Get names of deleted directories in the root folder, but exclude this directory if something was deleted inside it

[AliaksandrRyzhou]

Hi! Please help me. I've been playing around for a few days with tj-actions/changed-files and have one problem.
I have the following catalog structure:

── charts
│   ├── folder1
│   │   ├── file1
│   │   ├── file2
│   │   ├── file3
│   │   ├── subfolder1
│   │   │   └── subfile1
│   ├── folder2
│   │   ├── file1
│   │   ├── file2
│   │   ├── file3
│   │   ├── subfolder2
                └── subfile2

The idea is to get folder names with were deleted and folder names that have all_modified_files inside of themselves.
It's needed to know if we have to delete the chart or upgrade.
The problem is if I delete a folder1 I'll see this folder name as the folder for an upgrade.
And if I delete a subfolder1 or subfile1/file1 inside of a folder1 I'll see this folder name as a folder for deletion.

I have the following steps:

      - name: Get changed directories
        id: changed-files
        uses: tj-actions/changed-files@v39
        with:
          dir_names: true
          dir_names_max_depth: 1
          dir_names_exclude_current_dir: true
          path: ../charts
          json: true
          files: |
            ?
          files_ignore: |
            ?

      - name: Get deleted directories
        id: deleted-directories
        uses: tj-actions/changed-files@v39
        with:
          dir_names: true
          dir_names_max_depth: 1
          dir_names_exclude_current_dir: true
          path: ../charts
          json: true
          files: |
            ?
          files_ignore: |
            ?

I've been playing around with inputs files and files_ignore and tried a bunch of cases but haven't found yet the best approach. Does it work the same as gitignore? What pattern do I need to make work?
How can I monitor a folder deletion but ignore the deletion inside of it?
It's needed so that I can create two matrices after it. It works if I use all_changed_files but in this case, someone can change files inside folder1 and folder2 by deletion files, and the GitHub action won't see that the update is needed.

[jackton1]

Hi, @AliaksandrRyzhou you can test out the glob patterns using this site. Let me know if you need further assistance.

[AliaksandrRyzhou]

Hi, @jackton1. Thank you for your advice! But it looks like it doesn't work the same as glob patterns.
I checked a bunch of patterns and still can't understand how it works. It seems to me it doesn't work as we expected.

In my case, if I want to exclude the changes of folders themselves in the current folder except for any changes inside of these folders I should write something like this:

          files: |
            */**
          files_ignore: |
            **/

but it doesn't work and even doesn't see any changes.
Although as you can see it works here:

[jackton1]

Hi, @AliaksandrRyzhou have you tried removing the end / since it’s not required? .

          files: ‘**’
          files_ignore: ‘*’

NOTE: None of the folders in your example are empty which also requires a .gitkeep file in the folder.

You can create an issue and include the debug logs and I’ll take a look if this doesn’t solve the issue.

[AliaksandrRyzhou]

Unfortunately, it doesn't help. I will create the issue.