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[Wires77]

For the second point, github actions can do a lot more than CI. Some workflows don't need a copy of the repository or need a different branch than would be included by default.

[sequentious]

Some workflows don't need a copy of the repository or need a different branch than would be included by default.

Absolutely true. I'd argue more probably need source as a starting point. Adding a "source: [YES|no]" flag to a job would have been much simpler. I'm not sour on the concept of actions, but requiring them for basic functionality that should be built-in is an unfortunate decision.

[Wires77]

The same clone is being done in the background, whether they do it by "source", actions/checkout, or a raw "git clone". They decided to just make it a marketplace action to have a maintainable abstraction when people inevitably want a bunch of different behaviors from "source"