[Feature] Provide flag to detect if anything in dir has changed

[jtuchel]

Is this feature missing in the latest version?

• I'm using the latest release

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.

I just want to detect if anything in a given directory has changed ( file added, file removed, file renamed, ... )

When using this approach

    steps:
      - name: Checkout repository
        uses: actions/checkout@v4
        with:
          fetch-depth: 2

      - name: Check if anything in system directory has changed
        id: check_changed_files
        uses: tj-actions/changed-files@v45
        with:
            files: ${{ runner.name }}/**

    # usage: if: ${{ steps.check_changed_files.outputs.any_changed == 'true' }}

it won't detect deleted files for example.

Describe the solution you'd like?

It would be nice to have a boolean flag like output_anything_has_changed

Describe alternatives you've considered?

I'm not sure if this is possible with a combination of existing flags. I couldn't find a flag for deleted files.

Anything else?

No response

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[jackton1]

Hi @jtuchel, This already exists as an output.

If you want to detect if a file was (added, deleted, renamed, ... ), you can use any_modified output; Alternatively, you can use a combination of any_deleted and any_changed to achieve the same outcome.

E.g

1. any_modified

    steps:
      - name: Checkout repository
        uses: actions/checkout@v4
        with:
          fetch-depth: 2

      - name: Check if anything in system directory has changed
        id: check_changed_files
        uses: tj-actions/changed-files@v45
        with:
            files: ${{ runner.name }}/**

    - name: Run step if any of the listed files above is modified
      if: steps.check_changed_files.outputs.any_modified == 'true' 

2. A combination of any_deleted and any_changed

    steps:
      - name: Checkout repository
        uses: actions/checkout@v4
        with:
          fetch-depth: 2

      - name: Check if anything in system directory has changed
        id: check_changed_files
        uses: tj-actions/changed-files@v45
        with:
            files: ${{ runner.name }}/**

    - name: Run step if any of the listed files above is modified
      if: steps.check_changed_files.outputs.any_changed == 'true' || steps.check_changed_files.outputs.any_deleted == 'true' 

If you would like more information on available outputs. See the documentation