Git checkout requires github token

[ovitente]

Hello

OS: MacOS Catalina
GIT: 2.26.2 (installed through brew and added /usr/local/bin/ to $PATH)

My workflow has this step

    - uses: actions/checkout@v2
      name: GIT | Checkout
      with:
        ref: ${{ github.ref }} 

As result with act can't continue due this error that i can't handle, because there are no info in --help about it.

[STAGE | DEPLOY/CI | api | DEPLOY]   ?  ::group::Getting Git version info
| Working directory is '/github/workspace'
[STAGE | DEPLOY/CI | api | DEPLOY]   ? ::endgroup::
| Deleting the contents of '/github/workspace'
| The repository will be downloaded using the GitHub REST API
| To create a local Git repository instead, add Git 2.18 or higher to the PATH
| Downloading the archive
| Parameter token or opts.auth is required
| Waiting 11 seconds before trying again
| Downloading the archive
| Parameter token or opts.auth is required
| Waiting 17 seconds before trying again
Error: context canceled

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Questions:

• Why act is trying to get reach into remote private repo instead of using local fresh pulled copy?
• What should i put into opts.auth file and where to put it to get act working?

[gimmyxd]

What should i put into opts.auth file and where to put it to get act working?

@ovitente i got past a similar issue by using GITHUB_TOKEN=my_token act command

[ovitente]

@gimmyxd Unfortunately I am receiving the same error.
GITHUB_TOKEN=my_token act
or

export GITHUB_TOKEN=my_token
act

Not working :(

[Magnum97]

I found that if one goes to Settings and Personal Access Tokens, and generate a new token. Make sure to remove all access except user and use this key in place of ${ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN ) it solved my issue with this exact error.

Edit:
Felt negligent not to mention that you should not commit this to your repository. I created a local branch to use it in for testing.

[github-actions]

Issue is stale and will be closed in 7 days unless there is new activity

[1oglop1]

Thanks all above for the workaround, I just hit the same issue.

I could clone my own repo but when I tried to clone another public repo I've got an error. It may be have to do something with this: https://github.com/actions/checkout#checkout-multiple-repos-private
even though the bolt-python repo is public.

    - name: Checkout
      uses: actions/checkout@v2
      with:
        path: main
    - name: Checkout bolt-python repo
      uses: actions/checkout@v2
      with:
        repository: slackapi/bolt-python
        path: bolt-python

It would be good to mention this in README of act project or use GitHub token as a requirement by default.

[ovitente]

Working solution for token on current version, - 0.2.16

cd your_local_repo_directory
export GITHUB_TOKEN=YOUR_TOKEN
act -w .github/workflow/dev.yaml

[yoanne2x]

Hi, I would like to re-open this issue.

I have just installed act on my local mac, tried to run it against a private rep and I have the same issue as above:

[CI/Deployment] ❗ ::error::Input required and not supplied: token
[CI/Deployment] ❌ Failure - actions/checkout@v2

If I manually add the token in the action within the job with my personal generated token, it will work.

If I try to use the export GITHUB_TOKEN=<> and execute act, I get the same error.

is there something that I am missing?

kind regards

[catthehacker]

You should pass GITHUB_TOKEN as secret, act -s GITHUB_TOKEN=[insert token or leave blank for secure input]

[torbjornvatn]

You should pass GITHUB_TOKEN as secret, act -s GITHUB_TOKEN=[insert token or leave blank for secure input]

@catthehacker Maybe we should make this clear in the README, because there it's only mentioned as a something you need to use GHE

[YuMuuu]

I encounted the same problem.
#233 (comment)

Why need the gtihub token to run locally ??

[catthehacker]

@YuMuuu please see #678

[YuMuuu]

@catthehacker Thanks for the information! I I understood it.

[merlinstardust]

Since the GITHUB_TOKEN is required, act should check if it's passed in and if it's not there, act should immediately alert the user to its necessity.

Also, the README does not mention that this is required

[catthehacker]

@merlinpatt please see #678