Git error during deployment

[boisgera]

Any idea why git would fail during the deployment for the following toy project ?

https://github.com/boisgera/test-github-pages-deploy-action/runs/6226247720?check_suite_focus=true

(This is intended to be a very simple workflow, I am probably missing something totally obvious here, sorry for the noise.)

Cheers!

SB

[JamesIves]

Any idea why git would fail during the deploymentfor the following toy project ?

https://github.com/boisgera/test-github-pages-deploy-action/runs/6226247720?check_suite_focus=true

(This is intended to be a very simple workflow, I am probably missing something totally obvious here, sorry for the noise.)

Cheers!

SB

Can you provide your workflow file and the error message you're seeing? The logs are masked if you're not an owner

[boisgera]

Sure! The workflow file is

name: GitHub Actions Demo
on: [push]
jobs:
  Explore-GitHub-Actions:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - run: echo "🎉 The job was automatically triggered by a ${{ github.event_name }} event."
      - run: echo "🐧 This job is now running on a ${{ runner.os }} server hosted by GitHub!"
      - run: echo "🔎 The name of your branch is ${{ github.ref }} and your repository is ${{ github.repository }}."
      - name: Check out repository code
        uses: actions/checkout@v3
      - run: echo "💡 The ${{ github.repository }} repository has been cloned to the runner."
      - run: echo "🖥️ The workflow is now ready to test your code on the runner."
      - run: echo "AAA" > doc.txt
      - name: List files in the repository
        run: |
          ls ${{ github.workspace }}
      - run: echo "🍏 This job's status is ${{ job.status }}."
      - name: Deploy 🚀
        uses: JamesIves/github-pages-deploy-action@v4.3.3
        with:
          branch: gh-pages # The branch the action should deploy to.
          folder: "." # The folder the action should deploy.

and the logs are

2022-04-29T10:04:07.6055745Z Requested labels: ubuntu-latest
2022-04-29T10:04:07.6055795Z Job defined at: boisgera/test-github-pages-deploy-action/.github/workflows/run.yaml@refs/heads/master
2022-04-29T10:04:07.6055817Z Waiting for a runner to pick up this job...
2022-04-29T10:04:08.1708848Z Job is waiting for a hosted runner to come online.
2022-04-29T10:04:12.2192812Z Job is about to start running on the hosted runner: Hosted Agent (hosted)
2022-04-29T10:04:15.8137434Z Current runner version: '2.290.1'
2022-04-29T10:04:15.8167178Z ##[group]Operating System
2022-04-29T10:04:15.8167832Z Ubuntu
2022-04-29T10:04:15.8168098Z 20.04.4
2022-04-29T10:04:15.8168397Z LTS
2022-04-29T10:04:15.8168685Z ##[endgroup]
2022-04-29T10:04:15.8169110Z ##[group]Virtual Environment
2022-04-29T10:04:15.8169529Z Environment: ubuntu-20.04
2022-04-29T10:04:15.8169897Z Version: 20220425.1
2022-04-29T10:04:15.8170414Z Included Software: https://github.com/actions/virtual-environments/blob/ubuntu20/20220425.1/images/linux/Ubuntu2004-Readme.md
2022-04-29T10:04:15.8171625Z Image Release: https://github.com/actions/virtual-environments/releases/tag/ubuntu20%2F20220425.1
2022-04-29T10:04:15.8172225Z ##[endgroup]
2022-04-29T10:04:15.8172576Z ##[group]Virtual Environment Provisioner
2022-04-29T10:04:15.8172990Z 1.0.0.0-main-20220421-1
2022-04-29T10:04:15.8173362Z ##[endgroup]
2022-04-29T10:04:15.8174207Z ##[group]GITHUB_TOKEN Permissions
2022-04-29T10:04:15.8174836Z Contents: read
2022-04-29T10:04:15.8175387Z Metadata: read
2022-04-29T10:04:15.8175789Z ##[endgroup]
2022-04-29T10:04:15.8180136Z Secret source: Actions
2022-04-29T10:04:15.8180697Z Prepare workflow directory
2022-04-29T10:04:15.9206291Z Prepare all required actions
2022-04-29T10:04:15.9441299Z Getting action download info
2022-04-29T10:04:16.2202219Z Download action repository 'actions/checkout@v3' (SHA:2541b1294d2704b0964813337f33b291d3f8596b)
2022-04-29T10:04:16.8868403Z Download action repository 'JamesIves/github-pages-deploy-action@v4.3.3' (SHA:8817a56e5bfec6e2b08345c81f4d422db53a2cdc)
2022-04-29T10:04:18.0309549Z ##[group]Run echo "🎉 The job was automatically triggered by a push event."
2022-04-29T10:04:18.0310297Z �[36;1mecho "🎉 The job was automatically triggered by a push event."�[0m
2022-04-29T10:04:18.0372445Z shell: /usr/bin/bash -e {0}
2022-04-29T10:04:18.0372875Z ##[endgroup]
2022-04-29T10:04:18.0738052Z 🎉 The job was automatically triggered by a push event.
2022-04-29T10:04:18.0915833Z ##[group]Run echo "🐧 This job is now running on a Linux server hosted by GitHub!"
2022-04-29T10:04:18.0916362Z �[36;1mecho "🐧 This job is now running on a Linux server hosted by GitHub!"�[0m
2022-04-29T10:04:18.0972018Z shell: /usr/bin/bash -e {0}
2022-04-29T10:04:18.0972276Z ##[endgroup]
2022-04-29T10:04:18.1051304Z 🐧 This job is now running on a Linux server hosted by GitHub!
2022-04-29T10:04:18.1078799Z ##[group]Run echo "🔎 The name of your branch is refs/heads/master and your repository is boisgera/test-github-pages-deploy-action."
2022-04-29T10:04:18.1079495Z �[36;1mecho "🔎 The name of your branch is refs/heads/master and your repository is boisgera/test-github-pages-deploy-action."�[0m
2022-04-29T10:04:18.1142009Z shell: /usr/bin/bash -e {0}
2022-04-29T10:04:18.1142312Z ##[endgroup]
2022-04-29T10:04:18.1221251Z 🔎 The name of your branch is refs/heads/master and your repository is boisgera/test-github-pages-deploy-action.
2022-04-29T10:04:18.1451677Z ##[group]Run actions/checkout@v3
2022-04-29T10:04:18.1452044Z with:
2022-04-29T10:04:18.1452411Z   repository: boisgera/test-github-pages-deploy-action
2022-04-29T10:04:18.1452964Z   token: ***
2022-04-29T10:04:18.1453218Z   ssh-strict: true
2022-04-29T10:04:18.1453467Z   persist-credentials: true
2022-04-29T10:04:18.1453718Z   clean: true
2022-04-29T10:04:18.1453948Z   fetch-depth: 1
2022-04-29T10:04:18.1454161Z   lfs: false
2022-04-29T10:04:18.1454388Z   submodules: false
2022-04-29T10:04:18.1454637Z   set-safe-directory: true
2022-04-29T10:04:18.1454896Z ##[endgroup]
2022-04-29T10:04:18.5379358Z Syncing repository: boisgera/test-github-pages-deploy-action
2022-04-29T10:04:18.5381621Z ##[group]Getting Git version info
2022-04-29T10:04:18.5382386Z Working directory is '/home/runner/work/test-github-pages-deploy-action/test-github-pages-deploy-action'
2022-04-29T10:04:18.5383127Z [command]/usr/bin/git version
2022-04-29T10:04:18.5620773Z git version 2.36.0
2022-04-29T10:04:18.5656340Z ##[endgroup]
2022-04-29T10:04:18.5678578Z Temporarily overriding HOME='/home/runner/work/_temp/bf3a1ae2-6ddf-4435-b7e2-a4dd49e40f7f' before making global git config changes
2022-04-29T10:04:18.5680198Z Adding repository directory to the temporary git global config as a safe directory
2022-04-29T10:04:18.5686830Z [command]/usr/bin/git config --global --add safe.directory /home/runner/work/test-github-pages-deploy-action/test-github-pages-deploy-action
2022-04-29T10:04:18.5737928Z Deleting the contents of '/home/runner/work/test-github-pages-deploy-action/test-github-pages-deploy-action'
2022-04-29T10:04:18.5742991Z ##[group]Initializing the repository
2022-04-29T10:04:18.5747605Z [command]/usr/bin/git init /home/runner/work/test-github-pages-deploy-action/test-github-pages-deploy-action
2022-04-29T10:04:18.5851981Z hint: Using 'master' as the name for the initial branch. This default branch name
2022-04-29T10:04:18.5853229Z hint: is subject to change. To configure the initial branch name to use in all
2022-04-29T10:04:18.5853740Z hint: of your new repositories, which will suppress this warning, call:
2022-04-29T10:04:18.5854065Z hint: 
2022-04-29T10:04:18.5854565Z hint: 	git config --global init.defaultBranch <name>
2022-04-29T10:04:18.5855230Z hint: 
2022-04-29T10:04:18.5855668Z hint: Names commonly chosen instead of 'master' are 'main', 'trunk' and
2022-04-29T10:04:18.5856178Z hint: 'development'. The just-created branch can be renamed via this command:
2022-04-29T10:04:18.5856491Z hint: 
2022-04-29T10:04:18.5856778Z hint: 	git branch -m <name>
2022-04-29T10:04:18.5874050Z Initialized empty Git repository in /home/runner/work/test-github-pages-deploy-action/test-github-pages-deploy-action/.git/
2022-04-29T10:04:18.5892051Z [command]/usr/bin/git remote add origin https://github.com/boisgera/test-github-pages-deploy-action
2022-04-29T10:04:18.5950279Z ##[endgroup]
2022-04-29T10:04:18.5950866Z ##[group]Disabling automatic garbage collection
2022-04-29T10:04:18.5958854Z [command]/usr/bin/git config --local gc.auto 0
2022-04-29T10:04:18.5996635Z ##[endgroup]
2022-04-29T10:04:18.5997648Z ##[group]Setting up auth
2022-04-29T10:04:18.6008503Z [command]/usr/bin/git config --local --name-only --get-regexp core\.sshCommand
2022-04-29T10:04:18.6052287Z [command]/usr/bin/git submodule foreach --recursive git config --local --name-only --get-regexp 'core\.sshCommand' && git config --local --unset-all 'core.sshCommand' || :
2022-04-29T10:04:18.6529310Z [command]/usr/bin/git config --local --name-only --get-regexp http\.https\:\/\/github\.com\/\.extraheader
2022-04-29T10:04:18.6570406Z [command]/usr/bin/git submodule foreach --recursive git config --local --name-only --get-regexp 'http\.https\:\/\/github\.com\/\.extraheader' && git config --local --unset-all 'http.https://github.com/.extraheader' || :
2022-04-29T10:04:18.6892578Z [command]/usr/bin/git config --local http.https://github.com/.extraheader AUTHORIZATION: basic ***
2022-04-29T10:04:18.6938602Z ##[endgroup]
2022-04-29T10:04:18.6939565Z ##[group]Fetching the repository
2022-04-29T10:04:18.6955535Z [command]/usr/bin/git -c protocol.version=2 fetch --no-tags --prune --progress --no-recurse-submodules --depth=1 origin +830cf67d99fcf289bf44db16bb514da317203727:refs/remotes/origin/master
2022-04-29T10:04:19.0938650Z remote: Enumerating objects: 6, done.        
2022-04-29T10:04:19.0942758Z remote: Counting objects:  16% (1/6)        
2022-04-29T10:04:19.0943931Z remote: Counting objects:  33% (2/6)        
2022-04-29T10:04:19.0944830Z remote: Counting objects:  50% (3/6)        
2022-04-29T10:04:19.0946720Z remote: Counting objects:  66% (4/6)        
2022-04-29T10:04:19.0947088Z remote: Counting objects:  83% (5/6)        
2022-04-29T10:04:19.0947401Z remote: Counting objects: 100% (6/6)        
2022-04-29T10:04:19.0947706Z remote: Counting objects: 100% (6/6), done.        
2022-04-29T10:04:19.0948036Z remote: Compressing objects:  33% (1/3)        
2022-04-29T10:04:19.0948363Z remote: Compressing objects:  66% (2/3)        
2022-04-29T10:04:19.0948701Z remote: Compressing objects: 100% (3/3)        
2022-04-29T10:04:19.0949028Z remote: Compressing objects: 100% (3/3), done.        
2022-04-29T10:04:19.0967420Z remote: Total 6 (delta 0), reused 0 (delta 0), pack-reused 0        
2022-04-29T10:04:19.1045943Z From https://github.com/boisgera/test-github-pages-deploy-action
2022-04-29T10:04:19.1046901Z  * [new ref]         830cf67d99fcf289bf44db16bb514da317203727 -> origin/master
2022-04-29T10:04:19.1080359Z ##[endgroup]
2022-04-29T10:04:19.1081504Z ##[group]Determining the checkout info
2022-04-29T10:04:19.1083646Z ##[endgroup]
2022-04-29T10:04:19.1084529Z ##[group]Checking out the ref
2022-04-29T10:04:19.1101395Z [command]/usr/bin/git checkout --progress --force -B master refs/remotes/origin/master
2022-04-29T10:04:19.1166376Z Reset branch 'master'
2022-04-29T10:04:19.1172582Z branch 'master' set up to track 'origin/master'.
2022-04-29T10:04:19.1178467Z ##[endgroup]
2022-04-29T10:04:19.1228060Z [command]/usr/bin/git log -1 --format='%H'
2022-04-29T10:04:19.1265295Z '830cf67d99fcf289bf44db16bb514da317203727'
2022-04-29T10:04:19.1463450Z ##[group]Run echo "💡 The boisgera/test-github-pages-deploy-action repository has been cloned to the runner."
2022-04-29T10:04:19.1464099Z �[36;1mecho "💡 The boisgera/test-github-pages-deploy-action repository has been cloned to the runner."�[0m
2022-04-29T10:04:19.1520008Z shell: /usr/bin/bash -e {0}
2022-04-29T10:04:19.1520718Z ##[endgroup]
2022-04-29T10:04:19.1600791Z 💡 The boisgera/test-github-pages-deploy-action repository has been cloned to the runner.
2022-04-29T10:04:19.1626480Z ##[group]Run echo "🖥️ The workflow is now ready to test your code on the runner."
2022-04-29T10:04:19.1626947Z �[36;1mecho "🖥️ The workflow is now ready to test your code on the runner."�[0m
2022-04-29T10:04:19.1679583Z shell: /usr/bin/bash -e {0}
2022-04-29T10:04:19.1679849Z ##[endgroup]
2022-04-29T10:04:19.1753656Z 🖥️ The workflow is now ready to test your code on the runner.
2022-04-29T10:04:19.1777492Z ##[group]Run echo "AAA" > doc.txt
2022-04-29T10:04:19.1777830Z �[36;1mecho "AAA" > doc.txt�[0m
2022-04-29T10:04:19.1825658Z shell: /usr/bin/bash -e {0}
2022-04-29T10:04:19.1825923Z ##[endgroup]
2022-04-29T10:04:19.1923278Z ##[group]Run ls /home/runner/work/test-github-pages-deploy-action/test-github-pages-deploy-action
2022-04-29T10:04:19.1923925Z �[36;1mls /home/runner/work/test-github-pages-deploy-action/test-github-pages-deploy-action�[0m
2022-04-29T10:04:19.1971984Z shell: /usr/bin/bash -e {0}
2022-04-29T10:04:19.1972246Z ##[endgroup]
2022-04-29T10:04:19.2060691Z README.md
2022-04-29T10:04:19.2060956Z doc.txt
2022-04-29T10:04:19.2091645Z ##[group]Run echo "🍏 This job's status is success."
2022-04-29T10:04:19.2092035Z �[36;1mecho "🍏 This job's status is success."�[0m
2022-04-29T10:04:19.2145737Z shell: /usr/bin/bash -e {0}
2022-04-29T10:04:19.2145997Z ##[endgroup]
2022-04-29T10:04:19.2233804Z 🍏 This job's status is success.
2022-04-29T10:04:19.2302083Z ##[group]Run JamesIves/github-pages-deploy-action@v4.3.3
2022-04-29T10:04:19.2302459Z with:
2022-04-29T10:04:19.2302684Z   branch: gh-pages
2022-04-29T10:04:19.2302911Z   folder: .
2022-04-29T10:04:19.2303340Z   token: ***
2022-04-29T10:04:19.2303605Z   clean: true
2022-04-29T10:04:19.2303811Z   force: true
2022-04-29T10:04:19.2304040Z ##[endgroup]
2022-04-29T10:04:19.5236228Z 
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2022-04-29T10:04:19.5248318Z     📣 Maintained by James Ives: https://jamesiv.es
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2022-04-29T10:04:19.5248888Z     🚀 Getting Started Guide: https://github.com/JamesIves/github-pages-deploy-action
2022-04-29T10:04:19.5249536Z     ❓ Discussions / Q&A: https://github.com/JamesIves/github-pages-deploy-action/discussions
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2022-04-29T10:04:19.5253260Z Checking configuration and starting deployment… 🚦
2022-04-29T10:04:19.5262004Z Deploying using Deploy Token… 🔑
2022-04-29T10:04:19.5264037Z Configuring git…
2022-04-29T10:04:19.5382193Z [command]/usr/bin/git config --global --add safe.directory /home/runner/work/test-github-pages-deploy-action/test-github-pages-deploy-action
2022-04-29T10:04:19.5479635Z [command]/usr/bin/git config user.name boisgera
2022-04-29T10:04:19.5536708Z [command]/usr/bin/git config user.email Sebastien.Boisgerault@gmail.com
2022-04-29T10:04:19.5604452Z [command]/usr/bin/git config core.ignorecase false
2022-04-29T10:04:19.5658516Z [command]/usr/bin/git config --local --unset-all http.https://github.com/.extraheader
2022-04-29T10:04:19.5709463Z [command]/usr/bin/git remote rm origin
2022-04-29T10:04:19.5774056Z [command]/usr/bin/git remote add origin ***github.com/boisgera/test-github-pages-deploy-action.git
2022-04-29T10:04:19.5814413Z Git configured… 🔧
2022-04-29T10:04:19.5820684Z Starting to commit changes…
2022-04-29T10:04:19.5837572Z [command]/usr/bin/git ls-remote --heads ***github.com/boisgera/test-github-pages-deploy-action.git refs/heads/gh-pages
2022-04-29T10:04:19.9027413Z Creating worktree…
2022-04-29T10:04:19.9044226Z [command]/usr/bin/git worktree add --no-checkout --detach github-pages-deploy-action-temp-deployment-folder
2022-04-29T10:04:19.9083148Z Preparing worktree (detached HEAD 830cf67)
2022-04-29T10:04:19.9131066Z [command]/usr/bin/git checkout --orphan gh-pages
2022-04-29T10:04:19.9176016Z Switched to a new branch 'gh-pages'
2022-04-29T10:04:19.9184528Z Created the gh-pages branch… 🔧
2022-04-29T10:04:19.9207668Z [command]/usr/bin/git reset --hard
2022-04-29T10:04:19.9279551Z [command]/usr/bin/git commit --no-verify --allow-empty -m Initial gh-pages commit
2022-04-29T10:04:19.9359989Z [gh-pages (root-commit) 27adc29] Initial gh-pages commit
2022-04-29T10:04:19.9379182Z [command]/usr/bin/chmod -R +rw /home/runner/work/test-github-pages-deploy-action/test-github-pages-deploy-action
2022-04-29T10:04:19.9442969Z [command]/usr/bin/rsync -q -av --checksum --progress /home/runner/work/test-github-pages-deploy-action/test-github-pages-deploy-action/. github-pages-deploy-action-temp-deployment-folder --delete --exclude CNAME --exclude .nojekyll --exclude .ssh --exclude .git --exclude .github --exclude github-pages-deploy-action-temp-deployment-folder
2022-04-29T10:04:20.0752835Z Checking if there are files to commit…
2022-04-29T10:04:20.0898741Z [command]/usr/bin/git add --all .
2022-04-29T10:04:20.0973517Z [command]/usr/bin/git checkout -b github-pages-deploy-action/7eplac42z
2022-04-29T10:04:20.1020704Z Switched to a new branch 'github-pages-deploy-action/7eplac42z'
2022-04-29T10:04:20.1046724Z [command]/usr/bin/git commit -m Deploying to gh-pages from @ boisgera/test-github-pages-deploy-action@830cf67d99fcf289bf44db16bb514da317203727 🚀 --quiet --no-verify
2022-04-29T10:04:20.1135505Z Force-pushing changes...
2022-04-29T10:04:20.1154007Z [command]/usr/bin/git push --force ***github.com/boisgera/test-github-pages-deploy-action.git github-pages-deploy-action/7eplac42z:gh-pages
2022-04-29T10:04:20.4901632Z remote: Permission to boisgera/test-github-pages-deploy-action.git denied to github-actions[bot].
2022-04-29T10:04:20.4909055Z fatal: unable to access 'https://github.com/boisgera/test-github-pages-deploy-action.git/': The requested URL returned error: 403
2022-04-29T10:04:20.4913887Z Running post deployment cleanup jobs… 🗑️
2022-04-29T10:04:20.4929772Z [command]/usr/bin/git checkout -B github-pages-deploy-action/7eplac42z
2022-04-29T10:04:20.4974736Z Reset branch 'github-pages-deploy-action/7eplac42z'
2022-04-29T10:04:20.4997567Z [command]/usr/bin/chmod -R +rw github-pages-deploy-action-temp-deployment-folder
2022-04-29T10:04:20.5041490Z [command]/usr/bin/git worktree remove github-pages-deploy-action-temp-deployment-folder --force
2022-04-29T10:04:20.5122406Z ##[error]The deploy step encountered an error: The process '/usr/bin/git' failed with exit code 128 ❌
2022-04-29T10:04:20.5135036Z ##[notice]Deployment failed! ❌
2022-04-29T10:04:20.5135590Z 
2022-04-29T10:04:20.5230451Z Post job cleanup.
2022-04-29T10:04:20.6679436Z [command]/usr/bin/git version
2022-04-29T10:04:20.6736551Z git version 2.36.0
2022-04-29T10:04:20.6792602Z Copying '/home/runner/.gitconfig' to '/home/runner/work/_temp/c59bb4f6-6c62-4ec0-adee-503231741e47/.gitconfig'
2022-04-29T10:04:20.6811608Z Temporarily overriding HOME='/home/runner/work/_temp/c59bb4f6-6c62-4ec0-adee-503231741e47' before making global git config changes
2022-04-29T10:04:20.6820837Z Adding repository directory to the temporary git global config as a safe directory
2022-04-29T10:04:20.6828159Z [command]/usr/bin/git config --global --add safe.directory /home/runner/work/test-github-pages-deploy-action/test-github-pages-deploy-action
2022-04-29T10:04:20.6872529Z [command]/usr/bin/git config --local --name-only --get-regexp core\.sshCommand
2022-04-29T10:04:20.6912908Z [command]/usr/bin/git submodule foreach --recursive git config --local --name-only --get-regexp 'core\.sshCommand' && git config --local --unset-all 'core.sshCommand' || :
2022-04-29T10:04:20.7172161Z [command]/usr/bin/git config --local --name-only --get-regexp http\.https\:\/\/github\.com\/\.extraheader
2022-04-29T10:04:20.7209100Z [command]/usr/bin/git submodule foreach --recursive git config --local --name-only --get-regexp 'http\.https\:\/\/github\.com\/\.extraheader' && git config --local --unset-all 'http.https://github.com/.extraheader' || :
2022-04-29T10:04:20.7761522Z Cleaning up orphan processes

[JamesIves]

What does your repo permissions look like. Do you have any sort of branch protection rules?

403 implies that the bot doesn't have access to your repo which is strange. Have you tried with an access token with elevated permissions or a deploy key? There's a number of integration tests that run on this repo daily using the most recent version which haven't been falling, so I don't believe anything has changed but I could be wrong?

[halivert]

I have the same issue, is
2022-04-29T10:04:20.4909055Z fatal: unable to access 'https://github.com/boisgera/test-github-pages-deploy-action.git/': The requested URL returned error: 403
like this

[boisgera]

Ah! Is it because I have not given a GITHUB_TOKEN then? I used to do this in the past (with JamesIves/github-pages-deploy-action@3.7.1, see e.g. https://github.com/boisgera/control-engineering-with-python/blob/master/.github/workflows/build.yml) and it worked perfectly. Let me try here ...

[boisgera]

I have added the line token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}, the same error happens.

(I have invited @JamesIves to the test repo, It will be simpler to diagnose the issue.)

[JamesIves]

This error implies that you're trying to authenticate using a method of authentication without adequate permissions. In this case it looks like you're trying to deploy to a different repo that you don't own, in this case you'll need to follow the steps in the readme to provide an access token (not GITHUB_TOKEN).

If that doesn't work as always please provide logs and workflow files.

[boisgera]

No, I was trying to change the same repo, but @jacobwilliams found the answer: the permission system has evolved and we now need to state explicitly that we grant the token to write the repo, see #1104 (reply in thread).

Thanks for your answer @JamesIves and more generally for the project itself, it is very useful! 👍

[jacobwilliams]

I have the same issue in this recently-created repo: https://github.com/jacobwilliams/mersenne-twister-fortran

I've used the same boilerplate in dozens of repos and it always worked before:

    - name: Deploy Documentation
      if: github.ref == 'refs/heads/master'
      uses: JamesIves/github-pages-deploy-action@v4.3.3
      with:
        branch: gh-pages # The branch the action should deploy to.
        folder: doc  # The folder the action should deploy.

Has something changed recently? (I was using 4.1.0 and it didn't work, updating to 4.3.3 still had the same problem). I have many other repos where 4.1.0 still works.

[jacobwilliams]

I figured it out: Apparently you have to check "Read and write permissions" in the repo settings -> GitHub Actions -> General -> Workflow permissions. By default, it was set to "Read repository contents permission". I think this default may be new? I don't recall ever having to manually change this with any other repo.

[jacobwilliams]

and for the record the error was:

Force-pushing changes...
[72](https://github.com/jacobwilliams/mersenne-twister-fortran/runs/6265882571?check_suite_focus=true#step:12:72)
/usr/bin/git push --force ***github.com/jacobwilliams/mersenne-twister-fortran.git github-pages-deploy-action/eqnk8hsty:gh-pages
[73](https://github.com/jacobwilliams/mersenne-twister-fortran/runs/6265882571?check_suite_focus=true#step:12:73)
remote: Permission to jacobwilliams/mersenne-twister-fortran.git denied to github-actions[bot].
[74](https://github.com/jacobwilliams/mersenne-twister-fortran/runs/6265882571?check_suite_focus=true#step:12:74)
fatal: unable to access 'https://github.com/jacobwilliams/mersenne-twister-fortran.git/': The requested URL returned error: 403
[75](https://github.com/jacobwilliams/mersenne-twister-fortran/runs/6265882571?check_suite_focus=true#step:12:75)
Running post deployment cleanup jobs… 🗑️
[76](https://github.com/jacobwilliams/mersenne-twister-fortran/runs/6265882571?check_suite_focus=true#step:12:76)
/usr/bin/git checkout -B github-pages-deploy-action/eqnk8hsty
[77](https://github.com/jacobwilliams/mersenne-twister-fortran/runs/6265882571?check_suite_focus=true#step:12:77)
Reset branch 'github-pages-deploy-action/eqnk8hsty'
[78](https://github.com/jacobwilliams/mersenne-twister-fortran/runs/6265882571?check_suite_focus=true#step:12:78)
/usr/bin/chmod -R +rw github-pages-deploy-action-temp-deployment-folder
[79](https://github.com/jacobwilliams/mersenne-twister-fortran/runs/6265882571?check_suite_focus=true#step:12:79)
/usr/bin/git worktree remove github-pages-deploy-action-temp-deployment-folder --force
[80](https://github.com/jacobwilliams/mersenne-twister-fortran/runs/6265882571?check_suite_focus=true#step:12:80)
Error: The deploy step encountered an error: The process '/usr/bin/git' failed with exit code 128 ❌
[81](https://github.com/jacobwilliams/mersenne-twister-fortran/runs/6265882571?check_suite_focus=true#step:12:81)
Notice: Deployment failed! ❌
[82](https://github.com/jacobwilliams/mersenne-twister-fortran/runs/6265882571?check_suite_focus=true#step:12:82)

[JamesIves]

I figured it out: Apparently you have to check "Read and write permissions" in the repo settings -> GitHub Actions -> General -> Workflow permissions. By default, it was set to "Read repository contents permission". I think this default may be new? I don't recall ever having to manually change this with any other repo.

Ah good to know! I'll look into updating the readme tomorrow.

[halivert]

Thank you for your time and hard work 👍🏽 👏🏽

[boisgera]

I figured it out: Apparently you have to check "Read and write permissions" in the repo settings -> GitHub Actions -> General -> Workflow permissions. By default, it was set to "Read repository contents permission". I think this default may be new? I don't recall ever having to manually change this with any other repo.

Good find, thanks a lot @jacobwilliams and @JamesIves! For the record, the extra premission can also be granted in the actions yaml file, where we now typically need to add:

permissions:
  contents: write

See 📖 permissions for more details.