# GitHub Action If you want an easy way to test your repository spelling (or a subset of files) you can use the Typos Action! It is served from this repository, and can easily be used as follows: ```yaml name: Test GitHub Action on: [pull_request] jobs: run: name: Spell Check with Typos runs-on: ubuntu-latest steps: - name: Checkout Actions Repository uses: actions/checkout@v2 - name: Check spelling of file.txt uses: crate-ci/typos@master with: files: ./file.txt - name: Use custom config file uses: crate-ci/typos@master with: files: ./file.txt config: ./myconfig.toml - name: Ignore implicit configuration file uses: crate-ci/typos@master with: files: ./file.txt isolated: true - name: Writes changes in the local checkout uses: crate-ci/typos@master with: write_changes: true ``` **Important** for any of the examples above, make sure that you choose a release or commit as a version, and not a branch (which is a moving target). Also make sure when referencing relative file paths to use `./` (e.g., `./file.txt` instead of `file.txt`. `write_changes` doesn't commit or push anything to the branch. It only writes the changes locally to disk, and this can be combined with other actions, for instance that will [submit code suggestions based on that local diff](https://github.com/getsentry/action-git-diff-suggestions). ## Variables | Name | Description | Required | Default | |------|-------------|----------|---------| | files| Files or patterns to check | false | If not defined, entire repository is checked except hidden files | | isolated | Ignore implicit configuration files | false | false| | config | Use a custom config file (must exist) | false | not set | | write_changes | Writes changes on the Action's local checkout | false | false |