dev: action/checkout v4 with sparse-checkout for megalinter

Author: practicalli-johnny

.github/workflows/megalinter.yaml

@@ -28,12 +28,14 @@ jobs:
 
       # Git Checkout
       - name: Checkout Code
-        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
-          token: "${{ secrets.PAT || secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}"
           fetch-depth: 0
-      - run: echo "🐙 ${{ github.repository }} repository was cloned to the runner."
-
+          sparse-checkout: |
+            docs
+            overrides
+            .github
+      - run: echo "🐙 Sparse Checkout of ${{ github.repository }} repository to the CI runner."
       # MegaLinter Configuration
       - name: MegaLinter Run
         id: ml

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 # Changelog
 
 ## Unreleased
-- ci: spell lychee & repository trufflehog linters warn only (false positives) 
+- dev: spell lychee & repository trufflehog linters warn only (false positives) 
+- dev: action/checkout v4 with sparse-checkout for megalinter
 
 ### Added
 - building-api: add reitit overview and quick intro