Action repository not triggering export-subst (can't run psf/black action)

[ggoretkin-bdai]

Bug report info

$ gh act --bug-report
act version:            0.2.44
GOOS:                   linux
GOARCH:                 amd64
NumCPU:                 16
Docker host:            DOCKER_HOST environment variable is unset/empty.
Sockets found:
	/var/run/docker.sock
Config files:           
	/home/ggoretkin/.actrc:
		-P ubuntu-latest=catthehacker/ubuntu:act-latest
		-P ubuntu-22.04=catthehacker/ubuntu:act-22.04
		-P ubuntu-20.04=catthehacker/ubuntu:act-20.04
		-P ubuntu-18.04=catthehacker/ubuntu:act-18.04
Build info:
	Go version:            go1.18.10
	Module path:           github.com/nektos/act
	Main version:          (devel)
	Main path:             github.com/nektos/act
	Main checksum:         
	Build settings:
		-compiler:            gc
		CGO_ENABLED:          0
		GOARCH:               amd64
		GOOS:                 linux
		GOAMD64:              v1
		vcs:                  git
		vcs.revision:         65088b8f28d44da128b95ec194a04277b8856be9
		vcs.time:             2023-01-20T18:39:07Z
		vcs.modified:         true
Docker Engine:
	Engine version:        20.10.21
	Engine runtime:        runc
	Cgroup version:        2
	Cgroup driver:         systemd
	Storage driver:        overlay2
	Registry URI:          https://index.docker.io/v1/
	OS:                    Ubuntu 22.04.2 LTS
	OS type:               linux
	OS version:            22.04
	OS arch:               x86_64
	OS kernel:             5.19.0-40-generic
	OS CPU:                16
	OS memory:             15699 MB
	Security options:
		name=apparmor
		name=seccomp,profile=default
		name=cgroupns

Command used with act

gh act -W .github/workflows/black.yaml

Describe issue

The workflow completes on github.com, so I expect it to work the same on my local system. It seems that when GHA checks out the action, it will populate https://github.com/psf/black/blob/de65741b8d49d78fa2675ef79b799cd35e92e7c1/.git_archival.txt with values. A git clone gives

node: $Format:%H$
node-date: $Format:%cI$
describe-name: $Format:%(describe:tags=true,match=*[0-9]*)$
ref-names: $Format:%D$

but downloading a release gives:

node: bf7a16254ec96b084a6caf3d435ec18f0f245cc7
node-date: 2023-03-28T17:53:23-07:00
describe-name: 23.3.0
ref-names: tag: 23.3.0, stable

See psf/black#3543

Link to GitHub repository

No response

Workflow content

name: Black

on:
  push:
    branches:
      - main
  pull_request:
    branches:
      - main

jobs:
  lint:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
      - uses: psf/black@stable

Relevant log output

$ gh act -W .github/workflows/black.yaml 
[Black/lint] 🚀  Start image=catthehacker/ubuntu:full-latest
[Black/lint]   🐳  docker pull image=catthehacker/ubuntu:full-latest platform= username= forcePull=true
[Black/lint]   🐳  docker create image=catthehacker/ubuntu:full-latest platform= entrypoint=["tail" "-f" "/dev/null"] cmd=[]
[Black/lint]   🐳  docker run image=catthehacker/ubuntu:full-latest platform= entrypoint=["tail" "-f" "/dev/null"] cmd=[]
[Black/lint]   ☁  git clone 'https://github.com/psf/black' # ref=stable
[Black/lint] ⭐ Run Pre psf/black@stable
[Black/lint]   ✅  Success - Pre psf/black@stable
[Black/lint] ⭐ Run Main actions/checkout@v3
[Black/lint]   🐳  docker cp src=/home/ggoretkin/repos/gh-act-black/. dst=/home/ggoretkin/repos/gh-act-black
[Black/lint]   ✅  Success - Main actions/checkout@v3
[Black/lint] ⭐ Run Main psf/black@stable
[Black/lint]   🐳  docker cp src=/home/ggoretkin/.cache/act/psf-black@stable/ dst=/var/run/act/actions/psf-black@stable/
[Black/lint] ⭐ Run Main if [ "$RUNNER_OS" == "Windows" ]; then
  python $GITHUB_ACTION_PATH/action/main.py
else
  python3 $GITHUB_ACTION_PATH/action/main.py
fi
[Black/lint]   🐳  docker exec cmd=[bash --noprofile --norc -e -o pipefail /var/run/act/workflow/1-composite-0.sh] user= workdir=
| Installing black[colorama]==$Format:%(describe:tags=true,match=*[0-9]*)$...
| ERROR: Invalid requirement: 'black[colorama]==$Format:%(describe:tags=true,match=*[0-9]*)$'
| 
[Black/lint]   ❗  ::error::Failed to install Black.
[Black/lint]   ❌  Failure - Main if [ "$RUNNER_OS" == "Windows" ]; then
  python $GITHUB_ACTION_PATH/action/main.py
else
  python3 $GITHUB_ACTION_PATH/action/main.py
fi
[Black/lint] exitcode '1': failure
[Black/lint]   ❌  Failure - Main psf/black@stable
[Black/lint] exitcode '1': failure
[Black/lint] ⭐ Run Post psf/black@stable
[Black/lint]   🐳  docker cp src=/home/ggoretkin/.cache/act/psf-black@stable/ dst=/var/run/act/actions/psf-black@stable/
[Black/lint]   ✅  Success - Post psf/black@stable
[Black/lint] 🏁  Job failed
Error: Job 'lint' failed

Additional information

No response

[endrebak]

I can reproduce. I guess you could just do

  black:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
      - name: Set up Python environment
        uses: actions/setup-python@v4
        with:
          python-version: "3.11.0"
          max-line-length: "120"
      - run: pip install black
      - run: black --check --diff .

for now

[ggoretkin-bdai]

I have forgotten what "triggering export-subst" means, if you can remind me.

[alex-savchuk]

From my point of view, it's ok to do not process export-subst attribute for "git clone" command.
In docu https://www.git-scm.com/docs/gitattributes it's processed by "git archive" command only.
So it's interesting if GHA checkout performs a processing of such attribute for cloning...

[github-actions]

Issue is stale and will be closed in 14 days unless there is new activity