries',
-    {required: false}
-  )
-
-  const usePosixPathSeparator = core.getBooleanInput(
-    'use_posix_path_separator',
-    {
-      required: false
-    }
-  )
-
-  const tagsPattern = core.getInput('tags_pattern', {
-    required: false,
-    trimWhitespace: false
-  })
-  const tagsIgnorePattern = core.getInput('tags_ignore_pattern', {
-    required: false,
-    trimWhitespace: false
-  })
-
  const inputs: Inputs = {
    files,
    filesSeparator,
@ -309,10 +272,6 @@ export const getInputs = (): Inputs => {
    skipInitialFetch,
    fetchAdditionalSubmoduleHistory,
    dirNamesDeletedFilesIncludeOnlyDeletedDirs,
-    excludeSubmodules,
-    usePosixPathSeparator,
-    tagsPattern,
-    tagsIgnorePattern,
    // End Not Supported via REST API
    dirNames,
    dirNamesExcludeCurrentDir,
@ -331,7 +290,6 @@ export const getInputs = (): Inputs => {
  }

  if (fetchDepth) {
-    // Fallback to at least 2 if the fetch_depth is less than 2
    inputs.fetchDepth = Math.max(parseInt(fetchDepth, 10), 2)
  }

@ -339,13 +297,5 @@ export const getInputs = (): Inputs => {
    inputs.dirNamesMaxDepth = parseInt(dirNamesMaxDepth, 10)
  }

-  if (fetchMissingHistoryMaxRetries) {
-    // Fallback to at least 1 if the fetch_missing_history_max_retries is less than 1
-    inputs.fetchMissingHistoryMaxRetries = Math.max(
-      parseInt(fetchMissingHistoryMaxRetries, 10),
-      1
-    )
-  }
-
  return inputs
 }
--- a/src/main.ts
+++ b/src/main.ts
@ -64,26 +64,14 @@ const getChangedFilesFromLocalGitHistory = async ({
  }

  const isShallow = await isRepoShallow({cwd: workingDirectory})
-  let diffSubmodule = false
-  let gitFetchExtraArgs = ['--no-tags', '--prune']
-
-  if (inputs.excludeSubmodules) {
-    core.info('Excluding submodules from the diff')
-  } else {
-    diffSubmodule = await submoduleExists({cwd: workingDirectory})
-  }
-
-  if (diffSubmodule) {
-    gitFetchExtraArgs.push('--recurse-submodules')
-  }
-
+  const hasSubmodule = await submoduleExists({cwd: workingDirectory})
+  let gitFetchExtraArgs = ['--no-tags', '--prune', '--recurse-submodules']
  const isTag = env.GITHUB_REF?.startsWith('refs/tags/')
-  const remoteName = 'origin'
  const outputRenamedFilesAsDeletedAndAdded =
    inputs.outputRenamedFilesAsDeletedAndAdded
  let submodulePaths: string[] = []

-  if (diffSubmodule) {
+  if (hasSubmodule) {
    submodulePaths = await getSubmodulePath({cwd: workingDirectory})
  }

@ -95,30 +83,29 @@ const getChangedFilesFromLocalGitHistory = async ({

  if (!github.context.payload.pull_request?.base?.ref) {
    core.info(`Running on a ${github.context.eventName || 'push'} event...`)
-    diffResult = await getSHAForNonPullRequestEvent({
+    diffResult = await getSHAForNonPullRequestEvent(
      inputs,
      env,
      workingDirectory,
      isShallow,
-      diffSubmodule,
+      hasSubmodule,
      gitFetchExtraArgs,
-      isTag,
-      remoteName
-    })
+      isTag
+    )
  } else {
    core.info(
      `Running on a ${github.context.eventName || 'pull_request'} (${
        github.context.payload.action
      }) event...`
    )
-    diffResult = await getSHAForPullRequestEvent({
+    diffResult = await getSHAForPullRequestEvent(
      inputs,
+      env,
      workingDirectory,
      isShallow,
-      diffSubmodule,
-      gitFetchExtraArgs,
-      remoteName
-    })
+      hasSubmodule,
+      gitFetchExtraArgs
+    )
  }

  if (diffResult.initialCommit) {
@ -133,7 +120,7 @@ const getChangedFilesFromLocalGitHistory = async ({

  const allDiffFiles = await getAllDiffFiles({
    workingDirectory,
-    diffSubmodule,
+    hasSubmodule,
    diffResult,
    submodulePaths,
    outputRenamedFilesAsDeletedAndAdded,
@ -159,7 +146,7 @@ const getChangedFilesFromLocalGitHistory = async ({
      deletedFiles: allDiffFiles[ChangeTypeEnum.Deleted],
      recoverPatterns,
      diffResult,
-      diffSubmodule,
+      hasSubmodule,
      submodulePaths
    })
  }
@ -177,7 +164,7 @@ const getChangedFilesFromLocalGitHistory = async ({
    const allOldNewRenamedFiles = await getRenamedFiles({
      inputs,
      workingDirectory,
-      diffSubmodule,
+      hasSubmodule,
      diffResult,
      submodulePaths
    })
@ -234,6 +221,8 @@ export async function run(): Promise<void> {
  const inputs = getInputs()
  core.debug(`Inputs: ${JSON.stringify(inputs, null, 2)}`)

+  core.debug(`Github Context: ${JSON.stringify(github.context, null, 2)}`)
+
  const workingDirectory = path.resolve(
    env.GITHUB_WORKSPACE || process.cwd(),
    inputs.useRestApi ? '.' : inputs.path
@ -275,8 +264,9 @@ export async function run(): Promise<void> {
    })
  } else {
    if (!hasGitDirectory) {
+      core.info(`Running on a ${github.context.eventName} event...`)
      throw new Error(
-        `Unable to locate the git repository in the given path: ${workingDirectory}.\n Please run actions/checkout before this action (Make sure the 'path' input is correct).\n If you intend to use Github's REST API note that only pull_request* events are supported. Current event is "${github.context.eventName}".`
+        `Can't find local .git in ${workingDirectory} directory. Please run actions/checkout before this action (Make sure the 'path' input is correct). If you intend to use Github's REST API note that only pull_request* events are supported.`
      )
    }

@ -291,8 +281,11 @@ export async function run(): Promise<void> {
  }
 }

-// eslint-disable-next-line github/no-then
-run().catch(e => {
-  core.setFailed(e.message || e)
-  process.exit(1)
-})
+/* istanbul ignore if */
+if (!process.env.TESTING) {
+  // eslint-disable-next-line github/no-then
+  run().catch(e => {
+    core.setFailed(e.message || e)
+    process.exit(1)
+  })
+}
--- a/src/utils.ts
+++ b/src/utils.ts
@ -32,13 +32,11 @@ export const normalizeSeparators = (p: string): string => {

    // Remove redundant slashes
    const isUnc = /^\\\\+[^\\]/.test(p) // e.g. \\hello
-    p = (isUnc ? '\\' : '') + p.replace(/\\\\+/g, '\\') // preserve leading \\ for UNC
-  } else {
-    // Remove redundant slashes on Linux/macOS
-    p = p.replace(/\/\/+/g, '/')
+    return (isUnc ? '\\' : '') + p.replace(/\\\\+/g, '\\') // preserve leading \\ for UNC
  }

-  return p
+  // Remove redundant slashes
+  return p.replace(/\/\/+/g, '/')
 }

 /**
@ -687,16 +685,14 @@ export const isInsideWorkTree = async ({

 export const getRemoteBranchHeadSha = async ({
  cwd,
-  branch,
-  remoteName
+  branch
 }: {
  cwd: string
  branch: string
-  remoteName: string
 }): Promise<string> => {
  const {stdout} = await exec.getExecOutput(
    'git',
-    ['rev-parse', `${remoteName}/${branch}`],
+    ['rev-parse', `origin/${branch}`],
    {
      cwd,
      silent: !core.isDebug()
@ -831,80 +827,41 @@ export const cleanShaInput = async ({

  return stdout.trim()
 }
-
 export const getPreviousGitTag = async ({
-  cwd,
-  tagsPattern,
-  currentBranch,
-  tagsIgnorePattern
+  cwd
 }: {
  cwd: string
-  tagsPattern: string
-  currentBranch: string
-  tagsIgnorePattern?: string
 }): Promise<{tag: string; sha: string}> => {
-  const ignorePatterns: string[] = []
-  let currentShaDate: Date | null = null
-
  const {stdout} = await exec.getExecOutput(
    'git',
-    [
-      'tag',
-      '--sort=-creatordate',
-      '--format=%(refname:short)|%(objectname)|%(creatordate:iso)'
-    ],
+    ['tag', '--sort=-creatordate'],
    {
      cwd,
      silent: !core.isDebug()
    }
  )

-  if (tagsIgnorePattern) {
-    ignorePatterns.push(tagsIgnorePattern)
-  }
-
-  if (currentBranch) {
-    ignorePatterns.push(currentBranch)
-    try {
-      const {stdout: currentShaDateOutput} = await exec.getExecOutput(
-        'git',
-        ['show', '-s', '--format=%ai', currentBranch],
-        {
-          cwd,
-          silent: !core.isDebug()
-        }
-      )
-      currentShaDate = new Date(currentShaDateOutput.trim())
-    } catch (error) {
-      // Handle the case where the current branch doesn't exist
-      // This might happen in detached head state
-      core.warning(`Failed to get date for current branch ${currentBranch}`)
-    }
-  }
-
-  const previousTag: {tag: string; sha: string} = {tag: '', sha: ''}
-
  const tags = stdout.trim().split('\n')
-  for (const tagData of tags) {
-    const [tag, sha, dateString] = tagData.split('|')
-    if (!mm.isMatch(tag, tagsPattern) || mm.isMatch(tag, ignorePatterns)) {
-      continue
-    }
-    const date = new Date(dateString)
-    if (currentShaDate && date >= currentShaDate) {
-      continue
-    }
-    // Found a suitable tag, no need to continue
-    previousTag.tag = tag
-    previousTag.sha = sha
-    break
-  }

-  if (!previousTag.tag) {
+  if (tags.length < 2) {
    core.warning('No previous tag found')
+    return {tag: '', sha: ''}
  }

-  return previousTag
+  const previousTag = tags[1]
+
+  const {stdout: stdout2} = await exec.getExecOutput(
+    'git',
+    ['rev-parse', previousTag],
+    {
+      cwd,
+      silent: !core.isDebug()
+    }
+  )
+
+  const sha = stdout2.trim()
+
+  return {tag: previousTag, sha}
 }

 export const canDiffCommits = async ({
@ -945,7 +902,7 @@ export const canDiffCommits = async ({
  } else {
    const {exitCode, stderr} = await exec.getExecOutput(
      'git',
-      ['diff', '--no-patch', sha1, sha2],
+      ['diff', '--quiet', sha1, sha2],
      {
        cwd,
        ignoreReturnCode: true,
@ -1258,11 +1215,16 @@ export const getYamlFilePatterns = async ({
      const newFilePatterns = await getYamlFilePatternsFromContents({filePath})
      for (const key in newFilePatterns) {
        if (key in filePatterns) {
-          filePatterns[key] = [...filePatterns[key], ...newFilePatterns[key]]
-        } else {
-          filePatterns[key] = newFilePatterns[key]
+          core.warning(
+            `files_yaml_from_source_file: Duplicated key ${key} detected in ${filePath}, the ${filePatterns[key]} will be overwritten by ${newFilePatterns[key]}.`
+          )
        }
      }
+
+      filePatterns = {
+        ...filePatterns,
+        ...newFilePatterns
+      }
    }
  }

@ -1274,12 +1236,9 @@ export const getYamlFilePatterns = async ({

    for (const key in newIgnoreFilePatterns) {
      if (key in filePatterns) {
-        filePatterns[key] = [
-          ...filePatterns[key],
-          ...newIgnoreFilePatterns[key]
-        ]
-      } else {
-        filePatterns[key] = newIgnoreFilePatterns[key]
+        core.warning(
+          `files_ignore_yaml: Duplicated key ${key} detected, the ${filePatterns[key]} will be overwritten by ${newIgnoreFilePatterns[key]}.`
+        )
      }
    }
  }
@ -1303,14 +1262,16 @@ export const getYamlFilePatterns = async ({

      for (const key in newIgnoreFilePatterns) {
        if (key in filePatterns) {
-          filePatterns[key] = [
-            ...filePatterns[key],
-            ...newIgnoreFilePatterns[key]
-          ]
-        } else {
-          filePatterns[key] = newIgnoreFilePatterns[key]
+          core.warning(
+            `files_ignore_yaml_from_source_file: Duplicated key ${key} detected in ${filePath}, the ${filePatterns[key]} will be overwritten by ${newIgnoreFilePatterns[key]}.`
+          )
        }
      }
+
+      filePatterns = {
+        ...filePatterns,
+        ...newIgnoreFilePatterns
+      }
    }
  }

@ -1450,7 +1411,7 @@ export const recoverDeletedFiles = async ({
  deletedFiles,
  recoverPatterns,
  diffResult,
-  diffSubmodule,
+  hasSubmodule,
  submodulePaths
 }: {
  inputs: Inputs
@ -1458,7 +1419,7 @@ export const recoverDeletedFiles = async ({
  deletedFiles: string[]
  recoverPatterns: string[]
  diffResult: DiffResult
-  diffSubmodule: boolean
+  hasSubmodule: boolean
  submodulePaths: string[]
 }): Promise<void> => {
  let recoverableDeletedFiles = deletedFiles
@ -1488,7 +1449,7 @@ export const recoverDeletedFiles = async ({

    const submodulePath = submodulePaths.find(p => deletedFile.startsWith(p))

-    if (diffSubmodule && submodulePath) {
+    if (hasSubmodule && submodulePath) {
      const submoduleShaResult = await gitSubmoduleDiffSHA({
        cwd: workingDirectory,
        parentSha1: diffResult.previousSha,
--- a/test/new.md
+++ b/test/new.md
@ -1 +0,0 @@
-This is a test markdown file
--- a/test/test.txt
+++ b/test/test.txt
@ -1 +1 @@
-This is a test file...
+This is a test file.
--- a/tsconfig.json
+++ b/tsconfig.json
@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
  "compilerOptions": {
-    "target": "ES2018",                          /* Specify ECMAScript target version: 'ES3' (default), 'ES5', 'ES2015', 'ES2016', 'ES2017', 'ES2018', 'ES2019' or 'ESNEXT'. */
+    "target": "es6",                          /* Specify ECMAScript target version: 'ES3' (default), 'ES5', 'ES2015', 'ES2016', 'ES2017', 'ES2018', 'ES2019' or 'ESNEXT'. */
    "module": "commonjs",                     /* Specify module code generation: 'none', 'commonjs', 'amd', 'system', 'umd', 'es2015', or 'ESNext'. */
    "outDir": "./lib",                        /* Redirect output structure to the directory. */
    "rootDir": "./src",                       /* Specify the root directory of input files. Use to control the output directory structure with --outDir. */
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock