Revert "Better handling of git actor"

.github/workflows/prep-release.yml

@@ -24,8 +24,6 @@ on:
         type: boolean
 jobs:
   prep_release:
-    permissions:
-      contents: write
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     strategy:
       fail-fast: true
@@ -42,7 +40,7 @@ jobs:
         id: prep-release
         uses: jupyter-server/jupyter_releaser/.github/actions/prep-release@v2
         with:
-          token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          token: ${{ secrets.ADMIN_GITHUB_TOKEN }}
           version_spec: ${{ github.event.inputs.version_spec }}
           post_version_spec: ${{ github.event.inputs.post_version_spec }}
           target: ${{ github.event.inputs.target }}

.github/workflows/publish-release.yml

@@ -17,8 +17,6 @@ on:
 
 jobs:
   publish_release:
-    permissions:
-      contents: write
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     strategy:
       fail-fast: true
@@ -35,7 +33,7 @@ jobs:
         id: populate-release
         uses: jupyter-server/jupyter_releaser/.github/actions/populate-release@v2
         with:
-          token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          token: ${{ secrets.ADMIN_GITHUB_TOKEN }}
           target: ${{ github.event.inputs.target }}
           branch: ${{ github.event.inputs.branch }}
           release_url: ${{ github.event.inputs.release_url }}
@@ -50,7 +48,7 @@ jobs:
           NPM_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NPM_TOKEN }}
         uses: jupyter-server/jupyter-releaser/.github/actions/finalize-release@v2
         with:
-          token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          token: ${{ secrets.ADMIN_GITHUB_TOKEN }}
           target: ${{ github.event.inputs.target }}
           release_url: ${{ steps.populate-release.outputs.release_url }}
 

README.md

@@ -21,14 +21,14 @@ To install the latest release locally, make sure you have
 
 ## Checklist for Adoption
 
-See the [adoption guides](https://jupyter-releaser.readthedocs.io/en/latest/how_to_guides/index.html).
+See the [adoption docs](https://jupyter-releaser.readthedocs.io/en/latest/how_to_guides/convert_repo.html).
 
 ## Actions
 
 GitHub actions scripts are available to draft a changelog, draft a release, publish a release, and check a release.
 
 See the [action details documentation](https://jupyter-releaser.readthedocs.io/en/latest/background/theory.html#action-details) for more information.
 
-The actions can be run on a [fork](https://jupyter-releaser.readthedocs.io/en/latest/how_to_guides/convert_repo_from_releaser.html) of `jupyter_releaser` and target multiple
-repositories, or run as workflows on the [source repositories](https://jupyter-releaser.readthedocs.io/en/latest/how_to_guides/convert_repo_from_repo.html), using
+The actions can be run on a [fork](https://jupyter-releaser.readthedocs.io/en/latest/how_to_guides/convert_repo_from_releaser.html#) of `jupyter_releaser` and target multiple
+repositories, or run as workflows on the [source repositories](https://jupyter-releaser.readthedocs.io/en/latest/how_to_guides/convert_repo_from_repo), using
 shared credentials.

docs/source/how_to_guides/convert_repo_from_repo.md

@@ -14,12 +14,15 @@ See [checklist](#Checklist-for-Adoption) below for details:
 
 ## Checklist for Adoption
 
+- [ ] Add a [GitHub Access token](https://docs.github.com/en/github/authenticating-to-github/creating-a-personal-access-token) with access to target GitHub repo to run GitHub Actions, saved as
+      `ADMIN_GITHUB_TOKEN` in the [repository secrets](https://docs.github.com/en/actions/reference/encrypted-secrets#creating-encrypted-secrets-for-a-repository).
+      The token needs to have `public_repo` and `repo:status` permissions.
 - [ ] Add access token for the [PyPI registry](https://packaging.python.org/guides/publishing-package-distribution-releases-using-github-actions-ci-cd-workflows/#saving-credentials-on-github) stored as `PYPI_TOKEN`.
       _Note_ For security reasons, it is recommended that you scope the access
       to a single repository.
 - [ ] If needed, add access token for [npm](https://docs.npmjs.com/creating-and-viewing-access-tokens), saved as `NPM_TOKEN`.
-- [ ] Ensure that only trusted users with 2FA have admin access to the
-      repository, since they will be able to trigger releases.
+- [ ] Enable tag protection for all tags (`*`), to ensure that only users
+      with admin write permissions can publish witht he shared credentials.
 - [ ] Switch to Markdown Changelog
   - We recommend [MyST](https://myst-parser.readthedocs.io/en/latest/?badge=latest), especially if some of your docs are in reStructuredText.
   - Can use `pandoc -s changelog.rst -o changelog.md` and some hand edits as needed.

jupyter_releaser/lib.py

@@ -410,18 +410,19 @@ def prep_git(ref, branch, repo, auth, username, url):
     """Set up git"""
     repo = repo or util.get_repo()
 
+    user_name = ""
     try:
-        util.run("git config --global user.email")
-        has_git_config = True
+        user_name = util.run("git config --global user.email")
     except Exception:
-        has_git_config = False
+        pass
 
-    if not has_git_config:
-        # Default to the GitHub Actions bot
+    if not user_name:
+        # Use email address for the GitHub Actions bot
         # https://github.community/t/github-actions-bot-email-address/17204/6
-        git_user_name = username or "41898282+github-actions[bot]"
-        util.run(f'git config --global user.email "{git_user_name}@users.noreply.github.com"')
-        util.run(f'git config --global user.name "{git_user_name}"')
+        util.run(
+            'git config --global user.email "41898282+github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com"'
+        )
+        util.run('git config --global user.name "GitHub Action"')
 
     # Set up the repository
     checkout_dir = os.environ.get("RH_CHECKOUT_DIR", util.CHECKOUT_NAME)

jupyter_releaser/tests/test_cli.py

@@ -94,18 +94,19 @@ def test_prep_git_full(py_package, tmp_path, mocker, runner):
     os.mkdir(util.CHECKOUT_NAME)
 
     runner(["prep-git"], env=env)
-
     mock_run.assert_has_calls(
         [
-            call("echo before-prep-git >> 'log.txt'"),
             call("git config --global user.email"),
+            call(
+                'git config --global user.email "41898282+github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com"'
+            ),
+            call('git config --global user.name "GitHub Action"'),
             call("git init .jupyter_releaser_checkout"),
             call("git remote add origin https://snuffy:abc123@github.com/baz/bar.git"),
             call(f"{GIT_FETCH_CMD} --tags --force"),
             call(f"{GIT_FETCH_CMD} +refs/pull/42:refs/pull/42"),
             call(f"{GIT_FETCH_CMD} refs/pull/42"),
             call("git checkout -B foo refs/pull/42"),
-            call("git symbolic-ref -q HEAD"),
         ]
     )
 

jupyter_releaser/util.py

@@ -558,13 +558,6 @@ def prepare_environment(fetch_draft_release=True):
     auth = os.environ.get("GITHUB_ACCESS_TOKEN", "")
     gh = get_gh_object(dry_run=dry_run, owner=owner, repo=repo_name, token=auth)
 
-    # Ensure the user is an admin.
-    if not dry_run:
-        user = gh.users.get_authenticated()["login"]
-        collab_level = gh.repos.get_collaborator_permission_level(user)
-        if not collab_level["permission"] == "admin":
-            raise RuntimeError(f"User {user} does not have admin permission")
-
     # Get the latest draft release if none is given.
     release_url = os.environ.get("RH_RELEASE_URL")
     log(f"Environment release url was {release_url}")