Add back cwd input

.changeset/silent-schools-bathe.md

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"@changesets/action": minor
+---
+
+Add a `cwd` input to the root action, `/select-mode`, `/version`, `/pack`, and `/publish` sub-actions to set the current working directory to execute Changesets in. This input existed in v1 but was incorrectly removed.

README.md

@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ If using [trusted publishing](https://docs.npmjs.com/trusted-publishers), it's r
 | `create-github-releases` | Whether to create Github releases after publish                                                                                                                                                                                                           |
 | `push-git-tags`          | Whether to create git tags after publish. If `create-github-releases` is set to `true`, this option will also always be `true`.                                                                                                                           |
 | `push-with-git-cli`      | Whether to use the Git CLI instead of the GitHub API to push release commits and tags. Defaults to `false`. When using the GitHub API, commits and tags are signed using GitHub's GPG key and attributed to the user or app that owns the `github-token`. |
+| `cwd`                    | The working directory to execute Changesets in. Defaults to the root of the repository.                                                                                                                                                                   |
 
 | Outputs              | Description                                                                                                                                      |
 | -------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |

action.yml

@@ -47,6 +47,9 @@ inputs:
       GitHub's GPG key and attributed to the user or app that owns the `github-token`.
     required: false
     default: false
+  cwd:
+    description: "The working directory to execute Changesets in. Defaults to the root of the repository."
+    required: false
 outputs:
   published:
     description: A "true" or "false" string value to indicate whether a publishing is happened or not

pack/README.md

@@ -17,9 +17,10 @@ This action packs publishable packages into tarballs, complements [changesets/ac
 
 <!-- api-start -->
 
-| Inputs                     | Description                                                           |
-| -------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------- |
-| `publish-plan-artifact-id` | Artifact id for a publish plan generated by the select-mode subaction |
+| Inputs                     | Description                                                                             |
+| -------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
+| `publish-plan-artifact-id` | Artifact id for a publish plan generated by the select-mode subaction                   |
+| `cwd`                      | The working directory to execute Changesets in. Defaults to the root of the repository. |
 
 | Outputs                | Description                                 |
 | ---------------------- | ------------------------------------------- |

pack/action.yml

@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@ inputs:
   publish-plan-artifact-id:
     description: "Artifact id for a publish plan generated by the select-mode subaction"
     required: false
+  cwd:
+    description: "The working directory to execute Changesets in. Defaults to the root of the repository."
+    required: false
 outputs:
   pack-dir-artifact-id:
     description: "Artifact id for the packed output directory"

publish/README.md

@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ This action publishes packages to npm.
 | `pack-dir-artifact-id`   | Artifact id for packed publish output generated by the pack subaction                                                                       |
 | `create-github-releases` | Whether to create Github releases after publish                                                                                             |
 | `push-git-tags`          | Whether to create git tags after publish. If `create-github-releases` is set to `true`, this option will also always be `true`.             |
+| `cwd`                    | The working directory to execute Changesets in. Defaults to the root of the repository.                                                     |
 
 | Outputs              | Description                                                                                                                                      |
 | -------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |

publish/action.yml

@@ -26,6 +26,9 @@ inputs:
       this option will also always be `true`.
     required: false
     default: true
+  cwd:
+    description: "The working directory to execute Changesets in. Defaults to the root of the repository."
+    required: false
 outputs:
   published:
     description: A "true" or "false" string value to indicate whether a publishing has happened or not

select-mode/README.md

@@ -20,7 +20,9 @@ This action selects the mode to run a Changesets workflow:
 
 <!-- api-start -->
 
-Inputs: _none_
+| Inputs | Description                                                                             |
+| ------ | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
+| `cwd`  | The working directory to execute Changesets in. Defaults to the root of the repository. |
 
 | Outputs                    | Description                                                                  |
 | -------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- |

select-mode/action.yml

@@ -3,7 +3,10 @@ description: Whether to version or publish in the current repo state
 runs:
   using: node24
   main: ../dist/select-mode.js
-inputs: {}
+inputs:
+  cwd:
+    description: "The working directory to execute Changesets in. Defaults to the root of the repository."
+    required: false
 outputs:
   mode:
     description: "The mode to use for the current repo state: 'version', 'publish', or 'none'."

src/index.ts

@@ -11,8 +11,7 @@ import {
 } from "./utils.ts";
 
 (async () => {
-  // If the user needs to change the cwd, set `working-directory` in the step instead
-  const cwd = process.cwd();
+  const cwd = getOptionalInput("cwd") || process.cwd();
   await validateChangesetsCliVersion(cwd);
 
   throwOnRenamedInputs({

src/pack/index.ts

@@ -17,8 +17,7 @@ try {
 }
 
 async function main() {
-  // If the user needs to change the cwd, set `working-directory` in the step instead
-  const cwd = process.cwd();
+  const cwd = getOptionalInput("cwd") || process.cwd();
   await validateChangesetsCliVersion(cwd);
 
   const publishPlanArtifactId = getOptionalInput("publish-plan-artifact-id");

src/publish/index.ts

@@ -17,8 +17,7 @@ try {
 }
 
 async function main() {
-  // If the user needs to change the cwd, set `working-directory` in the step instead
-  const cwd = process.cwd();
+  const cwd = getOptionalInput("cwd") || process.cwd();
   await validateChangesetsCliVersion(cwd);
 
   const githubToken = getRequiredInput("github-token");

src/select-mode/index.ts

@@ -4,7 +4,11 @@ import path from "node:path";
 import artifact from "@actions/artifact";
 import * as core from "@actions/core";
 import readChangesetState from "../readChangesetState.ts";
-import { execChangesetsCli, validateChangesetsCliVersion } from "../utils.ts";
+import {
+  execChangesetsCli,
+  getOptionalInput,
+  validateChangesetsCliVersion,
+} from "../utils.ts";
 
 type ModeResult =
   | {
@@ -27,7 +31,7 @@ try {
 }
 
 async function main() {
-  const cwd = process.cwd();
+  const cwd = getOptionalInput("cwd") || process.cwd();
   await validateChangesetsCliVersion(cwd);
 
   const result = await getMode(cwd);

src/version/index.ts

@@ -15,8 +15,7 @@ try {
 }
 
 async function main() {
-  // If the user needs to change the cwd, set `working-directory` in the step instead
-  const cwd = process.cwd();
+  const cwd = getOptionalInput("cwd") || process.cwd();
   await validateChangesetsCliVersion(cwd);
   throwOnRemovedCommitModeInput();
 

version/README.md

@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ This action versions packages and creates or updates a pull request with the cha
 | `pr-draft`          | Controls draft PR behavior. Use 'create' to create new version PRs as draft, or 'always' to also convert existing version PRs back to draft when updating them.                                                                         |
 | `pr-base-branch`    | Sets the base branch of the PR. Defaults to `github.ref_name`.                                                                                                                                                                          |
 | `push-with-git-cli` | Whether to use the Git CLI instead of the GitHub API to push release commits. Defaults to `false`. When using the GitHub API, commits are signed using GitHub's GPG key and attributed to the user or app that owns the `github-token`. |
+| `cwd`               | The working directory to execute Changesets in. Defaults to the root of the repository.                                                                                                                                                 |
 
 | Outputs     | Description                                         |
 | ----------- | --------------------------------------------------- |

version/action.yml

@@ -34,6 +34,9 @@ inputs:
       GPG key and attributed to the user or app that owns the `github-token`.
     required: false
     default: false
+  cwd:
+    description: "The working directory to execute Changesets in. Defaults to the root of the repository."
+    required: false
 outputs:
   pr-number:
     description: The pull request number that was created or updated