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26 changes: 23 additions & 3 deletions .github/workflows/create-release-branch.yml
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Expand Up @@ -33,10 +33,30 @@ jobs:
outputs:
version: ${{ steps.pre-publish.outputs.version }}
steps:
- uses: mongodb-labs/drivers-github-tools/secure-checkout@v3
- name: Create app token
id: app-token
uses: actions/create-github-app-token@v3
with:
app_id: ${{ vars.APP_ID }}
private_key: ${{ secrets.APP_PRIVATE_KEY }}
app-id: ${{ vars.APP_ID }}
private-key: ${{ secrets.APP_PRIVATE_KEY }}
permission-contents: write
permission-pull-requests: write
permission-workflows: write
- name: Store token
shell: bash -eu {0}
# zizmor: ignore[template-injection] GH_TOKEN is a GitHub App installation token, not attacker-controllable
run: echo "GH_TOKEN=${{ steps.app-token.outputs.token }}" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
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- uses: actions/checkout@v7.0.1
with:
ref: ${{ github.ref }}
token: ${{ env.GH_TOKEN }}
fetch-depth: 1
persist-credentials: false

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I think we can drop persist-credentials: false and Configure git auth for push because actions/checkout already writes the auth header so we don't need to not-save it and then re-create it.

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We don't want the auth stored on disk

- name: Configure git auth for push
shell: bash -eu {0}
run: |
auth_header=$(printf 'x-access-token:%s' "${GH_TOKEN}" | base64 -w0)
git config --local http.https://github.com/.extraheader "AUTHORIZATION: basic ${auth_header}"
- uses: mongodb-labs/drivers-github-tools/setup@v3
with:
aws_role_arn: ${{ secrets.AWS_ROLE_ARN }}
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