From 5ac99427a6ccafcc8d8a75dc696a00d1a7109042 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: mehmet turac <mehmetturac@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 11 May 2026 10:16:51 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] feat: add working-directory input to change script execution
 directory

- Add working-directory input to action.yml
- Implement process.chdir() in main.ts before script execution
- Users can now specify working directory without modifying scripts

Closes #426
---
 action.yml    | 3 +++
 dist/index.js | 5 +++++
 src/main.ts   | 6 ++++++
 3 files changed, 14 insertions(+)

diff --git a/action.yml b/action.yml
index 6640208..eabd760 100644
--- a/action.yml
+++ b/action.yml
@@ -32,6 +32,9 @@ inputs:
   base-url:
     description: An optional GitHub REST API URL to connect to a different GitHub instance. For example, https://my.github-enterprise-server.com/api/v3
     required: false
+  working-directory:
+    description: The working directory where the script will be executed. If not provided, the current working directory is used.
+    required: false
 outputs:
   result:
     description: The return value of the script, stringified with `JSON.stringify`
diff --git a/dist/index.js b/dist/index.js
index 1a6aae4..8dd5bbc 100644
--- a/dist/index.js
+++ b/dist/index.js
@@ -65092,6 +65092,11 @@ async function main() {
     }
     const github = getOctokit(token, opts, retry, requestLog);
     const script = core.getInput('script', { required: true });
+    const workingDirectory = core.getInput('working-directory');
+    if (workingDirectory) {
+        core.info(`Changing working directory to ${workingDirectory}`);
+        process.chdir(workingDirectory);
+    }
     // Wrap getOctokit so secondary clients inherit retry, logging,
     // orchestration ID, and the action's retries input.
     // Deep-copy opts to prevent shared references with the primary client.
diff --git a/src/main.ts b/src/main.ts
index 45677ff..ffc7c8b 100644
--- a/src/main.ts
+++ b/src/main.ts
@@ -59,6 +59,12 @@ async function main(): Promise<void> {
 
   const github = getOctokit(token, opts, retry, requestLog)
   const script = core.getInput('script', {required: true})
+  const workingDirectory = core.getInput('working-directory')
+
+  if (workingDirectory) {
+    core.info(`Changing working directory to ${workingDirectory}`)
+    process.chdir(workingDirectory)
+  }
 
   // Wrap getOctokit so secondary clients inherit retry, logging,
   // orchestration ID, and the action's retries input.