run with copy of workingdir

pkg/runner/run_context.go

@@ -82,6 +82,13 @@ func (rc *RunContext) startJobContainer() common.Executor {
 
 		envList = append(envList, fmt.Sprintf("%s=%s", "RUNNER_TOOL_CACHE", "/toolcache"))
 
+		binds := []string{
+			fmt.Sprintf("%s:%s", "/var/run/docker.sock", "/var/run/docker.sock"),
+		}
+		if rc.Config.BindWorkdir {
+			binds = append(binds, fmt.Sprintf("%s:%s%s", rc.Config.Workdir, "/github/workspace", bindModifiers))
+		}
+
 		rc.JobContainer = container.NewContainer(&container.NewContainerInput{
 			Cmd:        nil,
 			Entrypoint: []string{"/usr/bin/tail", "-f", "/dev/null"},
@@ -95,10 +102,7 @@ func (rc *RunContext) startJobContainer() common.Executor {
 				"act-actions":   "/actions",
 			},
 
-			Binds: []string{
-				fmt.Sprintf("%s:%s%s", rc.Config.Workdir, "/github/workspace", bindModifiers),
-				fmt.Sprintf("%s:%s", "/var/run/docker.sock", "/var/run/docker.sock"),
-			},
+			Binds:  binds,
 			Stdout: logWriter,
 			Stderr: logWriter,
 		})
@@ -108,6 +112,7 @@ func (rc *RunContext) startJobContainer() common.Executor {
 			rc.JobContainer.Remove().IfBool(!rc.Config.ReuseContainers),
 			rc.JobContainer.Create(),
 			rc.JobContainer.Start(false),
+			rc.JobContainer.CopyDir("/github/workspace", rc.Config.Workdir+"/.").IfBool(!rc.Config.BindWorkdir),
 			rc.JobContainer.Copy("/github/", &container.FileEntry{
 				Name: "workflow/event.json",
 				Mode: 644,

pkg/runner/runner.go

@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ type Runner interface {
 // Config contains the config for a new runner
 type Config struct {
 	Workdir         string            // path to working directory
+	BindWorkdir     bool              // bind the workdir to the job container
 	EventName       string            // name of event to run
 	EventPath       string            // path to JSON file to use for event.json in containers
 	ReuseContainers bool              // reuse containers to maintain state

pkg/runner/step_context.go

@@ -160,6 +160,13 @@ func (sc *StepContext) newStepContainer(ctx context.Context, image string, cmd [
 
 	envList = append(envList, fmt.Sprintf("%s=%s", "RUNNER_TOOL_CACHE", "/toolcache"))
 
+	binds := []string{
+		fmt.Sprintf("%s:%s", "/var/run/docker.sock", "/var/run/docker.sock"),
+	}
+	if rc.Config.BindWorkdir {
+		binds = append(binds, fmt.Sprintf("%s:%s%s", rc.Config.Workdir, "/github/workspace", bindModifiers))
+	}
+
 	stepContainer := container.NewContainer(&container.NewContainerInput{
 		Cmd:        cmd,
 		Entrypoint: entrypoint,
@@ -172,10 +179,7 @@ func (sc *StepContext) newStepContainer(ctx context.Context, image string, cmd [
 			"act-toolcache":       "/toolcache",
 			"act-actions":         "/actions",
 		},
-		Binds: []string{
-			fmt.Sprintf("%s:%s%s", rc.Config.Workdir, "/github/workspace", bindModifiers),
-			fmt.Sprintf("%s:%s", "/var/run/docker.sock", "/var/run/docker.sock"),
-		},
+		Binds:  binds,
 		Stdout: logWriter,
 		Stderr: logWriter,
 	})

pkg/runner/testdata/basic/push.yml

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ jobs:
   check:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
+      - run: ls
       - run: echo 'hello world' 
       - run: echo ${GITHUB_SHA} >> /github/sha.txt
       - run: cat /github/sha.txt | grep ${GITHUB_SHA}