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Inaccurate install instructions in the README, not possible to run gh attestation unauthenticated #771
Description
What are you trying to do?
Install pie in a Docker using the oneliner from the README.
What platform, and PIE version are you using?
Not relevant?
Steps to reproduce the issue
curl -fL --output /tmp/pie.phar https://github.com/php/pie/releases/latest/download/pie.phar \
&& gh attestation verify --owner php /tmp/pie.phar \
&& sudo mv /tmp/pie.phar /usr/local/bin/pie \
&& sudo chmod +x /usr/local/bin/pieWhat do you expect to happen?
Pie being downloaded, attestation to be verified and then have pie moved to my path and made executable.
What is actually happening
The oneliner fails as gh attestation requires either a valid GITHUB_TOKEN to be present or a successful gh auth login to happen before attempting to install.
Complete logs/output
# curl -fL --output /tmp/pie.phar https://github.com/php/pie/releases/latest/download/pie.phar \
> && gh attestation verify --owner php /tmp/pie.phar \
> && sudo mv /tmp/pie.phar /usr/local/bin/pie \
> && sudo chmod +x /usr/local/bin/pie
% Total % Received % Xferd Average Speed Time Time Time Current
Dload Upload Total Spent Left Speed
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
100 8.52M 100 8.52M 0 0 14.96M 0 0
To get started with GitHub CLI, please run: gh auth login
Alternatively, populate the GH_TOKEN environment variable with a GitHub API authentication token.
/ # gh --version
gh version 2.97.0 (2026-09-04)
https://github.com/cli/cli/releases/tag/v2.97.0
Activity
asgrim commentedon Oct 12, 2026
Agreed it wasn't very clear; this one-liner isn't really usable directly in a Dockerfile. I've made an update to the docs (#772) that clarifies this, and points to the intended example Docker usage :)