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Always emit persist-credentials: false with actions/checkout#2641

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Prevents GITHUB_TOKEN from persisting in git config after checkout by always emitting persist-credentials: false in all generated actions/checkout steps.

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  • Updated 4 checkout generation sites:

    • compiler_yaml.go: Main job checkout
    • push_to_pull_request_branch.go: buildCheckoutRepository() helper
    • copilot_participant_steps.go: Participant checkout
    • create_agent_task.go: Agent task checkout
  • Added test coverage: checkout_persist_credentials_test.go validates persist-credentials is emitted across all checkout scenarios

  • Recompiled workflows: All 65 .lock.yml files updated with the security parameter

Example

Generated checkout steps now include:

- name: Checkout repository
  uses: actions/checkout@08c6903cd8c0fde910a37f88322edcfb5dd907a8
  with:
    persist-credentials: false
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Always emit persist-credentials: false with actions/checkout

uses: actions/checkout@v4
with:
  persist-credentials: false

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Copilot AI and others added 2 commits October 27, 2025 23:02
- Updated compiler_yaml.go to add persist-credentials: false to main job checkout
- Updated buildCheckoutRepository in push_to_pull_request_branch.go
- Updated copilot_participant_steps.go checkout
- Updated create_agent_task.go checkout
- Added test file checkout_persist_credentials_test.go to verify the change
- Recompiled all workflows to apply the change

Co-authored-by: pelikhan <4175913+pelikhan@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: pelikhan <4175913+pelikhan@users.noreply.github.com>
Copilot AI changed the title [WIP] Always emit persist-credentials: false with actions/checkout Always emit persist-credentials: false with actions/checkout Oct 27, 2025
Copilot AI requested a review from pelikhan October 27, 2025 23:07
@pelikhan pelikhan marked this pull request as ready for review October 27, 2025 23:18
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Pull Request Overview

This PR addresses a security concern by enforcing persist-credentials: false on all actions/checkout steps across the entire codebase to prevent the GITHUB_TOKEN from persisting in git configuration after checkout.

Key changes:

  • Updated 4 source code locations that generate checkout steps
  • Added comprehensive test coverage to validate the security parameter across all checkout scenarios
  • Regenerated all 65 workflow lock files with the new security configuration

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Copilot reviewed 62 out of 62 changed files in this pull request and generated 1 comment.

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pkg/workflow/compiler_yaml.go Added persist-credentials to main job checkout generation
pkg/workflow/push_to_pull_request_branch.go Added persist-credentials to PR branch checkout helper
pkg/workflow/copilot_participant_steps.go Added persist-credentials to Copilot participant checkout
pkg/workflow/create_agent_task.go Added persist-credentials to agent task checkout
pkg/workflow/checkout_persist_credentials_test.go New comprehensive test validating persist-credentials across all scenarios
.github/workflows/go.mod Added empty require block (unrelated formatting change)
.github/workflows/*.lock.yml (65 files) Regenerated workflow files with persist-credentials parameter

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The addition of an empty require () block appears unnecessary and unrelated to the PR's purpose of adding persist-credentials: false. This change adds no functional value and should be removed to keep the PR focused on its security objective.

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@pelikhan pelikhan merged commit 7920114 into main Oct 27, 2025
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