Ambiguous documentation for automatic token auth #37573
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Fails to explain how (and whether at all) the token generated by the run will provide the GitHub token to steps that call actions that use a Docker image, such as:
runs:
using: docker
image: docker://…It is unclear whether the GITHUB_TOKEN will be created as an env variable in the container, thus enabling Automatic token authentication (without manually passing the token as action input). Only using ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }} and github.token is documented, which is not something that appears as something one can access in non-JavaScript actions.
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