Homebrew tokens in GitHub

[jftuga]

I have one more question about these. I now haven token in the correct location within my .goreleaser.yml file. I now see this error in GitHub Actions:

homebrew tap formula: template: tmpl:1:7: executing "tmpl" at <.Env.HOMEBREW_TOKEN>: map has no entry for key "HOMEBREW_TOKEN"

This is what I've done in GitHUb, but it must not be correct:

• clicked on repo Settings
• on the left side, Secrets and Variables and then Actions
• on the right side, clicked the Variables tab
• added a HOMEBREW_TOKEN token

What could I be missing?

Thanks.

[gruffyn]

Have you passed the variable as an environment variable to the goreleaser action? Something like:

      - name: Run GoReleaser
        uses: goreleaser/goreleaser-action@v5
        with:
          args: release
        env:
          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
          HOMEBREW_TOKEN: ${{ var.HOMEBREW_TOKEN }}

Though given it's a pat that can work on other repos, I'd probably change it to be a secret rather than a variable.

[jftuga]

I got this working with the assistance of @gruffyn and ChatGPT. I am posting a full answer in case anyone else runs into this same problem. I've also created a GoReleaser and Hombrew public Gist with slightly more details.

---

In my .github/workflows/release.yml file:

      - name: run GoReleaser
        uses: goreleaser/goreleaser-action@v6
        env:
          HOMEBREW_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.HOMEBREW_TOKEN }}
          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
        with:
          args: release --clean

---

In my .goreleaser.yml file:

brews:
  - name: xxx
    repository:
      owner: xxx
      name: xxx-tap
      token: "{{ .Env.HOMEBREW_TOKEN }}"

---

This is what I've done in GitHub in the Repo settings:

• clicked on repo Settings
• on the left side, Secrets and Variables and then Actions (which is hidden until you click Secrets and Variables)
• on the right side, clicked the Secrets tab
• click New Repository Secret button
• added a HOMEBREW_TOKEN token