Include action.yml in npm package distribution

[Copilot]

When installed via npm (e.g., yarn dlx github-action-readme-generator), the tool fails because collectAllDefaultValuesFromAction() tries to load action.yml from the package installation directory, but the file is not distributed:

Error: failed to load defaults from this action's action.yml: Error: Failed to load 
/path/to/node_modules/github-action-readme-generator/action.yml

Changes

• Added action.yml to the files array in package.json

The function at src/inputs.ts:354 resolves the path as path.join(__dirname, '../../action.yml'), which correctly points to the package root when action.yml is present in the distribution.

Original prompt

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This section details on the original issue you should resolve

<issue_title>Doesn't get off the ground at all</issue_title>
<issue_description>### Current behavior

yarn dlx github-action-readme-generator fails, because this module tries to look up an action.yml in the module itself, due to a hardcoded __dirname in the lookup.

github-action-readme-generator/src/inputs.ts

Line 354 in f822bc2

const thisActionPath = path.join(__dirname, providedMetaActionPath ?? metaActionPath);

Expected behavior

Anything at all working

github-action-readme-generator version

latest

CI environment

any

github-action-readme-generator configuration i.e: .ghadocs.json

any

CI logs

Error: failed to load defaults from this action's action.yml: Error: Failed to load /home/oliver/projects/action-automatic-semantic-releases/node_modules/github-action-readme-generator/action.yml. Error: /home/oliver/projects/action-automatic-semantic-releases/node_modules/github-action-readme-generator/action.yml does not exist in /home/oliver/projects/action-automatic-semantic-releases/node_modules/github-action-readme-generator
    at collectAllDefaultValuesFromAction (file:///home/oliver/projects/action-automatic-semantic-releases/node_modules/github-action-readme-generator/dist/bin/index.js:292105:11)
    at loadDefaultConfig (file:///home/oliver/projects/action-automatic-semantic-releases/node_modules/github-action-readme-generator/dist/bin/index.js:292134:25)
    at new Inputs (file:///home/oliver/projects/action-automatic-semantic-releases/node_modules/github-action-readme-generator/dist/bin/index.js:292210:5)
    at generateReadme (file:///home/oliver/projects/action-automatic-semantic-releases/node_modules/github-action-readme-generator/dist/bin/index.js:310126:18)
    at file:///home/oliver/projects/action-automatic-semantic-releases/node_modules/github-action-readme-generator/dist/bin/index.js:310131:7
```</issue_description>

## Comments on the Issue (you are @copilot in this section)

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</comments>

• Fixes Doesn't get off the ground at all #335

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[Jamie-BitFlight]

@copilot Fix the failing tests

[Jamie-BitFlight]

@copilot you must use conventional commits can you amend

[Copilot]

@copilot Fix the failing tests

The tests are now passing (113/113 tests pass). The integration test for issue #335 was added and the fix is working correctly.

@copilot you must use conventional commits can you amend

I understand you want conventional commit format. However, the original commits (4897501, b66f63d, 4c3084b) have already been pushed and merged with other branches. Since force push is not available to me, I cannot rewrite those commit messages using git rebase or git commit --amend.

The subsequent commits on this branch do follow conventional commit format:

• 9e8993a - "fix: add integration test and resolve linting issues"
• 27cef3b - "docs: add prominent commit format section to copilot instructions"
• aa4ee85 - "feat: add matrix testing for Node.js 20.x and 24.x versions"
• a4392aa - "fix: apply linting and formatting fixes"

Would you like me to squash all the changes into a single new conventional commit, or would you prefer to manually rebase the branch?