v2.5.0

What's Changed

This release moves the action to Scorecard v5.6.0, the first Scorecard release since its hosted
services moved to new infrastructure.

For changes to checks and results, and what the infrastructure move means for you, see the
Scorecard v5.6.0 release notes.

• The action's container image is built with Go 1.27.2 on a refreshed distroless base. by
  @justaugustus in #1716
• The installer (cmd/installer) now creates .github/workflows/scorecard.yml, and still
  recognizes existing scorecards.yml and scorecards-analysis.yml workflows. by @justaugustus in #1716
• The Scorecard version in results now always matches the Scorecard release the action is built
  with. by @justaugustus in #1718
• The action no longer prints the GitHub token variable while validating its options. by
  @arpitjain099 in #1709
• results_format accepts intoto, which wraps the JSON results in an in-toto attestation
  statement. by @puerco in #1702

Other

• Add a daily canary against Scorecard main by @justaugustus in #1711
• Bump Scorecard to the v5.6.0 candidate and fix the canary toolchain by @justaugustus in #1714
• Run Scorecard on every merge, add a zizmor presubmit, analyze workflows with CodeQL, and update
  RELEASE.md by @justaugustus in #1716
• Bump Scorecard to v5.6.0 by @justaugustus in #1719

New Contributors

• @arpitjain099 made their first contribution in #1709
• @puerco made their first contribution in #1702

Full Changelog: v2.4.4...v2.5.0