Resolvesforgejo/forgejo-actions-feature-requests#51
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Note to reviewers: while working on fixing the exit status of the validate command, a border case was discovered when using `--clonedir . --repository .` by which it will not find an `action.yml` file at the root of the directory. It will be easier to fix and test using a `--directory` option designed to use a pre-existing directory instead because it is not a border case but the most common case really.
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Reviewed-on: https://code.forgejo.org/forgejo/runner/pulls/1008
Reviewed-by: Mathieu Fenniak <mfenniak@noreply.code.forgejo.org>
Co-authored-by: Earl Warren <contact@earl-warren.org>
Co-committed-by: Earl Warren <contact@earl-warren.org>
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Reviewed-on: https://code.forgejo.org/forgejo/runner/pulls/757
Reviewed-by: Michael Kriese <michael.kriese@gmx.de>
Co-authored-by: Earl Warren <contact@earl-warren.org>
Co-committed-by: Earl Warren <contact@earl-warren.org>
