chore: Cherry-picked changes from upstream

README.md

@@ -452,10 +452,12 @@ If you create a fine-grained personal access token, apply the `Contents`-permiss
 ```yaml
 - uses: actions/checkout@v4
   with:
-    token: ${{ secrets.PAT }}
+    # We pass the "PAT" secret to the checkout action; if no PAT secret is available to the workflow runner (eg. Dependabot) we fall back to the default "GITHUB_TOKEN".
+    token: ${{ secrets.PAT || secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
 ```
 You can learn more about Personal Access Token in the [GitHub documentation](https://docs.github.com/en/github/authenticating-to-github/creating-a-personal-access-token).
 
+
 > [!TIP] 
 > If you're working in an organisation, and you don't want to create the PAT from your personal account, we recommend using a bot-account for such tokens.
 

action.yml

@@ -75,6 +75,18 @@ inputs:
   internal_git_binary:
     description: Internal use only! Path to git binary used to check if git is available. (Don't change this!)
     default: git
+  skip_fetch:
+    description: "Deprecated: skip_fetch has been removed in v6. It does not have any effect anymore."
+    required: false
+    default: false
+  skip_checkout:
+    description: "Deprecated: skip_checkout has been removed in v6. It does not have any effect anymore."
+    required: false
+    default: false
+  create_branch:
+    description: "Deprecated: create_branch has been removed in v6. It does not have any effect anymore."
+    default: false
+
 
 outputs:
   changes_detected:

dist/entrypoint.sh

@@ -27,6 +27,18 @@ _log() {
 }
 
 _main() {
+    if "$INPUT_SKIP_FETCH"; then
+        _log "warning" "git-auto-commit: skip_fetch has been removed in v6. It does not have any effect anymore.";
+    fi
+
+    if "$INPUT_SKIP_CHECKOUT"; then
+        _log "warning" "git-auto-commit: skip_checkout has been removed in v6. It does not have any effect anymore.";
+    fi
+
+    if "$INPUT_CREATE_BRANCH"; then
+        _log "warning" "git-auto-commit: create_branch has been removed in v6. It does not have any effect anymore.";
+    fi
+
     _check_if_git_is_available
 
     _switch_to_repository
@@ -39,8 +51,6 @@ _main() {
 
         _set_github_output "changes_detected" "true"
 
-        _switch_to_branch
-
         _add_files
 
         # Check dirty state of repo again using git-diff.
@@ -97,32 +107,6 @@ _git_is_dirty() {
     [ -n "$gitStatus" ]
 }
 
-_switch_to_branch() {
-    echo "INPUT_BRANCH value: $INPUT_BRANCH";
-
-    # Fetch remote to make sure that repo can be switched to the right branch.
-    if "$INPUT_SKIP_FETCH"; then
-        _log "debug" "git-fetch will not be executed.";
-    else
-        git fetch --depth=1;
-    fi
-
-    # If `skip_checkout`-input is true, skip the entire checkout step.
-    if "$INPUT_SKIP_CHECKOUT"; then
-        _log "debug" "git-checkout will not be executed.";
-    else
-        # Create new local branch if `create_branch`-input is true
-        if "$INPUT_CREATE_BRANCH"; then
-            # shellcheck disable=SC2086
-            git checkout -B $INPUT_BRANCH --;
-        else
-            # Switch to branch from current Workflow run
-            # shellcheck disable=SC2086
-            git checkout $INPUT_BRANCH --;
-        fi
-    fi
-}
-
 _add_files() {
     echo "INPUT_ADD_OPTIONS: ${INPUT_ADD_OPTIONS}";
     _log "debug" "Apply add options ${INPUT_ADD_OPTIONS}";
@@ -168,6 +152,8 @@ _tag_commit() {
 
 _push_to_github() {
 
+    echo "INPUT_BRANCH value: $INPUT_BRANCH";
+
     echo "INPUT_PUSH_OPTIONS: ${INPUT_PUSH_OPTIONS}";
     _log "debug" "Apply push options ${INPUT_PUSH_OPTIONS}";
 

entrypoint.sh

@@ -27,6 +27,18 @@ _log() {
 }
 
 _main() {
+    if "$INPUT_SKIP_FETCH"; then
+        _log "warning" "git-auto-commit: skip_fetch has been removed in v6. It does not have any effect anymore.";
+    fi
+
+    if "$INPUT_SKIP_CHECKOUT"; then
+        _log "warning" "git-auto-commit: skip_checkout has been removed in v6. It does not have any effect anymore.";
+    fi
+
+    if "$INPUT_CREATE_BRANCH"; then
+        _log "warning" "git-auto-commit: create_branch has been removed in v6. It does not have any effect anymore.";
+    fi
+
     _check_if_git_is_available
 
     _switch_to_repository
@@ -39,8 +51,6 @@ _main() {
 
         _set_github_output "changes_detected" "true"
 
-        _switch_to_branch
-
         _add_files
 
         # Check dirty state of repo again using git-diff.
@@ -97,32 +107,6 @@ _git_is_dirty() {
     [ -n "$gitStatus" ]
 }
 
-_switch_to_branch() {
-    echo "INPUT_BRANCH value: $INPUT_BRANCH";
-
-    # Fetch remote to make sure that repo can be switched to the right branch.
-    if "$INPUT_SKIP_FETCH"; then
-        _log "debug" "git-fetch will not be executed.";
-    else
-        git fetch --depth=1;
-    fi
-
-    # If `skip_checkout`-input is true, skip the entire checkout step.
-    if "$INPUT_SKIP_CHECKOUT"; then
-        _log "debug" "git-checkout will not be executed.";
-    else
-        # Create new local branch if `create_branch`-input is true
-        if "$INPUT_CREATE_BRANCH"; then
-            # shellcheck disable=SC2086
-            git checkout -B $INPUT_BRANCH --;
-        else
-            # Switch to branch from current Workflow run
-            # shellcheck disable=SC2086
-            git checkout $INPUT_BRANCH --;
-        fi
-    fi
-}
-
 _add_files() {
     echo "INPUT_ADD_OPTIONS: ${INPUT_ADD_OPTIONS}";
     _log "debug" "Apply add options ${INPUT_ADD_OPTIONS}";
@@ -168,6 +152,8 @@ _tag_commit() {
 
 _push_to_github() {
 
+    echo "INPUT_BRANCH value: $INPUT_BRANCH";
+
     echo "INPUT_PUSH_OPTIONS: ${INPUT_PUSH_OPTIONS}";
     _log "debug" "Apply push options ${INPUT_PUSH_OPTIONS}";