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Workflow expression to read file content #1180

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@maxim-lobanov

Describe the enhancement
It would be great to have some function or expression to read file content (readFile or contents).
Something like {{ contents('.nvmrc') }}

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uses: setup-node@v1
with:
  node-version: {{ contents('.nvmrc') }}

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We already have functions that works with FileSystem, for example hashFiles.
Introducing contents command will bring benefits to a bunch of 1st party actions.
A few examples:

It doesn't make much sense to implement this logic in every action. It would be great to have ability to read files via simple expression:

uses: setup-java@v1
with:
  java-version: {{ contents('.java-version') }}
uses: setup-node@v1
with:
  node-version: {{ contents('.nvmrc') }}

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