From 5541733ecff4b86e4ec217abadab4058fcaea392 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Josh Gross <joshmgross@github.com>
Date: Wed, 9 Feb 2022 16:17:11 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Add an example using ESM `import`

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 README.md | 25 +++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 25 insertions(+)

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@@ -338,6 +338,31 @@ jobs:
             console.log(stdout)
 ```
 
+### Use ESM `import`
+
+To import an ESM file, you'll need to reference your script by an absolute path and ensure you have a `package.json` file with `"type": "module"` specified.
+
+For a script in your repository `src/print-stuff.js`:
+```js
+export default function printStuff() { console.log('stuff') }
+```
+
+```yaml
+on: push
+
+jobs:
+  print-stuff:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - uses: actions/github-script@v6
+        with:
+          script: |
+            const { default: printStuff } = await import('${{ github.workspace }}/src/print-stuff.js')
+
+            await printStuff()
+```
+
 ### Use env as input
 
 You can set env vars to use them in your script: