Add support for SHA256 repositories

New input parameter 'repo-sha256' to set the Git object format
to "sha256" when initializing a Git repository.

src/git-command-manager.ts

@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ export interface IGitCommandManager {
   ): Promise<void>
   getDefaultBranch(repositoryUrl: string): Promise<string>
   getWorkingDirectory(): string
-  init(): Promise<void>
+  init(repoSHA256?: boolean): Promise<void>
   isDetached(): Promise<boolean>
   lfsFetch(ref: string): Promise<void>
   lfsInstall(): Promise<void>
@@ -327,8 +327,13 @@ class GitCommandManager {
     return this.workingDirectory
   }
 
-  async init(): Promise<void> {
-    await this.execGit(['init', this.workingDirectory])
+  async init(repoSHA256?: boolean): Promise<void> {
+    const args = ['init']
+    if (repoSHA256) {
+      args.push(`--object-format=sha256`)
+    }
+    args.push(this.workingDirectory)
+    await this.execGit(args)
   }
 
   async isDetached(): Promise<boolean> {

src/git-source-provider.ts

@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ export async function getSource(settings: IGitSourceSettings): Promise<void> {
       !fsHelper.directoryExistsSync(path.join(settings.repositoryPath, '.git'))
     ) {
       core.startGroup('Initializing the repository')
-      await git.init()
+      await git.init(settings.repoSHA256)
       await git.remoteAdd('origin', repositoryUrl)
       core.endGroup()
     }

src/git-source-settings.ts

@@ -118,4 +118,9 @@ export interface IGitSourceSettings {
    * User override on the GitHub Server/Host URL that hosts the repository to be cloned
    */
   githubServerUrl: string | undefined
+
+  /**
+   * Set Git object format to "sha256" when initializing a Git repository
+   */
+  repoSHA256: boolean
 }

src/input-helper.ts

@@ -161,5 +161,10 @@ export async function getInputs(): Promise<IGitSourceSettings> {
   result.githubServerUrl = core.getInput('github-server-url')
   core.debug(`GitHub Host URL = ${result.githubServerUrl}`)
 
+  // Set Git object format to "sha256" when initializing a Git repository.
+  result.repoSHA256 =
+    (core.getInput('repo-sha256') || 'false').toUpperCase() === 'TRUE'
+  core.debug(`Repo object format sha256 = ${result.repoSHA256}`)
+
   return result
 }