Remove setup-git-user in favor of setting fallback only when identity is missing (#688)

* Experiment with skipping setup-git-user more often

* drop setup-git-user

* fix tests

.changeset/tidy-bots-smile.md

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"@changesets/action": patch
+---
+
+Remove the `setup-git-user` input. Complete custom Git identities are now preserved automatically, while `github-actions[bot]` is configured as a fallback before creating local release commits or tags.

.github/workflows/publish.yml

@@ -75,7 +75,6 @@ jobs:
         uses: ./version
         with:
           github-token: ${{ steps.bot-auth.outputs.token }}
-          setup-git-user: false
           script: pnpm bump
 
   publish:

README.md

@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ There are also sub-actions hosted in this repository. Check out their respective
 - version-script - The command to update version, edit CHANGELOG, read and delete changesets. Default to `changeset version` if not provided
 - commit-message - The commit message to use. Default to `Version Packages`
 - pr-title - The pull request title. Default to `Version Packages`
-- setup-git-user - Sets up the git user for commits as `"github-actions[bot]"`. Default to `true`
 - create-github-releases - A boolean value to indicate whether to create Github releases after `publish` or not. Default to `true`
 - push-git-tags - A boolean value to indicate whether to create git tags after `publish` or not. Default to `true`
 - commit-mode - Specifies the commit mode. Use `"git-cli"` to push changes using the Git CLI, or `"github-api"` to push changes via the GitHub API. When using `"github-api"`, all commits and tags are GPG-signed and attributed to the user or app who owns the `GITHUB_TOKEN`. Default to `git-cli`
@@ -26,6 +25,11 @@ There are also sub-actions hosted in this repository. Check out their respective
 - pr-draft - Controls draft PR behavior. Use `create` to create new version PRs as draft, or `always` to also convert existing version PRs back to draft when updating them. By default, version PRs are not forced into draft mode
 - github-token - Passes a custom GitHub token
 
+Before creating local commits or annotated tags, the action preserves complete
+Git author and committer identities configured through the environment or Git
+configuration. If either identity is unavailable, it configures
+`github-actions[bot]` as a fallback.
+
 ### Outputs
 
 - published - A boolean value to indicate whether a publishing has happened or not

action.yml

@@ -46,10 +46,6 @@ inputs:
       or app who owns the GITHUB_TOKEN.
     required: false
     default: "git-cli"
-  setup-git-user:
-    description: Sets up the git user for commits as `"github-actions[bot]"`. Default to `true`
-    required: false
-    default: true
 outputs:
   published:
     description: A boolean value to indicate whether a publishing is happened or not

src/github.ts

@@ -93,10 +93,35 @@ export class GitHub {
     };
   }
 
-  async setupUser() {
+  async ensureGitUser() {
-    if (this.commitMode === "github-api") {
+    // Check the exact identities that Git would use for commits without
+    // allowing Git to fall back to auto-detected values like user@hostname.
+    // This covers explicit GIT_AUTHOR_* / GIT_COMMITTER_* env vars, local
+    // config, and global config. A partial identity, with only a name or only
+    // an email, does not pass this check. If either identity is missing,
+    // configure our default bot user as a fallback.
+    const authorIdentity = await getExecOutput(
+      "git",
+      ["-c", "user.useConfigOnly=true", "var", "GIT_AUTHOR_IDENT"],
+      {
+        cwd: this.cwd,
+        ignoreReturnCode: true,
+        silent: true,
+      },
+    );
+    const committerIdentity = await getExecOutput(
+      "git",
+      ["-c", "user.useConfigOnly=true", "var", "GIT_COMMITTER_IDENT"],
+      {
+        cwd: this.cwd,
+        ignoreReturnCode: true,
+        silent: true,
+      },
+    );
+    if (authorIdentity.exitCode === 0 && committerIdentity.exitCode === 0) {
       return;
     }
+    core.info("Setting Git user to github-actions[bot]");
     await exec("git", ["config", "user.name", `"github-actions[bot]"`], {
       cwd: this.cwd,
     });
@@ -159,6 +184,7 @@ export class GitHub {
       return;
     }
     if (!(await checkIfClean({ cwd: this.cwd }))) {
+      await this.ensureGitUser();
       await commitAll(message, { cwd: this.cwd });
     }
     await push(branch, {

src/index.ts

@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ import {
     prDraft: "pr-draft",
     createGithubReleases: "create-github-releases",
     commitMode: "commit-mode",
-    setupGitUser: "setup-git-user",
   });
 
   const githubToken = getRequiredInput("github-token");
@@ -51,13 +50,6 @@ import {
     commitMode,
   });
 
-  let setupGitUser = core.getBooleanInput("setup-git-user");
-
-  if (setupGitUser) {
-    core.info("setting git user");
-    await github.setupUser();
-  }
-
   let { changesets } = await readChangesetState(cwd);
 
   let publishScript = core.getInput("publish-script");

src/run.test.ts

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import * as core from "@actions/core";
 import type { Changeset } from "@changesets/types";
 import { writeChangeset } from "@changesets/write";
 import { createFixture } from "fs-fixture";
+import { exec } from "tinyexec";
 import { afterEach, beforeEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from "vitest";
 import { GitHub } from "./github.ts";
 import { runPublish, runVersion } from "./run.ts";
@@ -101,6 +102,13 @@ const createGithub = (cwd: string) =>
     commitMode: "github-api",
   });
 
+async function initializeGitRepository(cwd: string) {
+  await exec("git", ["init"], {
+    nodeOptions: { cwd },
+    throwOnError: true,
+  });
+}
+
 beforeEach(() => {
   vi.clearAllMocks();
 });
@@ -113,6 +121,7 @@ describe("publish", () => {
   it("warns when a custom publish script does not create the output file", async () => {
     await using fixture = await createSimpleProjectFixture();
     const cwd = fixture.path;
+    await initializeGitRepository(cwd);
     vi.stubEnv("RUNNER_TEMP", cwd);
 
     const result = await runPublish({
@@ -145,6 +154,7 @@ describe("publish", () => {
       "package-lock.json": "",
     });
     const cwd = fixture.path;
+    await initializeGitRepository(cwd);
     vi.stubEnv("RUNNER_TEMP", cwd);
 
     await expect(

src/run.ts

@@ -164,6 +164,10 @@ export async function runPublish({
   cwd,
 }: PublishOptions): Promise<PublishResult> {
   const { octokit } = github;
+  // Changesets creates annotated tags locally, including when the action pushes those tags through the GitHub API.
+  // It might also be important for custom publish scripts to have a valid git user configured.
+  await github.ensureGitUser();
+
   let changesetPublishOutput: ExecOutput;
   const outputFile = path.join(
     process.env.RUNNER_TEMP ?? (await fs.realpath(os.tmpdir())),

src/version/index.ts

@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ async function main() {
   const prDraft = getOptionalInput("pr-draft");
   const prBaseBranch = getOptionalInput("pr-base-branch");
   const commitMode = getOptionalInput("commit-mode") ?? "git-cli";
-  const setupGitUser = core.getBooleanInput("setup-git-user");
 
   // Validations
   if (prDraft !== undefined && prDraft !== "always" && prDraft !== "create") {
@@ -41,11 +40,6 @@ async function main() {
     commitMode,
   });
 
-  if (setupGitUser) {
-    core.info("setting git user");
-    await github.setupUser();
-  }
-
   const { pullRequestNumber } = await runVersion({
     script,
     github,

version/action.yml

@@ -33,10 +33,6 @@ inputs:
       or app who owns the GITHUB_TOKEN.
     required: false
     default: "git-cli"
-  setup-git-user:
-    description: Sets up the git user for commits as `"github-actions[bot]"`. Default to `true`
-    required: false
-    default: true
 outputs:
   pr-number:
     description: The pull request number that was created or updated