Update GitHub Actions to use blobless clones (#3318)

.github/workflows/docs.yml

@@ -17,6 +17,9 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
+          filter: blob:none
 
       - name: Build and Deploy Docs
         uses: ./.github/actions/deploy-ford-docs
@@ -34,6 +37,9 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
+          filter: blob:none
 
       - name: Build and Deploy Dev Docs
         uses: ./.github/actions/deploy-ford-docs

.github/workflows/push-to-develop.yml

@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
+          filter: blob:none
       - name: Run the action
         uses: devops-infra/[email protected]
         with:

.github/workflows/push-to-main.yml

@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
+          filter: blob:none
       - name: Run the action
         uses: devops-infra/[email protected]
         with:

.github/workflows/validate_yaml_files.yml

@@ -15,7 +15,11 @@ jobs:
   validate-YAML:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - name: Checkout repo
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
+          filter: blob:none
       - id: yaml-lint
         name: yaml-lint
         uses: ibiqlik/action-yamllint@v3

.github/workflows/workflow.yml

@@ -19,6 +19,9 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
+          filter: blob:none
 
       - name: Build and Deploy Docs
         uses: ./.github/actions/deploy-ford-docs
@@ -102,6 +105,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           fetch-depth: 1
+          filter: blob:none
       - name: Set all directories as git safe
         run: |
           git config --global --add safe.directory '*'

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 - Changed MAPL_ESMFRegridder to require the dstMaskValues to be added as grid attribute to use fixed masking, fixes UFS issue
 - Increased formatting width of time index in ExtData2G diagnostic print
+- Updated GitHub checkout action to use blobless clones
 
 ### Fixed