ci: introduce release app to restore main branch protection#2439
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Updates the release GitHub Actions workflow to perform release-time writes (commits/tags/workflow dispatches) using a GitHub App installation token instead of the workflow’s default GITHUB_TOKEN, enabling restoration of stricter main branch protection.
Changes:
- Remove workflow-wide write permissions and set
permissions: {}. - Generate a GitHub App token at runtime and use it for checkout and all
ghAPI interactions. - Add a job-level guard to skip the release job when triggered by
dunglas-release[bot].
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henderkes
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Drop dead actor guard (release.sh dispatches as maintainer, never the bot) and update the commit-and-tag step comment so the Verified identity reflects dunglas-release[bot] instead of github-actions[bot].
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Mirror of php/frankenphp#2439. Swap GITHUB_TOKEN for a GitHub App token so the release commit lands as the app identity, which can bypass main branch protection rules without granting them to the workflow's default token. Requires `RELEASE_APP_ID` repo variable and `RELEASE_APP_PRIVATE_KEY` secret to be configured with an app that has contents:write and actions:write installation permissions.
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Mirror of php/frankenphp#2439. Swap GITHUB_TOKEN for a GitHub App token so the release commit lands as the app identity, which can bypass main branch protection rules without granting them to the workflow's default token. Requires `RELEASE_APP_ID` repo variable and `RELEASE_APP_PRIVATE_KEY` secret to be configured with an app that has contents:write and actions:write installation permissions.
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This will allow restoring default branch protection and prevent issues such as the one described in #2438.