Fix MegaLinter auto-fix PR creation#1974
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Summary
${{ github.token }}for the MegaLinter auto-fix PR step instead of preferring a repository PAT.megalinter-fixes-${{ github.run_id }}) to avoid force-updating a stale/divergedmegalinter-fixesbranch.peter-evans/create-pull-requestfailed while pushing the generated fixes with HTTP 403.Context
The referenced MegaLinter run successfully linted all files and generated four auto-formatting fixes, then failed only when pushing the auto-fix PR branch. The log showed:
Using the job token with explicit job-level
contents: write/pull-requests: writepermissions avoids a misconfigured PAT overriding the workflow token, and the unique branch name avoids branch divergence problems from reusingmegalinter-fixes.Testing
Not run locally. This is a GitHub Actions workflow-only change.