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coreymartin merged 1 commit into from
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Use RELEASE_PAT in release workflow to trigger CI #119

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7 changes: 6 additions & 1 deletion .github/workflows/release.yaml
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Expand Up @@ -113,13 +113,18 @@ jobs:
- name: Create release branch and PR
if: github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch'
env:
GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
# Use a PAT so the push and PR creation trigger CI workflows.
# GITHUB_TOKEN events don't trigger workflows (GitHub anti-recursion).
GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.RELEASE_PAT }}
run: |
OLD_VERSION="${{ steps.changes.outputs.old_version }}"
NEW_VERSION="${{ steps.bump.outputs.new_version }}"
VERSION_BUMP="${{ steps.ai.outputs.version_bump }}"
BRANCH="release/v${NEW_VERSION}"

# Configure git to push with the PAT
git remote set-url origin "https://x-access-token:${GH_TOKEN}@github.com/${{ github.repository }}.git"

git checkout -b "$BRANCH"
git add package.json package-lock.json CHANGELOG.md
git commit -m "v${NEW_VERSION}"
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