Update docs for config file paths.

Co-authored-by: Courtney Claessens <[email protected]>

README.md

@@ -71,13 +71,20 @@ or by inlining these options in your workflow file.
 
 ### config-file
 
-A string representing the path to an external configuration file. By
-default external configuration files are not used.
+A string representing the path to a configuraton file. It can be a
+local file, or a file located in an external repository. You can use
+this syntax for external repositories: `OWNER/REPOSITORY/FILENAME@BRANCH`.
 
-**Possible values**: A string representing the absolute path to the
-configuration file.
+If the configuration file is located in an external private repository,
+use the [external-repo-token](#external-repo-token) parameter of the
+action to specify a token that has read access to the repository.
 
-**Example**: `config-file: ./.github/dependency-review-config.yml`.
+**Possible values**: A string representing a path to a file located
+in the current repository, or in an external one.
+
+**Example**: `config-file: ./.github/dependency-review-config.yml # local file`.
+
+**Example**: `config-file: github/octorepo/dependency-review-config.yml@main # external repo`
 
 ### fail-on-severity
 
@@ -141,9 +148,9 @@ deny-licenses:
 
 ### allow-ghsas
 
-Add a custom list of GitHub Advisory IDs that can be skipped during detection. 
+A list of GitHub Security Advisory IDs that can be skipped during detection.
 
-**Possible values**: Any valid advisory GHSA ids.
+**Possible values**: Any valid GHSAs from the [GitHub Advisory Database](https://github.com/advisories).
 
 **Inline example**: `allow-ghsas: GHSA-abcd-1234-5679, GHSA-efgh-1234-5679`
 
@@ -185,6 +192,19 @@ base-ref: 8bb8a58d6a4028b6c2e314d5caaf273f57644896
 head-ref: 69af5638bf660cf218aad5709a4c100e42a2f37b
 ```
 
+### external-repo-token
+
+A token for fetching external configuration files if they live in
+an external private repository.
+
+Visit the [developer settings](https://github.com/settings/tokens) to
+create a new personal access token with `read` permissions for the
+repository that hosts the config file.
+
+**Possible values**: Any GitHub token with read access to the external repository.
+
+**Example**: `external-repo-token: ghp_123456789abcdef...`
+
 ### Configuration File
 
 You can use an external configuration file to specify the settings for

__tests__/config.test.ts

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import {expect, test, beforeEach} from '@jest/globals'
-import {readConfig, readConfigFile} from '../src/config'
+import {readConfig} from '../src/config'
 import {getRefs} from '../src/git-refs'
 import * as Utils from '../src/utils'
 
@@ -39,43 +39,53 @@ beforeEach(() => {
 })
 
 test('it defaults to low severity', async () => {
-  const options = readConfig()
-  expect(options.fail_on_severity).toEqual('low')
+  const config = await readConfig()
+  expect(config.fail_on_severity).toEqual('low')
 })
 
 test('it reads custom configs', async () => {
   setInput('fail-on-severity', 'critical')
   setInput('allow-licenses', ' BSD, GPL 2')
 
-  const options = readConfig()
-  expect(options.fail_on_severity).toEqual('critical')
-  expect(options.allow_licenses).toEqual(['BSD', 'GPL 2'])
+  const config = await readConfig()
+  expect(config.fail_on_severity).toEqual('critical')
+  expect(config.allow_licenses).toEqual(['BSD', 'GPL 2'])
 })
 
 test('it defaults to empty allow/deny lists ', async () => {
-  const options = readConfig()
+  const config = await readConfig()
 
-  expect(options.allow_licenses).toEqual(undefined)
-  expect(options.deny_licenses).toEqual(undefined)
+  expect(config.allow_licenses).toEqual(undefined)
+  expect(config.deny_licenses).toEqual(undefined)
 })
 
 test('it raises an error if both an allow and denylist are specified', async () => {
   setInput('allow-licenses', 'MIT')
   setInput('deny-licenses', 'BSD')
 
-  expect(() => readConfig()).toThrow()
+  await expect(readConfig()).rejects.toThrow(
+    'You cannot specify both allow-licenses and deny-licenses'
+  )
+})
+test('it raises an error if an empty allow list is specified', async () => {
+  setInput('config-file', './__tests__/fixtures/config-empty-allow-sample.yml')
+
+  await expect(readConfig()).rejects.toThrow(
+    'You should provide at least one license in allow-licenses'
+  )
 })
 
 test('it raises an error when given an unknown severity', async () => {
   setInput('fail-on-severity', 'zombies')
-  expect(() => readConfig()).toThrow()
+
+  await expect(readConfig()).rejects.toThrow(/received 'zombies'/)
 })
 
 test('it uses the given refs when the event is not a pull request', async () => {
   setInput('base-ref', 'a-custom-base-ref')
   setInput('head-ref', 'a-custom-head-ref')
 
-  const refs = getRefs(readConfig(), {
+  const refs = getRefs(await readConfig(), {
     payload: {},
     eventName: 'workflow_dispatch'
   })
@@ -84,9 +94,9 @@ test('it uses the given refs when the event is not a pull request', async () =>
 })
 
 test('it raises an error when no refs are provided and the event is not a pull request', async () => {
-  const options = readConfig()
+  const config = await readConfig()
   expect(() =>
-    getRefs(options, {
+    getRefs(config, {
       payload: {},
       eventName: 'workflow_dispatch'
     })
@@ -94,133 +104,132 @@ test('it raises an error when no refs are provided and the event is not a pull r
 })
 
 test('it reads an external config file', async () => {
-  let options = readConfigFile('./__tests__/fixtures/config-allow-sample.yml')
-  expect(options.fail_on_severity).toEqual('critical')
-  expect(options.allow_licenses).toEqual(['BSD', 'GPL 2'])
+  setInput('config-file', './__tests__/fixtures/config-allow-sample.yml')
+
+  const config = await readConfig()
+  expect(config.fail_on_severity).toEqual('critical')
+  expect(config.allow_licenses).toEqual(['BSD', 'GPL 2'])
 })
 
 test('raises an error when the the config file was not found', async () => {
-  expect(() => readConfigFile('fixtures/i-dont-exist')).toThrow()
+  setInput('config-file', 'fixtures/i-dont-exist')
+  await expect(readConfig()).rejects.toThrow(/Unable to fetch config file/)
 })
 
 test('it parses options from both sources', async () => {
   setInput('config-file', './__tests__/fixtures/config-allow-sample.yml')
 
-  let options = readConfig()
-  expect(options.fail_on_severity).toEqual('critical')
+  let config = await readConfig()
+  expect(config.fail_on_severity).toEqual('critical')
 
   setInput('base-ref', 'a-custom-base-ref')
-  options = readConfig()
-  expect(options.base_ref).toEqual('a-custom-base-ref')
+  config = await readConfig()
+  expect(config.base_ref).toEqual('a-custom-base-ref')
 })
 
-test('in case of conflicts, the external config is the source of truth', async () => {
+test('in case of conflicts, the inline config is the source of truth', async () => {
+  setInput('fail-on-severity', 'low')
   setInput('config-file', './__tests__/fixtures/config-allow-sample.yml') // this will set fail-on-severity to 'critical'
 
-  let options = readConfig()
-  expect(options.fail_on_severity).toEqual('critical')
-
-  // this should not overwite the previous value
-  setInput('fail-on-severity', 'low')
-  options = readConfig()
-  expect(options.fail_on_severity).toEqual('critical')
+  const config = await readConfig()
+  expect(config.fail_on_severity).toEqual('low')
 })
 
 test('it uses the default values when loading external files', async () => {
   setInput('config-file', './__tests__/fixtures/no-licenses-config.yml')
-  let options = readConfig()
-  expect(options.allow_licenses).toEqual(undefined)
-  expect(options.deny_licenses).toEqual(undefined)
+  let config = await readConfig()
+  expect(config.allow_licenses).toEqual(undefined)
+  expect(config.deny_licenses).toEqual(undefined)
 
   setInput('config-file', './__tests__/fixtures/license-config-sample.yml')
-  options = readConfig()
-  expect(options.fail_on_severity).toEqual('low')
+  config = await readConfig()
+  expect(config.fail_on_severity).toEqual('low')
 })
 
 test('it accepts an external configuration filename', async () => {
   setInput('config-file', './__tests__/fixtures/no-licenses-config.yml')
-  const options = readConfig()
-  expect(options.fail_on_severity).toEqual('critical')
+  const config = await readConfig()
+  expect(config.fail_on_severity).toEqual('critical')
 })
 
 test('it raises an error when given an unknown severity in an external config file', async () => {
   setInput('config-file', './__tests__/fixtures/invalid-severity-config.yml')
-  expect(() => readConfig()).toThrow()
+  await expect(readConfig()).rejects.toThrow()
 })
 
 test('it defaults to runtime scope', async () => {
-  const options = readConfig()
-  expect(options.fail_on_scopes).toEqual(['runtime'])
+  const config = await readConfig()
+  expect(config.fail_on_scopes).toEqual(['runtime'])
 })
 
 test('it parses custom scopes preference', async () => {
   setInput('fail-on-scopes', 'runtime, development')
-  let options = readConfig()
-  expect(options.fail_on_scopes).toEqual(['runtime', 'development'])
+  let config = await readConfig()
+  expect(config.fail_on_scopes).toEqual(['runtime', 'development'])
 
   clearInputs()
   setInput('fail-on-scopes', 'development')
-  options = readConfig()
-  expect(options.fail_on_scopes).toEqual(['development'])
+  config = await readConfig()
+  expect(config.fail_on_scopes).toEqual(['development'])
 })
 
 test('it raises an error when given invalid scope', async () => {
   setInput('fail-on-scopes', 'runtime, zombies')
-  expect(() => readConfig()).toThrow()
+  await expect(readConfig()).rejects.toThrow(/received 'zombies'/)
 })
 
 test('it defaults to an empty GHSA allowlist', async () => {
-  const options = readConfig()
-  expect(options.allow_ghsas).toEqual(undefined)
+  const config = await readConfig()
+  expect(config.allow_ghsas).toEqual([])
 })
 
 test('it successfully parses GHSA allowlist', async () => {
   setInput('allow-ghsas', 'GHSA-abcd-1234-5679, GHSA-efgh-1234-5679')
-  const options = readConfig()
-  expect(options.allow_ghsas).toEqual([
+  const config = await readConfig()
+  expect(config.allow_ghsas).toEqual([
     'GHSA-abcd-1234-5679',
     'GHSA-efgh-1234-5679'
   ])
 })
 
 test('it defaults to checking licenses', async () => {
-  const options = readConfig()
-  expect(options.license_check).toBe(true)
+  const config = await readConfig()
+  expect(config.license_check).toBe(true)
 })
 
 test('it parses the license-check input', async () => {
   setInput('license-check', 'false')
-  let options = readConfig()
-  expect(options.license_check).toEqual(false)
+  let config = await readConfig()
+  expect(config.license_check).toEqual(false)
 
   clearInputs()
   setInput('license-check', 'true')
-  options = readConfig()
-  expect(options.license_check).toEqual(true)
+  config = await readConfig()
+  expect(config.license_check).toEqual(true)
 })
 
 test('it defaults to checking vulnerabilities', async () => {
-  const options = readConfig()
-  expect(options.vulnerability_check).toBe(true)
+  const config = await readConfig()
+  expect(config.vulnerability_check).toBe(true)
 })
 
 test('it parses the vulnerability-check input', async () => {
   setInput('vulnerability-check', 'false')
-  let options = readConfig()
-  expect(options.vulnerability_check).toEqual(false)
+  let config = await readConfig()
+  expect(config.vulnerability_check).toEqual(false)
 
   clearInputs()
   setInput('vulnerability-check', 'true')
-  options = readConfig()
-  expect(options.vulnerability_check).toEqual(true)
+  config = await readConfig()
+  expect(config.vulnerability_check).toEqual(true)
 })
 
-test('it is not impossible to disable both checks', async () => {
+test('it is not possible to disable both checks', async () => {
   setInput('license-check', 'false')
   setInput('vulnerability-check', 'false')
-  expect(() => {
-    readConfig()
-  }).toThrow("Can't disable both license-check and vulnerability-check")
+  await expect(readConfig()).rejects.toThrow(
+    /Can't disable both license-check and vulnerability-check/
+  )
 })
 
 describe('licenses that are not valid SPDX licenses', () => {
@@ -230,15 +239,15 @@ describe('licenses that are not valid SPDX licenses', () => {
 
   test('it raises an error for invalid licenses in allow-licenses', async () => {
     setInput('allow-licenses', ' BSD, GPL 2')
-    expect(() => {
-      readConfig()
-    }).toThrow('Invalid license(s) in allow-licenses: BSD, GPL 2')
+    await expect(readConfig()).rejects.toThrow(
+      'Invalid license(s) in allow-licenses: BSD, GPL 2'
+    )
   })
 
   test('it raises an error for invalid licenses in deny-licenses', async () => {
     setInput('deny-licenses', ' BSD, GPL 2')
-    expect(() => {
-      readConfig()
-    }).toThrow('Invalid license(s) in deny-licenses: BSD, GPL 2')
+    await expect(readConfig()).rejects.toThrow(
+      'Invalid license(s) in deny-licenses: BSD, GPL 2'
+    )
   })
 })

__tests__/fixtures/config-empty-allow-sample.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+fail_on_severity: critical
+allow_licenses: []

__tests__/licenses.test.ts

@@ -99,17 +99,6 @@ test('it adds license inside the deny list to forbidden changes', async () => {
   expect(forbidden.length).toEqual(1)
 })
 
-// This is more of a "here's a behavior that might be surprising" than an actual
-// thing we want in the system. Please remove this test after refactoring.
-test('it adds all licenses to forbidden changes when allow is provided an empty array', async () => {
-  const changes: Changes = [npmChange, rubyChange]
-  let {forbidden} = await getInvalidLicenseChanges(changes, {
-    allow: [],
-    deny: ['BSD']
-  })
-  expect(forbidden.length).toBe(2)
-})
-
 test('it does not add license outside the allow list to forbidden changes if it is in removed changes', async () => {
   const changes: Changes = [
     {...npmChange, change_type: 'removed'},

action.yml

@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ inputs:
     description: The head git ref to be used for this check. Has a default value when the workflow event is `pull_request` or `pull_request_target`. Must be provided otherwise.
     required: false
   config-file:
-    description: A filepath to the configuration file for the action.
+    description: A path to the configuration file for the action.
     required: false
   allow-licenses:
     description: Comma-separated list of allowed licenses (e.g. "MIT, GPL 3.0, BSD 2 Clause")
@@ -32,6 +32,10 @@ inputs:
   allow-ghsas:
     description: Comma-separated list of allowed Github Advisory IDs (e.g. "GHSA-abcd-1234-5679, GHSA-efgh-1234-5679")
     required: false
+  external-repo-token:
+    description: A token for fetching external configuration file if it lives in another repository. It is required if the repository is private
+    required: false
+
 runs:
   using: 'node16'
   main: 'dist/index.js'

dist/index.js

@@ -107,29 +107,6 @@ exports.getRefs = getRefs;
 
 "use strict";
 
-var __createBinding = (this && this.__createBinding) || (Object.create ? (function(o, m, k, k2) {
-    if (k2 === undefined) k2 = k;
-    var desc = Object.getOwnPropertyDescriptor(m, k);
-    if (!desc || ("get" in desc ? !m.__esModule : desc.writable || desc.configurable)) {
-      desc = { enumerable: true, get: function() { return m[k]; } };
-    }
-    Object.defineProperty(o, k2, desc);
-}) : (function(o, m, k, k2) {
-    if (k2 === undefined) k2 = k;
-    o[k2] = m[k];
-}));
-var __setModuleDefault = (this && this.__setModuleDefault) || (Object.create ? (function(o, v) {
-    Object.defineProperty(o, "default", { enumerable: true, value: v });
-}) : function(o, v) {
-    o["default"] = v;
-});
-var __importStar = (this && this.__importStar) || function (mod) {
-    if (mod && mod.__esModule) return mod;
-    var result = {};
-    if (mod != null) for (var k in mod) if (k !== "default" && Object.prototype.hasOwnProperty.call(mod, k)) __createBinding(result, mod, k);
-    __setModuleDefault(result, mod);
-    return result;
-};
 var __awaiter = (this && this.__awaiter) || function (thisArg, _arguments, P, generator) {
     function adopt(value) { return value instanceof P ? value : new P(function (resolve) { resolve(value); }); }
     return new (P || (P = Promise))(function (resolve, reject) {
@@ -144,9 +121,7 @@ var __importDefault = (this && this.__importDefault) || function (mod) {
 };
 Object.defineProperty(exports, "__esModule", ({ value: true }));
 exports.getInvalidLicenseChanges = void 0;
-const core = __importStar(__nccwpck_require__(2186));
 const spdx_satisfies_1 = __importDefault(__nccwpck_require__(4424));
-const octokit_1 = __nccwpck_require__(7467);
 const utils_1 = __nccwpck_require__(918);
 /**
  * Loops through a list of changes, filtering and returning the
@@ -205,11 +180,11 @@ function getInvalidLicenseChanges(changes, licenses) {
 exports.getInvalidLicenseChanges = getInvalidLicenseChanges;
 const fetchGHLicense = (owner, repo) => __awaiter(void 0, void 0, void 0, function* () {
     var _a, _b;
-    const octokit = new octokit_1.Octokit({
-        auth: core.getInput('repo-token', { required: true })
-    });
     try {
-        const response = yield octokit.rest.licenses.getForRepo({ owner, repo });
+        const response = yield (0, utils_1.octokitClient)().rest.licenses.getForRepo({
+            owner,
+            repo
+        });
         return (_b = (_a = response.data.license) === null || _a === void 0 ? void 0 : _a.spdx_id) !== null && _b !== void 0 ? _b : null;
     }
     catch (_) {
@@ -350,7 +325,7 @@ const utils_1 = __nccwpck_require__(918);
 function run() {
     return __awaiter(this, void 0, void 0, function* () {
         try {
-            const config = (0, config_1.readConfig)();
+            const config = yield (0, config_1.readConfig)();
             const refs = (0, git_refs_1.getRefs)(config, github.context);
             const changes = yield dependencyGraph.compare({
                 owner: github.context.repo.owner,
@@ -557,17 +532,36 @@ exports.ConfigurationOptionsSchema = z
     .object({
     fail_on_severity: exports.SeveritySchema,
     fail_on_scopes: z.array(z.enum(exports.SCOPES)).default(['runtime']),
-    allow_licenses: z.array(z.string()).default([]),
-    deny_licenses: z.array(z.string()).default([]),
+    allow_licenses: z.array(z.string()).optional(),
+    deny_licenses: z.array(z.string()).optional(),
     allow_ghsas: z.array(z.string()).default([]),
     license_check: z.boolean().default(true),
     vulnerability_check: z.boolean().default(true),
-    config_file: z.string().optional().default('false'),
-    base_ref: z.string(),
-    head_ref: z.string()
+    config_file: z.string().optional(),
+    base_ref: z.string().optional(),
+    head_ref: z.string().optional()
 })
-    .partial()
-    .refine(obj => !(obj.allow_licenses && obj.deny_licenses), 'Your workflow file has both an allow_licenses list and deny_licenses list, but you can only set one or the other.');
+    .superRefine((config, context) => {
+    if (config.allow_licenses && config.deny_licenses) {
+        context.addIssue({
+            code: z.ZodIssueCode.custom,
+            message: 'You cannot specify both allow-licenses and deny-licenses'
+        });
+    }
+    if (config.allow_licenses && config.allow_licenses.length < 1) {
+        context.addIssue({
+            code: z.ZodIssueCode.custom,
+            message: 'You should provide at least one license in allow-licenses'
+        });
+    }
+    if (config.license_check === false &&
+        config.vulnerability_check === false) {
+        context.addIssue({
+            code: z.ZodIssueCode.custom,
+            message: "Can't disable both license-check and vulnerability-check"
+        });
+    }
+});
 exports.ChangesSchema = z.array(exports.ChangeSchema);
 
 
@@ -741,11 +735,36 @@ exports.addScannedDependencies = addScannedDependencies;
 
 "use strict";
 
+var __createBinding = (this && this.__createBinding) || (Object.create ? (function(o, m, k, k2) {
+    if (k2 === undefined) k2 = k;
+    var desc = Object.getOwnPropertyDescriptor(m, k);
+    if (!desc || ("get" in desc ? !m.__esModule : desc.writable || desc.configurable)) {
+      desc = { enumerable: true, get: function() { return m[k]; } };
+    }
+    Object.defineProperty(o, k2, desc);
+}) : (function(o, m, k, k2) {
+    if (k2 === undefined) k2 = k;
+    o[k2] = m[k];
+}));
+var __setModuleDefault = (this && this.__setModuleDefault) || (Object.create ? (function(o, v) {
+    Object.defineProperty(o, "default", { enumerable: true, value: v });
+}) : function(o, v) {
+    o["default"] = v;
+});
+var __importStar = (this && this.__importStar) || function (mod) {
+    if (mod && mod.__esModule) return mod;
+    var result = {};
+    if (mod != null) for (var k in mod) if (k !== "default" && Object.prototype.hasOwnProperty.call(mod, k)) __createBinding(result, mod, k);
+    __setModuleDefault(result, mod);
+    return result;
+};
 var __importDefault = (this && this.__importDefault) || function (mod) {
     return (mod && mod.__esModule) ? mod : { "default": mod };
 };
 Object.defineProperty(exports, "__esModule", ({ value: true }));
-exports.isSPDXValid = exports.renderUrl = exports.getManifestsSet = exports.groupDependenciesByManifest = void 0;
+exports.octokitClient = exports.isSPDXValid = exports.renderUrl = exports.getManifestsSet = exports.groupDependenciesByManifest = void 0;
+const core = __importStar(__nccwpck_require__(2186));
+const octokit_1 = __nccwpck_require__(7467);
 const spdx_expression_parse_1 = __importDefault(__nccwpck_require__(1620));
 function groupDependenciesByManifest(changes) {
     var _a;
@@ -783,6 +802,17 @@ function isSPDXValid(license) {
     }
 }
 exports.isSPDXValid = isSPDXValid;
+function octokitClient(token = 'repo-token', required = true) {
+    const opts = {};
+    // auth is only added if token is present. For remote config files in public
+    // repos the token is optional, so it could be undefined.
+    const auth = core.getInput(token, { required });
+    if (auth !== undefined) {
+        opts['auth'] = auth;
+    }
+    return new octokit_1.Octokit(opts);
+}
+exports.octokitClient = octokitClient;
 
 
 /***/ }),
@@ -27397,11 +27427,20 @@ var __importStar = (this && this.__importStar) || function (mod) {
     __setModuleDefault(result, mod);
     return result;
 };
+var __awaiter = (this && this.__awaiter) || function (thisArg, _arguments, P, generator) {
+    function adopt(value) { return value instanceof P ? value : new P(function (resolve) { resolve(value); }); }
+    return new (P || (P = Promise))(function (resolve, reject) {
+        function fulfilled(value) { try { step(generator.next(value)); } catch (e) { reject(e); } }
+        function rejected(value) { try { step(generator["throw"](value)); } catch (e) { reject(e); } }
+        function step(result) { result.done ? resolve(result.value) : adopt(result.value).then(fulfilled, rejected); }
+        step((generator = generator.apply(thisArg, _arguments || [])).next());
+    });
+};
 var __importDefault = (this && this.__importDefault) || function (mod) {
     return (mod && mod.__esModule) ? mod : { "default": mod };
 };
 Object.defineProperty(exports, "__esModule", ({ value: true }));
-exports.readConfigFile = exports.readInlineConfig = exports.readConfig = void 0;
+exports.readConfig = void 0;
 const fs = __importStar(__nccwpck_require__(7147));
 const path_1 = __importDefault(__nccwpck_require__(1017));
 const yaml_1 = __importDefault(__nccwpck_require__(4083));
@@ -27409,6 +27448,43 @@ const core = __importStar(__nccwpck_require__(2186));
 const z = __importStar(__nccwpck_require__(3301));
 const schemas_1 = __nccwpck_require__(1129);
 const utils_1 = __nccwpck_require__(1314);
+function readConfig() {
+    return __awaiter(this, void 0, void 0, function* () {
+        const inlineConfig = readInlineConfig();
+        const configFile = getOptionalInput('config-file');
+        if (configFile !== undefined) {
+            const externalConfig = yield readConfigFile(configFile);
+            return schemas_1.ConfigurationOptionsSchema.parse(Object.assign(Object.assign({}, externalConfig), inlineConfig));
+        }
+        return schemas_1.ConfigurationOptionsSchema.parse(inlineConfig);
+    });
+}
+exports.readConfig = readConfig;
+function readInlineConfig() {
+    const fail_on_severity = getOptionalInput('fail-on-severity');
+    const fail_on_scopes = parseList(getOptionalInput('fail-on-scopes'));
+    const allow_licenses = parseList(getOptionalInput('allow-licenses'));
+    const deny_licenses = parseList(getOptionalInput('deny-licenses'));
+    const allow_ghsas = parseList(getOptionalInput('allow-ghsas'));
+    const license_check = getOptionalBoolean('license-check');
+    const vulnerability_check = getOptionalBoolean('vulnerability-check');
+    const base_ref = getOptionalInput('base-ref');
+    const head_ref = getOptionalInput('head-ref');
+    validateLicenses('allow-licenses', allow_licenses);
+    validateLicenses('deny-licenses', deny_licenses);
+    const keys = {
+        fail_on_severity,
+        fail_on_scopes,
+        allow_licenses,
+        deny_licenses,
+        allow_ghsas,
+        license_check,
+        vulnerability_check,
+        base_ref,
+        head_ref
+    };
+    return Object.fromEntries(Object.entries(keys).filter(([_, value]) => value !== undefined));
+}
 function getOptionalBoolean(name) {
     const value = core.getInput(name);
     return value.length > 0 ? core.getBooleanInput(name) : undefined;
@@ -27434,85 +27510,74 @@ function validateLicenses(key, licenses) {
         throw new Error(`Invalid license(s) in ${key}: ${invalid_licenses.join(', ')}`);
     }
 }
-function readConfig() {
-    const externalConfig = getOptionalInput('config-file');
-    if (externalConfig !== undefined) {
-        const config = readConfigFile(externalConfig);
-        // the reasoning behind reading the inline config when an external
-        // config file is provided is that we still want to allow users to
-        // pass inline options in the presence of an external config file.
-        const inlineConfig = readInlineConfig();
-        // the external config takes precedence
-        return Object.assign({}, inlineConfig, config);
-    }
-    else {
-        return readInlineConfig();
-    }
-}
-exports.readConfig = readConfig;
-function readInlineConfig() {
-    const fail_on_severity = schemas_1.SeveritySchema.parse(getOptionalInput('fail-on-severity'));
-    const fail_on_scopes = z
-        .array(z.enum(schemas_1.SCOPES))
-        .default(['runtime'])
-        .parse(parseList(getOptionalInput('fail-on-scopes')));
-    const allow_licenses = parseList(getOptionalInput('allow-licenses'));
-    const deny_licenses = parseList(getOptionalInput('deny-licenses'));
-    if (allow_licenses !== undefined && deny_licenses !== undefined) {
-        throw new Error("Can't specify both allow_licenses and deny_licenses");
-    }
-    validateLicenses('allow-licenses', allow_licenses);
-    validateLicenses('deny-licenses', deny_licenses);
-    const allow_ghsas = parseList(getOptionalInput('allow-ghsas'));
-    const license_check = z
-        .boolean()
-        .default(true)
-        .parse(getOptionalBoolean('license-check'));
-    const vulnerability_check = z
-        .boolean()
-        .default(true)
-        .parse(getOptionalBoolean('vulnerability-check'));
-    if (license_check === false && vulnerability_check === false) {
-        throw new Error("Can't disable both license-check and vulnerability-check");
-    }
-    const base_ref = getOptionalInput('base-ref');
-    const head_ref = getOptionalInput('head-ref');
-    return {
-        fail_on_severity,
-        fail_on_scopes,
-        allow_licenses,
-        deny_licenses,
-        allow_ghsas,
-        license_check,
-        vulnerability_check,
-        base_ref,
-        head_ref
-    };
-}
-exports.readInlineConfig = readInlineConfig;
 function readConfigFile(filePath) {
-    let data;
+    return __awaiter(this, void 0, void 0, function* () {
+        // match a remote config (e.g. 'owner/repo/filepath@someref')
+        const format = new RegExp('(?<owner>[^/]+)/(?<repo>[^/]+)/(?<path>[^@]+)@(?<ref>.*)');
+        let data;
+        const pieces = format.exec(filePath);
+        try {
+            if ((pieces === null || pieces === void 0 ? void 0 : pieces.groups) && pieces.length === 5) {
+                data = yield getRemoteConfig({
+                    owner: pieces.groups.owner,
+                    repo: pieces.groups.repo,
+                    path: pieces.groups.path,
+                    ref: pieces.groups.ref
+                });
+            }
+            else {
+                data = fs.readFileSync(path_1.default.resolve(filePath), 'utf-8');
+            }
+            return parseConfigFile(data);
+        }
+        catch (error) {
+            core.debug(error);
+            throw new Error('Unable to fetch config file');
+        }
+    });
+}
+function parseConfigFile(configData) {
     try {
-        data = fs.readFileSync(path_1.default.resolve(filePath), 'utf-8');
+        const data = yaml_1.default.parse(configData);
+        for (const key of Object.keys(data)) {
+            if (key === 'allow-licenses' || key === 'deny-licenses') {
+                validateLicenses(key, data[key]);
+            }
+            // get rid of the ugly dashes from the actions conventions
+            if (key.includes('-')) {
+                data[key.replace(/-/g, '_')] = data[key];
+                delete data[key];
+            }
+        }
+        return data;
     }
     catch (error) {
         throw error;
     }
-    data = yaml_1.default.parse(data);
-    for (const key of Object.keys(data)) {
-        if (key === 'allow-licenses' || key === 'deny-licenses') {
-            validateLicenses(key, data[key]);
-        }
-        // get rid of the ugly dashes from the actions conventions
-        if (key.includes('-')) {
-            data[key.replace(/-/g, '_')] = data[key];
-            delete data[key];
-        }
-    }
-    const values = schemas_1.ConfigurationOptionsSchema.parse(data);
-    return values;
 }
-exports.readConfigFile = readConfigFile;
+function getRemoteConfig(configOpts) {
+    return __awaiter(this, void 0, void 0, function* () {
+        try {
+            const { data } = yield (0, utils_1.octokitClient)('external-repo-token', false).rest.repos.getContent({
+                mediaType: {
+                    format: 'raw'
+                },
+                owner: configOpts.owner,
+                repo: configOpts.repo,
+                path: configOpts.path,
+                ref: configOpts.ref
+            });
+            // When using mediaType.format = 'raw', the response.data is a string
+            // but this is not reflected in the return type of getContent, so we're
+            // casting the return value to a string.
+            return z.string().parse(data);
+        }
+        catch (error) {
+            core.debug(error);
+            throw new Error('Error fetching remote config file');
+        }
+    });
+}
 
 
 /***/ }),
@@ -27658,17 +27723,36 @@ exports.ConfigurationOptionsSchema = z
     .object({
     fail_on_severity: exports.SeveritySchema,
     fail_on_scopes: z.array(z.enum(exports.SCOPES)).default(['runtime']),
-    allow_licenses: z.array(z.string()).default([]),
-    deny_licenses: z.array(z.string()).default([]),
+    allow_licenses: z.array(z.string()).optional(),
+    deny_licenses: z.array(z.string()).optional(),
     allow_ghsas: z.array(z.string()).default([]),
     license_check: z.boolean().default(true),
     vulnerability_check: z.boolean().default(true),
-    config_file: z.string().optional().default('false'),
-    base_ref: z.string(),
-    head_ref: z.string()
+    config_file: z.string().optional(),
+    base_ref: z.string().optional(),
+    head_ref: z.string().optional()
 })
-    .partial()
-    .refine(obj => !(obj.allow_licenses && obj.deny_licenses), 'Your workflow file has both an allow_licenses list and deny_licenses list, but you can only set one or the other.');
+    .superRefine((config, context) => {
+    if (config.allow_licenses && config.deny_licenses) {
+        context.addIssue({
+            code: z.ZodIssueCode.custom,
+            message: 'You cannot specify both allow-licenses and deny-licenses'
+        });
+    }
+    if (config.allow_licenses && config.allow_licenses.length < 1) {
+        context.addIssue({
+            code: z.ZodIssueCode.custom,
+            message: 'You should provide at least one license in allow-licenses'
+        });
+    }
+    if (config.license_check === false &&
+        config.vulnerability_check === false) {
+        context.addIssue({
+            code: z.ZodIssueCode.custom,
+            message: "Can't disable both license-check and vulnerability-check"
+        });
+    }
+});
 exports.ChangesSchema = z.array(exports.ChangeSchema);
 
 
@@ -27679,11 +27763,36 @@ exports.ChangesSchema = z.array(exports.ChangeSchema);
 
 "use strict";
 
+var __createBinding = (this && this.__createBinding) || (Object.create ? (function(o, m, k, k2) {
+    if (k2 === undefined) k2 = k;
+    var desc = Object.getOwnPropertyDescriptor(m, k);
+    if (!desc || ("get" in desc ? !m.__esModule : desc.writable || desc.configurable)) {
+      desc = { enumerable: true, get: function() { return m[k]; } };
+    }
+    Object.defineProperty(o, k2, desc);
+}) : (function(o, m, k, k2) {
+    if (k2 === undefined) k2 = k;
+    o[k2] = m[k];
+}));
+var __setModuleDefault = (this && this.__setModuleDefault) || (Object.create ? (function(o, v) {
+    Object.defineProperty(o, "default", { enumerable: true, value: v });
+}) : function(o, v) {
+    o["default"] = v;
+});
+var __importStar = (this && this.__importStar) || function (mod) {
+    if (mod && mod.__esModule) return mod;
+    var result = {};
+    if (mod != null) for (var k in mod) if (k !== "default" && Object.prototype.hasOwnProperty.call(mod, k)) __createBinding(result, mod, k);
+    __setModuleDefault(result, mod);
+    return result;
+};
 var __importDefault = (this && this.__importDefault) || function (mod) {
     return (mod && mod.__esModule) ? mod : { "default": mod };
 };
 Object.defineProperty(exports, "__esModule", ({ value: true }));
-exports.isSPDXValid = exports.renderUrl = exports.getManifestsSet = exports.groupDependenciesByManifest = void 0;
+exports.octokitClient = exports.isSPDXValid = exports.renderUrl = exports.getManifestsSet = exports.groupDependenciesByManifest = void 0;
+const core = __importStar(__nccwpck_require__(2186));
+const octokit_1 = __nccwpck_require__(7467);
 const spdx_expression_parse_1 = __importDefault(__nccwpck_require__(1620));
 function groupDependenciesByManifest(changes) {
     var _a;
@@ -27721,6 +27830,17 @@ function isSPDXValid(license) {
     }
 }
 exports.isSPDXValid = isSPDXValid;
+function octokitClient(token = 'repo-token', required = true) {
+    const opts = {};
+    // auth is only added if token is present. For remote config files in public
+    // repos the token is optional, so it could be undefined.
+    const auth = core.getInput(token, { required });
+    if (auth !== undefined) {
+        opts['auth'] = auth;
+    }
+    return new octokit_1.Octokit(opts);
+}
+exports.octokitClient = octokitClient;
 
 
 /***/ }),

package-lock.json

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-        "@typescript-eslint/parser": "^5.41.0",
+        "@typescript-eslint/eslint-plugin": "^5.42.0",
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+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@typescript-eslint/eslint-plugin/-/eslint-plugin-5.42.0.tgz",
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-        "@typescript-eslint/type-utils": "5.41.0",
-        "@typescript-eslint/utils": "5.41.0",
+        "@typescript-eslint/scope-manager": "5.42.0",
+        "@typescript-eslint/type-utils": "5.42.0",
+        "@typescript-eslint/utils": "5.42.0",
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+        "natural-compare-lite": "^1.4.0",
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-        "@typescript-eslint/typescript-estree": "5.41.0",
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+        "@typescript-eslint/types": "5.42.0",
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-        "@typescript-eslint/visitor-keys": "5.41.0"
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+        "@typescript-eslint/visitor-keys": "5.42.0"
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+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@typescript-eslint/type-utils/-/type-utils-5.42.0.tgz",
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-        "@typescript-eslint/utils": "5.41.0",
+        "@typescript-eslint/typescript-estree": "5.42.0",
+        "@typescript-eslint/utils": "5.42.0",
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-        "@typescript-eslint/visitor-keys": "5.41.0",
+        "@typescript-eslint/types": "5.42.0",
+        "@typescript-eslint/visitor-keys": "5.42.0",
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-        "@typescript-eslint/types": "5.41.0",
-        "@typescript-eslint/typescript-estree": "5.41.0",
+        "@typescript-eslint/scope-manager": "5.42.0",
+        "@typescript-eslint/types": "5.42.0",
+        "@typescript-eslint/typescript-estree": "5.42.0",
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         "eslint-utils": "^3.0.0",
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-        "@typescript-eslint/types": "5.41.0",
+        "@typescript-eslint/types": "5.42.0",
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+    },
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-        "@typescript-eslint/type-utils": "5.41.0",
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         "ignore": "^5.2.0",
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+        "@typescript-eslint/utils": "5.42.0",
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+      "version": "5.42.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@typescript-eslint/typescript-estree/-/typescript-estree-5.42.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-2O3vSq794x3kZGtV7i4SCWZWCwjEtkWfVqX4m5fbUBomOsEOyd6OAD1qU2lbvV5S8tgy/luJnOYluNyYVeOTTg==",
       "dev": true,
       "requires": {
-        "@typescript-eslint/types": "5.41.0",
-        "@typescript-eslint/visitor-keys": "5.41.0",
+        "@typescript-eslint/types": "5.42.0",
+        "@typescript-eslint/visitor-keys": "5.42.0",
         "debug": "^4.3.4",
         "globby": "^11.1.0",
         "is-glob": "^4.0.3",
@@ -9713,28 +9721,28 @@
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+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@typescript-eslint/utils/-/utils-5.42.0.tgz",
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       "dev": true,
       "requires": {
         "@types/json-schema": "^7.0.9",
         "@types/semver": "^7.3.12",
-        "@typescript-eslint/scope-manager": "5.41.0",
-        "@typescript-eslint/types": "5.41.0",
-        "@typescript-eslint/typescript-estree": "5.41.0",
+        "@typescript-eslint/scope-manager": "5.42.0",
+        "@typescript-eslint/types": "5.42.0",
+        "@typescript-eslint/typescript-estree": "5.42.0",
         "eslint-scope": "^5.1.1",
         "eslint-utils": "^3.0.0",
         "semver": "^7.3.7"
       }
     },
     "@typescript-eslint/visitor-keys": {
-      "version": "5.41.0",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@typescript-eslint/visitor-keys/-/visitor-keys-5.41.0.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-vilqeHj267v8uzzakbm13HkPMl7cbYpKVjgFWZPIOHIJHZtinvypUhJ5xBXfWYg4eFKqztbMMpOgFpT9Gfx4fw==",
+      "version": "5.42.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@typescript-eslint/visitor-keys/-/visitor-keys-5.42.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-QHbu5Hf/2lOEOwy+IUw0GoSCuAzByTAWWrOTKzTzsotiUnWFpuKnXcAhC9YztAf2EElQ0VvIK+pHJUPkM0q7jg==",
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-        "@typescript-eslint/types": "5.41.0",
+        "@typescript-eslint/types": "5.42.0",
         "eslint-visitor-keys": "^3.3.0"
       }
     },
@@ -12841,6 +12849,12 @@
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       "dev": true
     },
+    "natural-compare-lite": {
+      "version": "1.4.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/natural-compare-lite/-/natural-compare-lite-1.4.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-Tj+HTDSJJKaZnfiuw+iaF9skdPpTo2GtEly5JHnWV/hfv2Qj/9RKsGISQtLh2ox3l5EAGw487hnBee0sIJ6v2g==",
+      "dev": true
+    },
     "node-fetch": {
       "version": "2.6.7",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/node-fetch/-/node-fetch-2.6.7.tgz",

package.json

@@ -40,9 +40,9 @@
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@types/jest": "^27.5.2",
-    "@types/node": "^16.18.2",
-    "@typescript-eslint/eslint-plugin": "^5.41.0",
-    "@typescript-eslint/parser": "^5.41.0",
+    "@types/node": "^16.18.3",
+    "@typescript-eslint/eslint-plugin": "^5.42.0",
+    "@typescript-eslint/parser": "^5.42.0",
     "@types/spdx-expression-parse": "^3.0.2",
     "@types/spdx-satisfies": "^0.1.0",
     "@vercel/ncc": "^0.34.0",

src/config.ts

@@ -3,15 +3,57 @@ import path from 'path'
 import YAML from 'yaml'
 import * as core from '@actions/core'
 import * as z from 'zod'
-import {
-  ConfigurationOptions,
-  ConfigurationOptionsSchema,
-  SeveritySchema,
-  SCOPES
-} from './schemas'
-import {isSPDXValid} from './utils'
+import {ConfigurationOptions, ConfigurationOptionsSchema} from './schemas'
+import {isSPDXValid, octokitClient} from './utils'
 
-type licenseKey = 'allow-licenses' | 'deny-licenses'
+type ConfigurationOptionsPartial = Partial<ConfigurationOptions>
+
+export async function readConfig(): Promise<ConfigurationOptions> {
+  const inlineConfig = readInlineConfig()
+
+  const configFile = getOptionalInput('config-file')
+  if (configFile !== undefined) {
+    const externalConfig = await readConfigFile(configFile)
+
+    return ConfigurationOptionsSchema.parse({
+      ...externalConfig,
+      ...inlineConfig
+    })
+  }
+
+  return ConfigurationOptionsSchema.parse(inlineConfig)
+}
+
+function readInlineConfig(): ConfigurationOptionsPartial {
+  const fail_on_severity = getOptionalInput('fail-on-severity')
+  const fail_on_scopes = parseList(getOptionalInput('fail-on-scopes'))
+  const allow_licenses = parseList(getOptionalInput('allow-licenses'))
+  const deny_licenses = parseList(getOptionalInput('deny-licenses'))
+  const allow_ghsas = parseList(getOptionalInput('allow-ghsas'))
+  const license_check = getOptionalBoolean('license-check')
+  const vulnerability_check = getOptionalBoolean('vulnerability-check')
+  const base_ref = getOptionalInput('base-ref')
+  const head_ref = getOptionalInput('head-ref')
+
+  validateLicenses('allow-licenses', allow_licenses)
+  validateLicenses('deny-licenses', deny_licenses)
+
+  const keys = {
+    fail_on_severity,
+    fail_on_scopes,
+    allow_licenses,
+    deny_licenses,
+    allow_ghsas,
+    license_check,
+    vulnerability_check,
+    base_ref,
+    head_ref
+  }
+
+  return Object.fromEntries(
+    Object.entries(keys).filter(([_, value]) => value !== undefined)
+  )
+}
 
 function getOptionalBoolean(name: string): boolean | undefined {
   const value = core.getInput(name)
@@ -32,7 +74,7 @@ function parseList(list: string | undefined): string[] | undefined {
 }
 
 function validateLicenses(
-  key: licenseKey,
+  key: 'allow-licenses' | 'deny-licenses',
   licenses: string[] | undefined
 ): void {
   if (licenses === undefined) {
@@ -47,89 +89,77 @@ function validateLicenses(
   }
 }
 
-export function readConfig(): ConfigurationOptions {
-  const externalConfig = getOptionalInput('config-file')
-  if (externalConfig !== undefined) {
-    const config = readConfigFile(externalConfig)
-    // the reasoning behind reading the inline config when an external
-    // config file is provided is that we still want to allow users to
-    // pass inline options in the presence of an external config file.
-    const inlineConfig = readInlineConfig()
-    // the external config takes precedence
-    return Object.assign({}, inlineConfig, config)
-  } else {
-    return readInlineConfig()
-  }
-}
-
-export function readInlineConfig(): ConfigurationOptions {
-  const fail_on_severity = SeveritySchema.parse(
-    getOptionalInput('fail-on-severity')
+async function readConfigFile(
+  filePath: string
+): Promise<ConfigurationOptionsPartial> {
+  // match a remote config (e.g. 'owner/repo/filepath@someref')
+  const format = new RegExp(
+    '(?<owner>[^/]+)/(?<repo>[^/]+)/(?<path>[^@]+)@(?<ref>.*)'
   )
-  const fail_on_scopes = z
-    .array(z.enum(SCOPES))
-    .default(['runtime'])
-    .parse(parseList(getOptionalInput('fail-on-scopes')))
 
-  const allow_licenses = parseList(getOptionalInput('allow-licenses'))
-  const deny_licenses = parseList(getOptionalInput('deny-licenses'))
-
-  if (allow_licenses !== undefined && deny_licenses !== undefined) {
-    throw new Error("Can't specify both allow_licenses and deny_licenses")
-  }
-  validateLicenses('allow-licenses', allow_licenses)
-  validateLicenses('deny-licenses', deny_licenses)
-
-  const allow_ghsas = parseList(getOptionalInput('allow-ghsas'))
-
-  const license_check = z
-    .boolean()
-    .default(true)
-    .parse(getOptionalBoolean('license-check'))
-  const vulnerability_check = z
-    .boolean()
-    .default(true)
-    .parse(getOptionalBoolean('vulnerability-check'))
-  if (license_check === false && vulnerability_check === false) {
-    throw new Error("Can't disable both license-check and vulnerability-check")
-  }
-
-  const base_ref = getOptionalInput('base-ref')
-  const head_ref = getOptionalInput('head-ref')
-
-  return {
-    fail_on_severity,
-    fail_on_scopes,
-    allow_licenses,
-    deny_licenses,
-    allow_ghsas,
-    license_check,
-    vulnerability_check,
-    base_ref,
-    head_ref
-  }
-}
-
-export function readConfigFile(filePath: string): ConfigurationOptions {
-  let data
+  let data: string
+  const pieces = format.exec(filePath)
 
   try {
-    data = fs.readFileSync(path.resolve(filePath), 'utf-8')
-  } catch (error: unknown) {
+    if (pieces?.groups && pieces.length === 5) {
+      data = await getRemoteConfig({
+        owner: pieces.groups.owner,
+        repo: pieces.groups.repo,
+        path: pieces.groups.path,
+        ref: pieces.groups.ref
+      })
+    } else {
+      data = fs.readFileSync(path.resolve(filePath), 'utf-8')
+    }
+    return parseConfigFile(data)
+  } catch (error) {
+    core.debug(error as string)
+    throw new Error('Unable to fetch config file')
+  }
+}
+
+function parseConfigFile(configData: string): ConfigurationOptionsPartial {
+  try {
+    const data = YAML.parse(configData)
+    for (const key of Object.keys(data)) {
+      if (key === 'allow-licenses' || key === 'deny-licenses') {
+        validateLicenses(key, data[key])
+      }
+      // get rid of the ugly dashes from the actions conventions
+      if (key.includes('-')) {
+        data[key.replace(/-/g, '_')] = data[key]
+        delete data[key]
+      }
+    }
+    return data
+  } catch (error) {
     throw error
   }
-  data = YAML.parse(data)
+}
 
-  for (const key of Object.keys(data)) {
-    if (key === 'allow-licenses' || key === 'deny-licenses') {
-      validateLicenses(key, data[key])
-    }
-    // get rid of the ugly dashes from the actions conventions
-    if (key.includes('-')) {
-      data[key.replace(/-/g, '_')] = data[key]
-      delete data[key]
-    }
+async function getRemoteConfig(configOpts: {
+  [key: string]: string
+}): Promise<string> {
+  try {
+    const {data} = await octokitClient(
+      'external-repo-token',
+      false
+    ).rest.repos.getContent({
+      mediaType: {
+        format: 'raw'
+      },
+      owner: configOpts.owner,
+      repo: configOpts.repo,
+      path: configOpts.path,
+      ref: configOpts.ref
+    })
+
+    // When using mediaType.format = 'raw', the response.data is a string
+    // but this is not reflected in the return type of getContent, so we're
+    // casting the return value to a string.
+    return z.string().parse(data as unknown)
+  } catch (error) {
+    core.debug(error as string)
+    throw new Error('Error fetching remote config file')
   }
-  const values = ConfigurationOptionsSchema.parse(data)
-  return values
 }

src/licenses.ts

@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
-import * as core from '@actions/core'
 import spdxSatisfies from 'spdx-satisfies'
-import {Octokit} from 'octokit'
 import {Change, Changes} from './schemas'
-import {isSPDXValid} from './utils'
+import {isSPDXValid, octokitClient} from './utils'
 
 /**
  * Loops through a list of changes, filtering and returning the
@@ -76,12 +74,11 @@ const fetchGHLicense = async (
   owner: string,
   repo: string
 ): Promise<string | null> => {
-  const octokit = new Octokit({
-    auth: core.getInput('repo-token', {required: true})
-  })
-
   try {
-    const response = await octokit.rest.licenses.getForRepo({owner, repo})
+    const response = await octokitClient().rest.licenses.getForRepo({
+      owner,
+      repo
+    })
     return response.data.license?.spdx_id ?? null
   } catch (_) {
     return null

src/main.ts

@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ import {groupDependenciesByManifest} from './utils'
 
 async function run(): Promise<void> {
   try {
-    const config = readConfig()
+    const config = await readConfig()
     const refs = getRefs(config, github.context)
 
     const changes = await dependencyGraph.compare({
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ async function run(): Promise<void> {
       headRef: refs.head
     })
 
-    const minSeverity = config.fail_on_severity as Severity
+    const minSeverity = config.fail_on_severity
     const scopedChanges = filterChangesByScopes(config.fail_on_scopes, changes)
     const filteredChanges = filterAllowedAdvisories(
       config.allow_ghsas,

src/schemas.ts

@@ -38,20 +38,38 @@ export const ConfigurationOptionsSchema = z
   .object({
     fail_on_severity: SeveritySchema,
     fail_on_scopes: z.array(z.enum(SCOPES)).default(['runtime']),
-    allow_licenses: z.array(z.string()).default([]),
-    deny_licenses: z.array(z.string()).default([]),
+    allow_licenses: z.array(z.string()).optional(),
+    deny_licenses: z.array(z.string()).optional(),
     allow_ghsas: z.array(z.string()).default([]),
     license_check: z.boolean().default(true),
     vulnerability_check: z.boolean().default(true),
-    config_file: z.string().optional().default('false'),
-    base_ref: z.string(),
-    head_ref: z.string()
+    config_file: z.string().optional(),
+    base_ref: z.string().optional(),
+    head_ref: z.string().optional()
+  })
+  .superRefine((config, context) => {
+    if (config.allow_licenses && config.deny_licenses) {
+      context.addIssue({
+        code: z.ZodIssueCode.custom,
+        message: 'You cannot specify both allow-licenses and deny-licenses'
+      })
+    }
+    if (config.allow_licenses && config.allow_licenses.length < 1) {
+      context.addIssue({
+        code: z.ZodIssueCode.custom,
+        message: 'You should provide at least one license in allow-licenses'
+      })
+    }
+    if (
+      config.license_check === false &&
+      config.vulnerability_check === false
+    ) {
+      context.addIssue({
+        code: z.ZodIssueCode.custom,
+        message: "Can't disable both license-check and vulnerability-check"
+      })
+    }
   })
-  .partial()
-  .refine(
-    obj => !(obj.allow_licenses && obj.deny_licenses),
-    'Your workflow file has both an allow_licenses list and deny_licenses list, but you can only set one or the other.'
-  )
 
 export const ChangesSchema = z.array(ChangeSchema)
 

src/utils.ts

@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+import * as core from '@actions/core'
+import {Octokit} from 'octokit'
 import spdxParse from 'spdx-expression-parse'
 import {Changes} from './schemas'
 
@@ -38,3 +40,16 @@ export function isSPDXValid(license: string): boolean {
     return false
   }
 }
+
+export function octokitClient(token = 'repo-token', required = true): Octokit {
+  const opts: Record<string, unknown> = {}
+
+  // auth is only added if token is present. For remote config files in public
+  // repos the token is optional, so it could be undefined.
+  const auth = core.getInput(token, {required})
+  if (auth !== undefined) {
+    opts['auth'] = auth
+  }
+
+  return new Octokit(opts)
+}