Git Lint [docker action]

Lint the git repo for common errors

Adapted from cytopia/awesome-ci.

The latest version available for this action is 99202c06. It was last updated on Wed Mar 04 2026.

Inputs

command

The specific command to be executed.

Available Commands

• conflicts: Scan files and check if they contain git conflicts.

• ignored: Scan git directory and see if ignored files are still in git cache.

• required: true
• default: null

path

The path to the repository that will be checked. Defaults to the location of actions/checkout default path.

• required: false
• default: /github/workspace

ignore

List of paths to be ignored, for example if you had README.md files explaining how to deal with conflicts it would need to be ignored.

• required: false
• default: .git

Examples

As a step in pre-existing job.

• uses: actions/checkout@master
• … other steps
• uses: dogmatic69/actions@99202c06 with: command: foobar

This simple job example has the bare minimum required to run.

git-lint: name: Git Lint runs-on: ubuntu-latest steps: - uses: actions/checkout@master - uses: dogmatic69/actions@99202c06 with: command: foobar

This example has all possible inputs, with dummy data.

git-lint: name: Git Lint runs-on: ubuntu-latest steps: - uses: actions/checkout@master - uses: dogmatic69/actions@99202c06 with: command: foobar path: foobar ignore: foobar