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| files\_separator | string | false | `"\n"` | Separator used to split the `files` input
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| include\_all\_old\_new\_renamed\_files | string | false | `"false"` | Include `all_old_new_renamed_files` output. Note this can generate
a large output See: [#501](https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/issues/501). |
| json | string | false | `"false"` | Output list of changed files in a
JSON formatted string which can be used
for matrix jobs. |
-| match\_directories | string | true | `"true"` | Indicates whether to include match directories |
+| match\_directories | string | false | `"true"` | Indicates whether to include match directories |
| old\_new\_files\_separator | string | false | `" "` | Split character for old and new renamed
filename pairs. |
| old\_new\_separator | string | false | `","` | Split character for old and new filename
pairs. |
| output\_dir | string | false | `".github/outputs"` | Directory to store output files. |