Add option to allow files/directories in .gitignore to be copied to container (#537)

* disable gitignore for actions

* feat: Add option to allow/disallow paths specified in .gitignore

Co-authored-by: Alan Birtles <alan.birtles@eu.sony.com>

pkg/runner/run_context.go

@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ func (rc *RunContext) startJobContainer() common.Executor {
 			rc.stopJobContainer(),
 			rc.JobContainer.Create(),
 			rc.JobContainer.Start(false),
-			rc.JobContainer.CopyDir(copyToPath, rc.Config.Workdir+string(filepath.Separator)+".").IfBool(copyWorkspace),
+			rc.JobContainer.CopyDir(copyToPath, rc.Config.Workdir+string(filepath.Separator)+".", rc.Config.UseGitIgnore).IfBool(copyWorkspace),
 			rc.JobContainer.Copy(filepath.Dir(rc.Config.Workdir), &container.FileEntry{
 				Name: "workflow/event.json",
 				Mode: 0644,

pkg/runner/runner.go

@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ type Config struct {
 	Privileged            bool              // use privileged mode
 	UsernsMode            string            // user namespace to use
 	ContainerArchitecture string            // Desired OS/architecture platform for running containers
+	UseGitIgnore     bool              // controls if paths in .gitignore should not be copied into container, default true
 }
 
 type runnerImpl struct {

pkg/runner/step_context.go

@@ -415,7 +415,7 @@ func (sc *StepContext) runAction(actionDir string, actionPath string) common.Exe
 				if err != nil {
 					return err
 				}
-				err = rc.JobContainer.CopyDir(containerActionDir+"/", actionDir)(ctx)
+				err = rc.JobContainer.CopyDir(containerActionDir+"/", actionDir, rc.Config.UseGitIgnore)(ctx)
 				if err != nil {
 					return err
 				}