Filters input accepts path to external yaml file

.github/filters.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+any:
+  - "**/*"

.github/workflows/pull-request-verification.yml

@@ -22,6 +22,10 @@ jobs:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v2
     - uses: ./
       id: filter
+      with:
+        filters: '.github/filters.yml'
+    - uses: ./
+      id: inlineFilter
       with:
         filters: |
           src:
@@ -31,5 +35,5 @@ jobs:
           any:
             - "**/*"
     - name: filter-test
-      if: steps.filter.outputs.any != 'true'
+      if: steps.filter.outputs.any != 'true' || steps.inlineFilter.outputs.any != 'true'
       run: exit 1

README.md

@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ Output variables can be later used in the `if` clause to conditionally run speci
 
 ### Inputs
 - **`githubToken`**: GitHub Access Token - defaults to `${{ github.token }}`
-- **`filters`**: YAML dictionary where keys specifies rule names and values are lists of file path patterns
+- **`filters`**: Path to the configuration file or directly embedded string in YAML format. Filter configuration is a dictionary, where keys specifies rule names and values are lists of file path patterns.
 
 ### Outputs
 - For each rule it sets output variable named by the rule to text:
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ jobs:
     - uses: dorny/pr-changed-files-filter@v1
       id: filter
       with:
+        # inline YAML or path to separate file (e.g.: .github/filters.yaml)
         filters: |
           backend:
             - 'backend/**/*'

action.yml

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ inputs:
     required: true
     default: ${{ github.token }}
   filters:
-    description: 'YAML dictionary where keys specifies rule names and values are lists of (globbing) file path patterns'
+    description: 'Path to the configuration file or YAML string with filters definition'
     required: true
 runs:
   using: 'node12'

dist/index.js

@@ -4129,21 +4129,23 @@ var __importDefault = (this && this.__importDefault) || function (mod) {
     return (mod && mod.__esModule) ? mod : { "default": mod };
 };
 Object.defineProperty(exports, "__esModule", { value: true });
+const fs = __importStar(__webpack_require__(747));
 const core = __importStar(__webpack_require__(470));
 const github = __importStar(__webpack_require__(469));
 const filter_1 = __importDefault(__webpack_require__(235));
 function run() {
     return __awaiter(this, void 0, void 0, function* () {
         try {
             const token = core.getInput('githubToken', { required: true });
-            const filterYaml = core.getInput('filters', { required: true });
+            const filtersInput = core.getInput('filters', { required: true });
+            const filtersYaml = isPathInput(filtersInput) ? getConfigFileContent(filtersInput) : filtersInput;
             const client = new github.GitHub(token);
             if (github.context.eventName !== 'pull_request') {
                 core.setFailed('This action can be triggered only by pull_request event');
                 return;
             }
             const pr = github.context.payload.pull_request;
-            const filter = new filter_1.default(filterYaml);
+            const filter = new filter_1.default(filtersYaml);
             const files = yield getChangedFiles(client, pr);
             const result = filter.match(files);
             for (const key in result) {
@@ -4155,6 +4157,18 @@ function run() {
         }
     });
 }
+function isPathInput(text) {
+    return !text.includes('\n');
+}
+function getConfigFileContent(configPath) {
+    if (!fs.existsSync(configPath)) {
+        throw new Error(`Configuration file '${configPath}' not found`);
+    }
+    if (!fs.lstatSync(configPath).isFile()) {
+        throw new Error(`'${configPath}' is not a file.`);
+    }
+    return fs.readFileSync(configPath, { encoding: 'utf8' });
+}
 // Uses github REST api to get list of files changed in PR
 function getChangedFiles(client, pullRequest) {
     return __awaiter(this, void 0, void 0, function* () {

src/main.ts

@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import * as fs from 'fs'
 import * as core from '@actions/core'
 import * as github from '@actions/github'
 import {Webhooks} from '@octokit/webhooks'
@@ -7,7 +8,10 @@ import Filter from './filter'
 async function run(): Promise<void> {
   try {
     const token = core.getInput('githubToken', {required: true})
-    const filterYaml = core.getInput('filters', {required: true})
+    const filtersInput = core.getInput('filters', {required: true})
+
+    const filtersYaml = isPathInput(filtersInput) ? getConfigFileContent(filtersInput) : filtersInput
+
     const client = new github.GitHub(token)
 
     if (github.context.eventName !== 'pull_request') {
@@ -16,9 +20,8 @@ async function run(): Promise<void> {
     }
 
     const pr = github.context.payload.pull_request as Webhooks.WebhookPayloadPullRequestPullRequest
-    const filter = new Filter(filterYaml)
+    const filter = new Filter(filtersYaml)
     const files = await getChangedFiles(client, pr)
-
     const result = filter.match(files)
     for (const key in result) {
       core.setOutput(key, String(result[key]))
@@ -28,6 +31,22 @@ async function run(): Promise<void> {
   }
 }
 
+function isPathInput(text: string): boolean {
+  return !text.includes('\n')
+}
+
+function getConfigFileContent(configPath: string): string {
+  if (!fs.existsSync(configPath)) {
+    throw new Error(`Configuration file '${configPath}' not found`)
+  }
+
+  if (!fs.lstatSync(configPath).isFile()) {
+    throw new Error(`'${configPath}' is not a file.`)
+  }
+
+  return fs.readFileSync(configPath, {encoding: 'utf8'})
+}
+
 // Uses github REST api to get list of files changed in PR
 async function getChangedFiles(
   client: github.GitHub,