make this a lot easier on myself

action.yml

@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ inputs:
     description: Attempts to automatically merge the default branch into the requested ref, if it's behind the default branch. Defaults to `false`
   required_contexts:
     required: false
-    description: The status contexts to verify against commit status checks, separated by newlines. An empty string will run all checks; to bypass checking entirely, pass a `<<EMPTY>>` string. Defaults to `<<EMPTY>>`.
+    description: The status contexts to verify against commit status checks, separated by commas. If this argument is `"*"`, all checks are run. If this argument is omitted, or if it's set to `""`, checking is bypassed entirely. Defaults to `""`.
 
   debug:
     required: false

src/lib/input.ts

@@ -20,19 +20,16 @@ export function getOptionalInput(key: string): string | undefined {
   return getInput(key, { required: false, trimWhitespace: true }) || undefined;
 }
 
-export function parseOptionalStringArrayInput(
+export function parseOptionalRequiredContexts(
   key: string
 ): string[] | undefined {
-  const input = getOptionalInput(key);
+  const required_contexts = getOptionalInput(key);
 
-  if (input === undefined || input === "<<EMPTY>>") {
-    return [];
+  if (required_contexts !== '*') {
+    if (required_contexts == undefined || required_contexts === '') {
+      return [];
+    } else {
+      return required_contexts.split(',');
+    }
   }
-
-  const strings: string[] = [];
-  for (const line of input.split(/\r|\n/)) {
-    strings.push(line);
-  }
-
-  return strings;
 }

src/steps/index.ts

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import {
   getBooleanInput,
   getOptionalInput,
   getRequiredInput,
-  parseOptionalStringArrayInput,
+  parseOptionalRequiredContexts,
 } from "../lib/input";
 
 import createStart, { StartArgs } from "./start";
@@ -41,18 +41,14 @@ export async function run(
             deploymentID: getOptionalInput("deployment_id"),
             override: getBooleanInput("override", false), // default to false on start
             auto_merge: getBooleanInput("auto_merge", false),
+            required_contexts: parseOptionalRequiredContexts("required_contexts"),
             payload,
           };
-          const required_contexts = parseOptionalStringArrayInput("required_contexts")
-          // if (required_contexts !== undefined) {
-          //   start_args["required_contexts"] = required_contexts;
-          // };
           const stepArgs: StartArgs = start_args;
           log.debug(`'${step}' arguments`, {
             stepArgs,
             coreArgs,
           });
-          log.debug(`and required_contexts: ${required_contexts}`)
           const { deploymentID, statusID } = await createStart(
             github,
             context,