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Use GitHub App token instead of PAT in pull request helper #4824

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15 changes: 10 additions & 5 deletions .github/workflows/pull-request-helper.yml
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Expand Up @@ -10,11 +10,18 @@ jobs:
if: github.event.pull_request.user.login == 'dependabot[bot]'
runs-on: ubuntu-latest
steps:
- name: Generate GitHub App token
id: app-token
uses: actions/create-github-app-token@bcd2ba49218906704ab6c1aa796996da409d3eb1 # v3.2.0
with:
client-id: ${{ vars.AI_JAVA_HELPER_APP_CLIENT_ID }}
private-key: ${{ secrets.AI_JAVA_HELPER_APP_PRIVATE_KEY }}
permission-contents: write

- uses: actions/checkout@3d3c42e5aac5ba805825da76410c181273ba90b1 # v7.0.1
with:
# this is the personal access token used for "git push" below
# which is needed in order to trigger workflows
token: ${{ secrets.PR_HELPER_GITHUB_TOKEN }}
# an app token is used (instead of GITHUB_TOKEN) so that "git push" below triggers workflows
token: ${{ steps.app-token.outputs.token }}
repository: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.repo.full_name }}
ref: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.ref }}

Expand Down Expand Up @@ -61,7 +68,5 @@ jobs:
git commit -m "./gradlew resolveAndLockAll --write-locks"

- name: Push
env:
GH_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
run: |
git push