node-version-file should support absolute paths

[sidvishnoi]

Description:

If we pass a absolute path to node-version-file, for example, when using with Composite Actions, the resulting path is resolved incorrectly, due to a path.join() call.

setup-node/src/main.ts

Lines 96 to 100 in 5e21ff4

	if (versionFileInput) {
	const versionFilePath = path.join(
	process.env.GITHUB_WORKSPACE!,
	versionFileInput
	);

Action version:
v3

Platform:

• Ubuntu
• macOS
• Windows

Runner type:

• Hosted
• Self-hosted

Tools version:

Repro steps:

1. In a composite action with .nvmrc, use following as input:

   node-version-file: ${{ github.action_path }}/.nvmrc

Example broken action run: https://github.com/sidvishnoi/mediasession/actions/runs/6158104300/job/16710218833?pr=1

Expected behavior:

If it can check whether provided node-version-file exists as is, or perhaps use path.resolve(), it won't break with absolute paths.

Actual behavior:

Error: The specified node version file at: /home/runner/work/mediasession/mediasession/home/runner/work/_actions/w3c/spec-prod/fix-nvmrc/.nvmrc does not exist
                                                                                      ^^^

[dmitry-shibanov]

Hello @sidvishnoi. Thank you for your report. We'll take a look on it.

[evandam]

Hi folks, I'm running into this issue as well, trying to use ${{ github.action_path }}/.tool-versions but it tries to append the path to the current directory.

It's a pretty frustrating and unexpected behavior as far as I can tell. Any hope to see a fix to this soon? 🙌

[scalp42]

Can confirm would be nice if it could be looked into. @w3c has a workaround here but less than ideal 🙏

[marknuzz]

@actions/setup-actions-team @HarithaVattikuti

Apologies for the pings, but it looks like Dmitry hasn't been active on this project in a long time, and this issue may have slipped through the cracks. It would be awesome if someone could take a look at this and any other issues that may have been buried.