Use GH_TOKEN environment variable in auto merge workflow #7656
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In the auto-merge workflow we currently write the
PUSH_TOKENto a file, pipe it into the gh auth login command and then delete that file, these days howeverghalso supports reading the token from theGH_TOKENenvironment variable, which is also the documented way to use gh in GitHub Actions (see link below). This pull request switches to using that environment variable and also disables all permissions for the standardGITHUB_TOKENtoken as we don't use it in this workflow.https://docs.github.com/en/actions/how-tos/writing-workflows/choosing-what-your-workflow-does/using-github-cli-in-workflows
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