Remove git sha checkout and return as output

action.yml

@@ -1,17 +1,17 @@
 name: "dbt Cloud action"
-description: "Runs a dbt Cloud job specified by job id"
+description: "Runs a dbt Cloud Job specified by Job ID"
 branding:
   icon: "cloud"
   color: "orange"
 inputs:
   dbt_cloud_token:
-    description: "dbt Cloud api token"
+    description: "dbt Cloud API token"
     required: true
   dbt_cloud_account_id:
-    description: "dbt Cloud account id"
+    description: "dbt Cloud account ID"
     required: true
   dbt_cloud_job_id:
-    description: "dbt Cloud job id"
+    description: "dbt Cloud Job ID"
     required: true
   cause:
     description: "Job trigger cause"
@@ -21,6 +21,9 @@ inputs:
     description: "Interval between polls in seconds"
     required: false
     default: "30"
+outputs:
+  git_sha:
+    description: "Repository SHA in which dbt Cloud Job ran"
 runs:
   using: "node12"
   main: "index.js"

index.js

@@ -91,31 +91,16 @@ async function executeAction() {
   }
 }
 
-function checkoutTargetBranch(git_sha) {
-  core.info(`Checking out ${git_sha}`);
-  const command = `git -c advice.detachedHead=false checkout ${git_sha}`;
-  return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
-    exec(command, (error, stdout, stderr) => {
-      if (stderr) {
-        core.info(`STDERR: ${stderr}`);
-      }
-      if (stdout) {
-        core.info(`STDOUT: ${stdout}`);
-      }
-
-      if (error) {
-        // Return to avoid reject and resolve in same Promise
-        return reject(error);
-      }
-
-      core.info('Done');
-      resolve();
-    });
-  })
+async function main() {
+  try {
+    const git_sha = await executeAction();
+
+    // GitHub Action output
+    core.info(`dbt Cloud Job commit SHA is ${git_sha}`)
+    core.setOutput('git_sha', git_sha);
+  } catch (e) {
+    core.setFailed('There has been a problem with running your dbt cloud job:\n' + e.toString());
+  }
 }
 
-executeAction()
-  .then(git_sha => checkoutTargetBranch(git_sha))
-  .catch(e => {
-    core.setFailed('There has been a problem with running your dbt cloud job: ' + e.toString());
-  });
+main();