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Support GITHUB_TOKEN provided by GitHub Actions

See original GitHub issue

Version: 21.2.0
Target: macOS

I’m attempting to build an Electron app using GitHub Actions. A GITHUB_TOKEN is provided which could possibly be used instead of creating a personal access token.

- name: Publish release
  run: npm run release
  env:
    GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}

However, the following error occurs:

Error: GitHub Personal Access Token (“***”) contains invalid characters, please check env “GH_TOKEN” at new GitHubPublisher (/Users/runner/runners/2.157.0/work/tailboard-electron/tailboard-electron/node_modules/electron-publish/src/gitHubPublisher.ts:53:15)

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Created 4 years ago
Reactions:2
Comments:10 (2 by maintainers)

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3reactions

samuelmeulicommented, Nov 30, 2019

This is still happening with v21.2.0 (GitHub Actions on Ubuntu):

  ⨯ GitHub Personal Access Token ("***") contains invalid characters, please check env "GH_TOKEN"

1reaction

samuelmeulicommented, Dec 2, 2019

Ah, I see, the version that fixes this issue is not marked as stable yet, which is why it’s not in my project. Running yarn add --dev electron-builder@^22.0.0 to get the beta should fix this then.

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