Replace --exclude-from with --filter to allow for .gitignore syntax in .distignore

README.md

@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ If there are files or directories to be excluded from deployment, such as tests
 
 #### `.distignore`
 
-**Notes:** `.distignore` is for files to be ignored **only**; it does not currently allow negation like `.gitignore`. This comes from its current expected syntax in WP-CLI's [`wp dist-archive` command](https://github.com/wp-cli/dist-archive-command/). It is possible that this Action will allow for includes via something like a `.distinclude` file in the future, or that WP-CLI itself makes a change that this Action will reflect for consistency. It also will need to contain more than `.gitattributes` because that method **also** respects `.gitignore`.
+**Notes:** `.distignore` supports the full `.gitignore` syntax which allows negations such as `!important.txt`. This functionality comes from the WP-CLI's [`wp dist-archive` command](https://github.com/wp-cli/dist-archive-command/). 
 
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deploy.sh

@@ -130,9 +130,34 @@ if [[ "$BUILD_DIR" = false ]]; then
 	echo "➤ Copying files..."
 	if [[ -e "$GITHUB_WORKSPACE/.distignore" ]]; then
 		echo "ℹ︎ Using .distignore"
+
+		# Deleting the git data so that the repo is reinitialized
+		rm -rf "$GITHUB_WORKSPACE/.git"
+
+		# Removing the existing .gitignore file to replace it with the .distignore file
+		rm "$GITHUB_WORKSPACE/.gitignore"
+
+		# Renaming the .distignore file to .gitignore
+		cp "$GITHUB_WORKSPACE/.distignore" "$GITHUB_WORKSPACE/.gitignore"
+
+		cd "$GITHUB_WORKSPACE"
+
+		# Initializing the git repo for the new .gitignore file to be taken into account
+		git init
+
+		git add . > /dev/null 2>&1
+
+		# Get the list files to be copied into a txt file.
+		git ls-files > included-files.txt
+
+		# Return to the SVN dir.
+		cd "$SVN_DIR"
+
 		# Copy from current branch to /trunk, excluding dotorg assets
+		# The --files-from flag will only copy files from the included files list
 		# The --delete flag will delete anything in destination that no longer exists in source
-		rsync -rc --exclude-from="$GITHUB_WORKSPACE/.distignore" "$GITHUB_WORKSPACE/" trunk/ --delete --delete-excluded
+		# The --itemize-changes flag will show the changes made to each file
+		rsync -rcv --files-from="$GITHUB_WORKSPACE/included-files.txt" "$GITHUB_WORKSPACE/" trunk/ --delete --itemize-changes
 	else
 		echo "ℹ︎ Using .gitattributes"