Exclude path from clean

README.md

@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
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+Changes compared to https://github.com/actions/checkout:
+- Can exclude path when cleaning repository
+
+
 # Checkout V4
 
 This action checks-out your repository under `$GITHUB_WORKSPACE`, so your workflow can access it.
@@ -77,7 +81,10 @@ Please refer to the [release page](https://github.com/actions/checkout/releases/
     # Whether to execute `git clean -ffdx && git reset --hard HEAD` before fetching
     # Default: true
     clean: ''
-
+    
+    # Path to exclude from cleaning
+    exclude_from_clean: ''
+    
     # Partially clone against a given filter. Overrides sparse-checkout if set.
     # Default: null
     filter: ''