whack-a-mole goes the github

Signed-off-by: Brian Harring <ferringb@gmail.com>

Author: ferringb

.github/actions/checkout/action.yml

@@ -18,10 +18,8 @@ runs:
     - name: Checkout code
       if: inputs.artifact-id == ''
       uses: actions/checkout@v5
-    - name: Setup
-      if: inputs.artifact-id
-      shell: bash
-      run: set -e; mkdir __tmp-download-dir
+      with:
+        path: ${{ inputs.path }}
     - name: Download artifact
       id: download
       if: inputs.artifact-id
@@ -34,7 +32,9 @@ runs:
       if: inputs.artifact-id
       shell: bash
       run: |
-        set -e
-        tar -vxf __tmp-download-dir/*.tar.* --strip-components=1 -C ${{ inputs.path || '.' }}
+        set -ex
+        p=${{ inputs.path || '.' }}
+        mkdir -p "$p"
+        tar -vxf __tmp-download-dir/*.tar.* --strip-components=1 -C "$p"
         # cleanup while we're at it.
         rm -r __tmp-download-dir