From c176d890323908c279574afe155790ea443b921e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Zeke Sikelianos <zeke@sikelianos.com>
Date: Sat, 24 Aug 2019 08:50:09 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] add docs about checking out the triggering ref

---
 README.md | 11 +++++++++++
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index d847f7c..d512b64 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ See [here](https://help.github.com/en/articles/events-that-trigger-workflows) to
 See [action.yml](action.yml)
 
 Basic:
+
 ```yaml
 steps:
 - uses: actions/checkout@master
@@ -20,6 +21,16 @@ steps:
 - run: npm test
 ```
 
+To check out the branch or tag ref that triggered the workflow run:
+
+```yaml
+- uses: actions/checkout@master
+  with:
+    ref: ${{ github.ref }}
+```
+
+For more details, see [Contexts and expression syntax for GitHub Actions](https://help.github.com/en/articles/contexts-and-expression-syntax-for-github-actions)
+
 # License
 
 The scripts and documentation in this project are released under the [MIT License](LICENSE)