From d004ef8e15bb2182b386dcac7ca81f9a2e199a6b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Najib Ishaq <najib_ishaq@zoho.com>
Date: Thu, 18 Jul 2024 10:24:23 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] ci: ignoring files that were deleted

---
 .github/workflows/package-filter.yml | 12 +++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/package-filter.yml b/.github/workflows/package-filter.yml
index 9ab8f353b..6f4d3ca46 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/package-filter.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/package-filter.yml
@@ -63,7 +63,17 @@ jobs:
           echo "The comparison point is ${comparison_point}"
 
           # Get the changed files
-          changed_files=$(git diff --name-only ${comparison_point}...)
+          # the `--diff-filter=ACMR` flag filters out deleted files. The filters are as follows:
+          # A: Added
+          # C: Copied
+          # M: Modified
+          # R: Renamed
+          # D: Deleted
+          # T: Type changed (for example, regular file or symlink or submodule)
+          # U: Unmerged
+          # X: Unknown
+          # B: Broken pairing
+          changed_files=$(git diff --diff-filter=ACMR --name-only ${comparison_point}...)
           # echo the changed files
           echo "The changed files are $changed_files"