fix: fix GITHUB_BEFORE_SHA diff on push events (#5096)

- Fix GITHUB_BEFORE_SHA initialization on push events by setting the
  correct key.
- Add an additional check against setting GITHUB_BEFORE_SHA to null.
- Run the CI workflow on push events to trigger required status checks
  when using the merge queue.

.github/pull_request-template.md

@@ -1,19 +1,8 @@
-<!-- Start: issue fix section -->
+# Proposed changes
-<!-- Link to issue if there is one, otherwise remove the "issue fix" section -->
-<!-- markdownlint-disable -->
 
-Fixes #
+_describe the proposed changes and remove this template text_
 
-<!-- markdownlint-restore -->
+## Readiness checklist
-<!-- End: issue fix section -->
-
-## Proposed Changes
-
-- ...
-- ...
-- ...
-
-## Readiness Checklist
 
 In order to have this pull request merged, complete the following tasks.
 
@@ -23,7 +12,9 @@ In order to have this pull request merged, complete the following tasks.
 - [ ] I provided the necessary tests.
 - [ ] I squashed all the commits into a single commit.
 - [ ] I followed the [Conventional Commit v1.0.0 spec](https://www.conventionalcommits.org/en/v1.0.0/).
-- [ ] If this is a breaking change, write upgrade instructions in the [upgrade guide](../docs/upgrade-guide.md).
+- [ ] I wrote the necessary upgrade instructions in the [upgrade guide](../docs/upgrade-guide.md).
+- [ ] If this pull request is about and existing issue,
+  I added the `Fix #ISSUE_NUMBER` label to the description of the pull request.
 
 ### Super-linter maintainer tasks
 

.github/workflows/ci.yml

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ name: Build and Test
 
 on:
   pull_request:
+  push:
   merge_group:
   workflow_dispatch:
 

README.md

@@ -105,6 +105,10 @@ To run super-linter as a GitHub Action, you do the following:
         steps:
           - name: Checkout code
             uses: actions/checkout@v4
+            with:
+              # super-linter needs the full git history to get the
+              # list of files that changed across commits
+              fetch-depth: 0
 
           - name: Super-linter
             uses: super-linter/super-linter@v5.7.2  # x-release-please-version

lib/functions/buildFileList.sh

@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 
 function IssueHintForFullGitHistory() {
-  info "Check that you have the full git history, the checkout is not shallow, etc"
+  info "Check that the local repository has the full history and that the repository is not shallow."
+  info "See https://github.com/super-linter/super-linter#get-started"
   info "Is shallow repository: $(git -C "${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}" rev-parse --is-shallow-repository)"
-  info "See https://github.com/super-linter/super-linter#example-connecting-github-action-workflow"
 }
 
 function GenerateFileDiff() {

lib/linter.sh

@@ -519,21 +519,23 @@ GetGitHubVars() {
     debug "Setting MULTI_STATUS to ${MULTI_STATUS} because we are not running on GitHub Actions"
   else
     if [ -z "${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}" ]; then
-      error "Failed to get [GITHUB_WORKSPACE]!"
+      fatal "Failed to get GITHUB_WORKSPACE: ${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}"
-      fatal "[${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}]"
     else
       info "Successfully found:${F[W]}[GITHUB_WORKSPACE]${F[B]}, value:${F[W]}[${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}]"
     fi
 
+    # Ensure that Git can access the local repository
+    ConfigureGitSafeDirectories
+
     if [ -z "${GITHUB_EVENT_PATH}" ]; then
-      error "Failed to get [GITHUB_EVENT_PATH]!"
+      fatal "Failed to get GITHUB_EVENT_PATH: ${GITHUB_EVENT_PATH}]"
-      fatal "[${GITHUB_EVENT_PATH}]"
     else
       info "Successfully found:${F[W]}[GITHUB_EVENT_PATH]${F[B]}, value:${F[W]}[${GITHUB_EVENT_PATH}]${F[B]}"
+      debug "${GITHUB_EVENT_PATH} contents: $(cat "${GITHUB_EVENT_PATH}")"
     fi
 
     if [ -z "${GITHUB_SHA}" ]; then
-      fatal "Failed to get the value for the GITHUB_SHA variable [${GITHUB_SHA}]"
+      fatal "Failed to get GITHUB_SHA: ${GITHUB_SHA}"
     else
       info "Successfully found:${F[W]}[GITHUB_SHA]${F[B]}, value:${F[W]}[${GITHUB_SHA}]"
     fi
@@ -542,38 +544,46 @@ GetGitHubVars() {
     # Need to pull the GitHub Vars from the env file #
     ##################################################
 
-    ######################
-    # Get the GitHub Org #
-    ######################
     GITHUB_ORG=$(jq -r '.repository.owner.login' <"${GITHUB_EVENT_PATH}")
 
-    ########################
-    # Fix SHA for PR event #
-    ########################
     # Github sha on PR events is not the latest commit.
     # https://docs.github.com/en/actions/reference/events-that-trigger-workflows#pull_request
     if [ "$GITHUB_EVENT_NAME" == "pull_request" ]; then
-      debug "This is a GitHub pull request. Updating the current GITHUB_SHA (${GITHUB_SHA}) to the pull request HEAD sha"
+      debug "This is a GitHub pull request. Updating the current GITHUB_SHA (${GITHUB_SHA}) to the pull request HEAD SHA"
       GITHUB_SHA=$(jq -r .pull_request.head.sha <"$GITHUB_EVENT_PATH")
       ERROR_CODE=$?
       debug "GITHUB_SHA update error code: ${ERROR_CODE}"
 
       if [ ${ERROR_CODE} -ne 0 ]; then
-        error "Failed to update GITHUB_SHA for pull request event."
+        fatal "Failed to update GITHUB_SHA for pull request event: ${GITHUB_SHA}"
-        fatal "[Output: ${GITHUB_SHA}]"
       fi
       debug "Updated GITHUB_SHA: ${GITHUB_SHA}"
     elif [ "${GITHUB_EVENT_NAME}" == "push" ]; then
       debug "This is a GitHub push event."
 
-      GITHUB_BEFORE_SHA=$(jq -r .push.before <"$GITHUB_EVENT_PATH")
+      GITHUB_IS_FORCE_PUSH="$(jq -r .forced <"$GITHUB_EVENT_PATH")"
+      ERROR_CODE=$?
+      debug "GITHUB_IS_FORCE_PUSH initialization error code: ${ERROR_CODE}"
+      if [ ${ERROR_CODE} -ne 0 ]; then
+        fatal "Failed to initialize GITHUB_IS_FORCE_PUSH for a push event. Output: ${GITHUB_IS_FORCE_PUSH}"
+      else
+        debug "Initialized GITHUB_IS_FORCE_PUSH: ${GITHUB_IS_FORCE_PUSH}"
+      fi
+
+      if [ "${GITHUB_IS_FORCE_PUSH}" == "true" ]; then
+        debug "This is a forced push. Get the hash of the previous commit from Git because the previous commit referenced in the GitHub event payload may not exist anymore"
+        GITHUB_BEFORE_SHA=$(git -C "${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}" rev-parse HEAD^)
+      else
+        debug "This isn't a forced push. Get the hash of the previous commit from the GitHub event that triggered this workflow"
+        GITHUB_BEFORE_SHA=$(jq -r .before <"$GITHUB_EVENT_PATH")
+      fi
       ERROR_CODE=$?
       debug "GITHUB_BEFORE_SHA initialization error code: ${ERROR_CODE}"
       if [ ${ERROR_CODE} -ne 0 ]; then
         fatal "Failed to initialize GITHUB_BEFORE_SHA for a push event. Output: ${GITHUB_BEFORE_SHA}"
       fi
 
-      if [ -z "${GITHUB_BEFORE_SHA}" ]; then
+      if [ -z "${GITHUB_BEFORE_SHA}" ] || [ "${GITHUB_BEFORE_SHA}" == "null" ]; then
         fatal "Failed to get GITHUB_BEFORE_SHA: [${GITHUB_BEFORE_SHA}]"
       else
         info "Successfully found:${F[W]}[GITHUB_BEFORE_SHA]${F[B]}, value:${F[W]}[${GITHUB_BEFORE_SHA}]"