# ✂️ Generate Short SHA Action

Quickly generate a short, readable version of your commit SHA for easy referencing and tagging! 🚀

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## 🤔 Why Use This Action?

Long commit SHAs can be cumbersome and hard to read. This action simplifies your workflow by creating a short, 7-character SHA that's perfect for:

- 🏷️ **Tagging Docker images**
- 📦 **Naming artifacts**
- 📋 **Readable logging and notifications**

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## ⚙️ How It Works

Given a commit SHA like:

```
258910ce93c0e19f9fba036ceade6407dc16677e
```

This action produces a short SHA:

```
258910c
```

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## 📥 Inputs & 📤 Outputs

### 📥 Inputs

No inputs required! It automatically uses the current commit SHA.

### 📤 Outputs

| Output  | Description           | Example   |
|---------|-----------------------|-----------|
| `short` | Short 7-char SHA      | `258910c` |

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## 🛠️ Example Usage

Here's how you can integrate this action into your workflow:

```yaml
- name: Generate Short SHA ✂️
  id: short-sha
  uses: your-org/generate-short-sha@main

- name: Use Short SHA 📢
  run: |
    echo "Short SHA: ${{ steps.short-sha.outputs.short }}"
```

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## 🐞 Debugging & Logs

This action provides simple debug output to help you verify the generated SHA:

```
DEBUG: Short SHA = 258910c
```

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## 📜 License

This action is open-source software licensed under the MIT license.

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Happy coding! 🎉

— **Grand**