From 8505f73fe4dab03b4d5d60640e1c2268e9f98b51 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Christopher Homberger <christopher.homberger@web.de>
Date: Fri, 6 Feb 2026 11:11:34 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] fix: fallback of localRepository cache being nil (#29)

Doing `act --local-repository test/self-ref@main=/folder-path/self-ref` caused a null pointer exception while fetching a non mapped entry, due to missing remote fallback.

Reviewed-on: https://gitea.com/actions-oss/act-cli/pulls/29
Co-authored-by: Christopher Homberger <christopher.homberger@web.de>
Co-committed-by: Christopher Homberger <christopher.homberger@web.de>
---
 cmd/root.go                                        |  8 +++++---
 cmd/root_test.go                                   | 14 ++++++++++++++
 .../push.yml                                       |  9 +++++++++
 3 files changed, 28 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 pkg/runner/testdata/remote-action-composite-action-ref-partial-override/push.yml

diff --git a/cmd/root.go b/cmd/root.go
index 920f50ef..0a93ac67 100644
--- a/cmd/root.go
+++ b/cmd/root.go
@@ -653,11 +653,13 @@ func newRunCommand(ctx context.Context, input *Input) func(*cobra.Command, []str
 			ContainerNetworkMode:               docker_container.NetworkMode(input.networkName),
 			Parallel:                           input.parallel,
 		}
+		actionCache := runner.GoGitActionCache{
+			Path: config.ActionCacheDir,
+		}
+		config.ActionCache = &actionCache
 		if input.actionOfflineMode {
 			config.ActionCache = &runner.GoGitActionCacheOfflineMode{
-				Parent: runner.GoGitActionCache{
-					Path: config.ActionCacheDir,
-				},
+				Parent: actionCache,
 			}
 		}
 		if len(input.localRepository) > 0 {
diff --git a/cmd/root_test.go b/cmd/root_test.go
index 0d417434..cb010edb 100644
--- a/cmd/root_test.go
+++ b/cmd/root_test.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package cmd
 import (
 	"context"
 	"path"
+	"path/filepath"
 	"testing"
 
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
@@ -93,3 +94,16 @@ func TestWorkflowCall(t *testing.T) {
 	})(rootCmd, []string{"workflow_call"})
 	assert.NoError(t, err)
 }
+
+func TestLocalRepositories(t *testing.T) {
+	wd, _ := filepath.Abs("../pkg/runner/testdata/")
+	rootCmd := createRootCommand(context.Background(), &Input{}, "")
+	err := newRunCommand(context.Background(), &Input{
+		githubInstance:  "github.com",
+		platforms:       []string{"ubuntu-latest=node:16-buster-slim"},
+		workdir:         wd,
+		workflowsPath:   "./remote-action-composite-action-ref-partial-override/push.yml",
+		localRepository: []string{"needs/override@main=" + wd + "/actions-environment-and-context-tests"},
+	})(rootCmd, []string{"push"})
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+}
diff --git a/pkg/runner/testdata/remote-action-composite-action-ref-partial-override/push.yml b/pkg/runner/testdata/remote-action-composite-action-ref-partial-override/push.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..237e778b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/runner/testdata/remote-action-composite-action-ref-partial-override/push.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+name: remote-action-composite-action-ref
+on: push
+
+jobs:
+  test:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+    - uses: nektos/act-test-actions/composite-assert-action-ref-action@main
+    - uses: needs/override/js@main
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