Trying to allow excluding a path

Author: dkfellows

.github/workflows/apply-reuse.yml

@@ -81,11 +81,12 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Commit and push changes
         id: push
-        uses: UoMResearchIT/actions/git-push-changes-to-branch@main
+        uses: UoMResearchIT/actions/git-push-changes-to-branch@omit-workflows-from-commits
         with:
           working-directory: ${{ inputs.work-dir }}
           branch-prefix: add-license-headers-to
           commit-message: Add License and Copyright Headers
+          exclude: .github/workflows/*
 
   annotate:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest

git-push-changes-to-branch/action.yml

@@ -47,6 +47,10 @@ inputs:
     description: >
       The email address of the user to ascribe the commit to.
     default: no-reply@github.com
+  exclude:
+    description: >
+      A pattern to describe what files to omit from the committed.
+    default: ""
 outputs:
   branch:
     description: >
@@ -55,7 +59,7 @@ outputs:
   changed:
     description: >
       Whether there were any changes committed.
-    value: ${{ steps.detect.outputs.changed }}
+    value: ${{ steps.push.outputs.work == 1 }}
 runs:
   using: composite
   steps:
@@ -92,14 +96,25 @@ runs:
         USER_EMAIL: ${{ inputs.commit-user-email }}
     - name: push changes
       if: steps.detect.outputs.changed == 1
+      id: push
       working-directory: ${{ inputs.working-directory }}
       run: |
         git checkout -b "$NEW_BRANCH"
-        git add -A
-        git commit -a -m "$MESSAGE"
-        git push origin "$NEW_BRANCH"
+        if [ -z "$EXCLUDE" ]; then
+          git add -A
+        else
+          git add --all -- "${EXCLUDE/#/:!}"
+        fi
+        if git diff --cached --exit-code >/dev/null; then
+          echo "work=0" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+        else
+          git commit -a -m "$MESSAGE"
+          git push origin "$NEW_BRANCH"
+          echo "work=1" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+        fi
       shell: bash
       env:
         GH_TOKEN: ${{ inputs.token }}
         NEW_BRANCH: ${{ steps.name.outputs.branch }}
         MESSAGE: ${{ inputs.commit-message }}
+        EXCLUDE: ${{ inputs.exclude }}