Example outputs from https://github.com/actions-doc/github-action-doc

CHECKOUT_README.md

Checkout

Checkout a Git repository at a particular version

Inputs

Input	Description	Required	Default Value
submodules	Whether to checkout submodules: true to checkout submodules or recursive to recursively checkout submodules. When the ssh-key input is not provided, SSH URLs beginning with git@github.com: are converted to HTTPS.	no	false
set‑safe‑directory	Add repository path as safe.directory for Git global config by running git config --global --add safe.directory <path>	no	true
path	Relative path under $GITHUB_WORKSPACE to place the repository	no
clean	Whether to execute git clean -ffdx && git reset --hard HEAD before fetching	no	true
ref	The branch, tag or SHA to checkout. When checking out the repository that triggered a workflow, this defaults to the reference or SHA for that event. Otherwise, uses the default branch.	no
fetch‑depth	Number of commits to fetch. 0 indicates all history for all branches and tags.	no	1
ssh‑strict	Whether to perform strict host key checking. When true, adds the options StrictHostKeyChecking=yes and CheckHostIP=no to the SSH command line. Use the input ssh-known-hosts to configure additional hosts.	no	true
token	Personal access token (PAT) used to fetch the repository. The PAT is configured with the local git config, which enables your scripts to run authenticated git commands. The post-job step removes the PAT. We recommend using a service account with the least permissions necessary. Also when generating a new PAT, select the least scopes necessary. Learn more about creating and using encrypted secrets	no	${{ github.token }}
ssh‑known‑hosts	Known hosts in addition to the user and global host key database. The public SSH keys for a host may be obtained using the utility ssh-keyscan. For example, ssh-keyscan github.com. The public key for github.com is always implicitly added.	no
persist‑credentials	Whether to configure the token or SSH key with the local git config	no	true
lfs	Whether to download Git-LFS files	no	false
ssh‑key	SSH key used to fetch the repository. The SSH key is configured with the local git config, which enables your scripts to run authenticated git commands. The post-job step removes the SSH key. We recommend using a service account with the least permissions necessary. Learn more about creating and using encrypted secrets	no
repository	Repository name with owner. For example, actions/checkout	no	${{ github.repository }}

Outputs

No outputs.

SETUP_JAVA_JDK_README.md

Setup Java JDK

Set up a specific version of the Java JDK and add the command-line tools to the PATH

Inputs

Input	Description	Required	Default Value
architecture	The architecture of the package	no	x64
gpg‑private‑key	GPG private key to import. Default is empty string.	no
cache	Name of the build platform to cache dependencies. It can be "maven", "gradle" or "sbt".	no
job‑status	Workaround to pass job status to post job step. This variable is not intended for manual setting	no	${{ job.status }}
jdkFile	Path to where the compressed JDK is located	no
server‑username	Environment variable name for the username for authentication to the Apache Maven repository. Default is $GITHUB_ACTOR	no	GITHUB_ACTOR
distribution	Java distribution. See the list of supported distributions in README file	yes
server‑id	ID of the distributionManagement repository in the pom.xml file. Default is github	no	github
overwrite‑settings	Overwrite the settings.xml file if it exists. Default is "true".	no	true
java‑package	The package type (jdk, jre, jdk+fx, jre+fx)	no	jdk
check‑latest	Set this option if you want the action to check for the latest available version that satisfies the version spec	no	false
settings‑path	Path to where the settings.xml file will be written. Default is ~/.m2.	no
java‑version	The Java version to set up. Takes a whole or semver Java version. See examples of supported syntax in README file	yes
server‑password	Environment variable name for password or token for authentication to the Apache Maven repository. Default is $GITHUB_TOKEN	no	GITHUB_TOKEN
gpg‑passphrase	Environment variable name for the GPG private key passphrase. Default is $GPG_PASSPHRASE.	no
token	Used to pull java versions from setup-java. Since there is a default value, token is typically not supplied by the user.	no	${{ github.token }}

Outputs

Output	Description
cache-hit	A boolean value to indicate an exact match was found for the primary key