Apply suggestions from code review

Federico Builes · web-flow · commit fe2a482bafb8 · 2023-08-09T15:24:26.000+02:00
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
@@ -78,8 +78,8 @@ Configure this action by either inlining these options in your workflow file, or
 | `allow-dependencies-licenses`\* | Contains a list of packages that will be excluded from license checks.                                                                                                            | Any package(s) in [purl](https://github.com/package-url/purl-spec) format                      | none          |
 | `base-ref`/`head-ref`           | Provide custom git references for the git base/head when performing the comparison check. This is only used for event types other than `pull_request` and `pull_request_target`.  | Any valid git ref(s) in your project                                                           | none          |
 | `comment-summary-in-pr`         | Enable or disable reporting the review summary as a comment in the pull request. If enabled, you must give the workflow or job permission `pull-requests: write`.                 | `true`, `false`                                                                                | `false`       |
-| `deny-packages`                 | Contains a list of denied package's URL.                                                                                                                                          | Any packages [purl](https://github.com/package-url/purl-spec) without the version              | empty         |
-| `deny-groups`                   | Contains a list of denied groups package's name.                                                                                                                                  | Any packages [purl](https://github.com/package-url/purl-spec) without the version and the name | empty         |
+| `deny-packages`                 | Any number of packages to block in a PR.                                                                                                                                           | Package(s) in [purl](https://github.com/package-url/purl-spec) format            | empty         |
+| `deny-groups`                   | Any number of groups (namespaces) to block in a PR.                                                                                                                                   | Namespace(s) in [purl](https://github.com/package-url/purl-spec) format (no package name, no version number) | empty         |
 
 \*not supported for use with GitHub Enterprise Server
 
diff --git a/action.yml b/action.yml
@@ -48,10 +48,10 @@ inputs:
     description: A boolean to determine if the report should be posted as a comment in the PR itself. Setting this to true requires you to give the workflow the write permissions for pull-requests
     required: false
   deny-packages:
-    description: A comma-separated list of packages to deny (e.g. "pkg:npm/express, pkg:pip/pycrypto")
+    description: A comma-separated list of package URLs to deny (e.g. "pkg:npm/express, pkg:pip/pycrypto")
     required: false
   deny-groups:
-    description: A comma-separated list of groups of packages to deny (e.g. "pkg:npm/express, pkg:pip/pycrypto")
+    description: A comma-separated list of package URLs for group(s)/namespace(s) to deny (e.g. "pkg:npm/express, pkg:pip/pycrypto")
     required: false
 runs:
   using: 'node16'
diff --git a/docs/examples.md b/docs/examples.md
@@ -233,8 +233,8 @@ jobs:
 
 ## Exclude dependencies from their name or groups
 
-Using the `deny-packages` you can exclude dependencies by their full package name. You can add multiple values separated by a comma.
-Using the `deny-groups` you can exclude dependencies by their package group name. You can add multiple values separated by a comma.
+Using the `deny-packages` option you can exclude dependencies by their PURL. You can add multiple values separated by a commas.
+Using the `deny-groups` option you can exclude dependencies by their group name/namespace. You can add multiple values separated by a comma.
 
 In this example, we are excluding `pkg:maven/org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-api` and `pkg:maven/org.apache.logging.log4j/log4j-core` from `maven` and all packages in the group `pkg:maven/com.bazaarvoice.maven`
 
