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jobs.<job_id>.steps[*].working-directory doesn't say it's incompatible with uses #42699

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What article on docs.github.com is affected?

https://docs.github.com/en/actions/reference/workflows-and-actions/workflow-syntax#jobsjob_idstepsworking-directory

What part(s) of the article would you like to see updated?

Using the working-directory keyword, you can specify the working directory of where to run the command.

- name: Clean temp directory
  run: rm -rf *
  working-directory: ./temp

It doesn't actually say that it only works for run: commands. And it doesn't explain what would happen if you use a uses: command that's implemented as a composite action.

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Apparently the languageservices code believes that working-directory is only valid for run-step things: https://github.com/actions/languageservices/blob/fb5c6e4f27bb1ddf512609a6a341aadd17ce86f3/workflow-parser/src/action-v1.0.json#L339-L372

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