Add new option to specify behavior if no files found

action.yml

@@ -4,10 +4,19 @@ author: 'GitHub'
 inputs: 
   name:
     description: 'Artifact name'
-    required: false
+    default: 'artifact'
   path:
     description: 'A file, directory or wildcard pattern that describes what to upload'
     required: true
+  if-no-files-found:
+    description: >
+      The desired behavior if no files are found using the provided path.
+
+      Available Options:
+        warn: Output a warning but do not fail the action
+        error: Fail the action with an error message
+        suppress: Do not output any warnings or errors, the action does not fail
+    default: 'warn'
 runs:
   using: 'node12'
   main: 'dist/index.js'

src/constants.ts

@@ -1,8 +1,22 @@
 export enum Inputs {
   Name = 'name',
-  Path = 'path'
+  Path = 'path',
+  IfNoFilesFound = 'if-no-files-found'
 }
 
-export function getDefaultArtifactName(): string {
-  return 'artifact'
+export enum NoFileOptions {
+  /**
+   * Default. Output a warning but do not fail the action
+   */
+  warn,
+
+  /**
+   * Fail the action with an error message
+   */
+  error,
+
+  /**
+   * Do not output any warnings or errors, the action does not fail
+   */
+  suppress
 }

src/input-helper.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+import * as core from '@actions/core'
+import {Inputs, NoFileOptions} from './constants'
+import {UploadInputs} from './upload-inputs'
+
+/**
+ * Helper to get all the inputs for the action
+ */
+export function getInputs(): UploadInputs {
+  const name = core.getInput(Inputs.Name)
+  const path = core.getInput(Inputs.Path, {required: true})
+
+  const ifNoFilesFound = core.getInput(Inputs.IfNoFilesFound)
+  const noFileBehavior: NoFileOptions = NoFileOptions[ifNoFilesFound]
+
+  return {
+    artifactName: name,
+    searchPath: path,
+    ifNoFilesFound: noFileBehavior
+  }
+}

src/upload-artifact.ts

@@ -1,21 +1,38 @@
 import * as core from '@actions/core'
 import {create, UploadOptions} from '@actions/artifact'
-import {Inputs, getDefaultArtifactName} from './constants'
 import {findFilesToUpload} from './search'
+import {getInputs} from './input-helper'
+import {NoFileOptions} from './constants'
 
 async function run(): Promise<void> {
   try {
-    const name = core.getInput(Inputs.Name, {required: false})
-    const path = core.getInput(Inputs.Path, {required: true})
-
-    const searchResult = await findFilesToUpload(path)
+    const inputs = getInputs()
+    const searchResult = await findFilesToUpload(inputs.searchPath)
     if (searchResult.filesToUpload.length === 0) {
-      core.warning(
-        `No files were found for the provided path: ${path}. No artifacts will be uploaded.`
-      )
+      // No files were found, different use cases warrant different types of behavior if nothing is found
+      switch (inputs.ifNoFilesFound) {
+        case NoFileOptions.warn: {
+          core.warning(
+            `No files were found with the provided path: ${inputs.searchPath}. No artifacts will be uploaded.`
+          )
+          break
+        }
+        case NoFileOptions.error: {
+          core.setFailed(
+            `No files were found with the provided path: ${inputs.searchPath}. No artifacts will be uploaded.`
+          )
+          break
+        }
+        case NoFileOptions.suppress: {
+          core.info(
+            `No files were found with the provided path: ${inputs.searchPath}. No artifacts will be uploaded.`
+          )
+          break
+        }
+      }
     } else {
       core.info(
-        `With the provided path, there will be ${searchResult.filesToUpload.length} files uploaded`
+        `With the provided path, there will be ${searchResult.filesToUpload.length} file(s) uploaded`
       )
       core.debug(`Root artifact directory is ${searchResult.rootDirectory}`)
 
@@ -24,7 +41,7 @@ async function run(): Promise<void> {
         continueOnError: false
       }
       const uploadResponse = await artifactClient.uploadArtifact(
-        name || getDefaultArtifactName(),
+        inputs.artifactName,
         searchResult.filesToUpload,
         searchResult.rootDirectory,
         options

src/upload-inputs.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+import {NoFileOptions} from './constants'
+
+export interface UploadInputs {
+  /**
+   * The name of the artifact that will be uploaded
+   */
+  artifactName: string
+
+  /**
+   * The search path used to describe what to upload as part of the artifact
+   */
+  searchPath: string
+
+  /**
+   * The desired behavior if no files are found with the provided search path
+   */
+  ifNoFilesFound: NoFileOptions
+}