We only need to exclude the .git folder

Author: Jcambass

__tests__/fs-helper.test.ts

@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ describe('stageActionFiles', () => {
     )
   })
 
-  it('copies all non-hidden files to the staging directory', () => {
+  it('copies all files (excluding the .git folder) to the staging directory', () => {
     fs.writeFileSync(`${sourceDir}/action.yml`, fileContent)
 
     fs.mkdirSync(`${sourceDir}/.git`)
@@ -44,12 +44,14 @@ describe('stageActionFiles', () => {
     expect(fs.existsSync(`${stagingDir}/src/main.js`)).toBe(true)
     expect(fs.existsSync(`${stagingDir}/src/other.js`)).toBe(true)
 
-    // Hidden files should not be copied
+    // Hidden files are copied
+    expect(fs.existsSync(`${stagingDir}/.github`)).toBe(true)
+
+    // .git folder is not copied
     expect(fs.existsSync(`${stagingDir}/.git`)).toBe(false)
-    expect(fs.existsSync(`${stagingDir}/.github`)).toBe(false)
   })
 
-  it('copies all non-hidden files to the staging directory, even if action.yml is in a subdirectory', () => {
+  it('copies all files (excluding the .git folder) to the staging directory, even if action.yml is in a subdirectory', () => {
     fs.mkdirSync(`${sourceDir}/my-sub-action`, { recursive: true })
     fs.writeFileSync(`${sourceDir}/my-sub-action/action.yml`, fileContent)
 

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@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ export function readFileContents(filePath: string): Buffer {
   return fs.readFileSync(filePath)
 }
 
-// Copy actions files from sourceDir to targetDir, excluding files and folders not relevant to the action
+// Copy actions files from sourceDir to targetDir, excluding the .git folder.
 // Errors if the repo appears to not contain any action files, such as an action.yml file
 export function stageActionFiles(actionDir: string, targetDir: string): void {
   let actionYmlFound = false
@@ -103,8 +103,12 @@ export function stageActionFiles(actionDir: string, targetDir: string): void {
         actionYmlFound = true
       }
 
-      // Filter out hidden folers like .git and .github
-      return basename === '.' || !basename.startsWith('.')
+      // Filter out the .git folder.
+      if (basename === '.git') {
+        return false
+      }
+
+      return true
     }
   })