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Replaced the GitHub token environment variable with a generated app access token for winget-create.
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Pull request overview
This PR migrates the winget workflow from using a static GitHub token secret to dynamically generating a GitHub App access token for submitting package updates to the WinGet community repository.
Key Changes:
- Removed the job-level environment variable configuration for
WINGET_CREATE_GITHUB_TOKEN - Added a new step to generate a GitHub App access token using the
actions/create-github-app-token@v2action - Moved the
WINGET_CREATE_GITHUB_TOKENenvironment variable to the specific step that needs it, populated with the generated app token
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Replaced the GitHub token environment variable with a generated app access token for winget-create.