PR checks won't run after action pushes changed code

[lukepighetti]

I've noticed that if stefanzweifel/git-auto-commit-action pushes changed code, the PR checks won't run again to check it. Is there a way to do this?

[stefanzweifel]

Yeah, this happens due to a limitation set by GitHub for the GITHUB_TOKEN. From the docs.

When you use the repository's GITHUB_TOKEN to perform tasks on behalf of the GitHub Actions app, events triggered by the GITHUB_TOKEN will not create a new workflow run. This prevents you from accidentally creating recursive workflow runs.

You can fix this by creating a new Personal Access Token (PAT),
storing the token as a secret in your repository and then passing the new token to the actions/checkout Action step.

- uses: actions/checkout@v3
  with:
    token: ${{ secrets.PAT }}

If you create a personal access token, apply the repo and workflow scopes.
If you work in an organization and don't want to create a PAT from your personal account, we recommend using a robot account for the token.

Commits made by git-auto-commit will then trigger other workflows again (eg. running your test suite). Keep in mind that this constellation could lead to and endless chain of workflow executions.