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autoupdate git action #1523

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21 changes: 21 additions & 0 deletions .github/workflows/autoupdate.yml
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name: Update PR branches

on:
push:
branches:
- main

jobs:
autoupdate:
name: autoupdate
runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
steps:
- uses: docker://chinthakagodawita/autoupdate-action:v1
env:
GITHUB_TOKEN: "${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}"
PR_FILTER: "all"
PR_READY_STATE: "ready_for_review"
MERGE_MSG: "Auto-updated branch with latest changes from main"
RETRY_COUNT: "2"
RETRY_SLEEP: "60000"
MERGE_CONFLICT_ACTION: "fail"
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Workflow does not contain permissions Medium

Actions job or workflow does not limit the permissions of the GITHUB_TOKEN. Consider setting an explicit permissions block, using the following as a minimal starting point: {}

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AI 6 months ago

In general, the fix is to explicitly declare a permissions block so that the GITHUB_TOKEN has only the scopes required for this job. Since this workflow auto-updates PR branches, it needs to read repository contents and update pull requests (and possibly their branches). A common minimal set is contents: write (to push branch updates) and pull-requests: write (to update PR metadata/status if needed). If you know the action only touches branches and not PR metadata, you could restrict to contents: write, but to avoid breaking existing functionality, we’ll allow both.

The best fix without altering existing behavior is to add a permissions block at the job level for autoupdate. This keeps the change local to this workflow and avoids affecting any other workflows that might exist. Concretely, in .github/workflows/autoupdate.yml, under autoupdate: and aligned with runs-on:, insert:

permissions:
  contents: write
  pull-requests: write

No additional methods, imports, or definitions are needed; this is purely a YAML configuration change.

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.github/workflows/autoupdate.yml

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cat << 'EOF' | git apply
diff --git a/.github/workflows/autoupdate.yml b/.github/workflows/autoupdate.yml
--- a/.github/workflows/autoupdate.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/autoupdate.yml
@@ -9,6 +9,9 @@
   autoupdate:
     name: autoupdate
     runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
+    permissions:
+      contents: write
+      pull-requests: write
     steps:
       - uses: docker://chinthakagodawita/autoupdate-action:v1
         env:
EOF
@@ -9,6 +9,9 @@
autoupdate:
name: autoupdate
runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
permissions:
contents: write
pull-requests: write
steps:
- uses: docker://chinthakagodawita/autoupdate-action:v1
env:
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