feat: real user as commit author (#187)

Previously all commits were authored and committed by

    releaser-pleaser <>

This looked weird when looking at the commit. We now check with the
Forge API for details on the currently authenticated user, and use that
name and email as the commit author. The commit committer stays the same
for now.

In GitHub, the default `$GITHUB_TOKEN` does not allow access to the
required endpoint, so for github the user `github-actions[bot]
<41898282+github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>` is hardcoded
when the request fails.
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Julian Tölle 2025-06-09 10:06:56 +02:00 committed by GitHub
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6 changed files with 121 additions and 13 deletions

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@ -17,6 +17,9 @@ type Forge interface {
GitAuth() transport.AuthMethod
// CommitAuthor returns the git author used for the release commit. It should be the user whose token is used to talk to the API.
CommitAuthor(context.Context) (git.Author, error)
// LatestTags returns the last stable tag created on the main branch. If there is a more recent pre-release tag,
// that is also returned. If no tag is found, it returns nil.
LatestTags(context.Context) (git.Releases, error)

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@ -29,6 +29,13 @@ const (
EnvRepository = "GITHUB_REPOSITORY"
)
var (
gitHubActionsBotAuthor = git.Author{
Name: "github-actions[bot]",
Email: "41898282+github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com",
}
)
var _ forge.Forge = &GitHub{}
type GitHub struct {
@ -61,6 +68,22 @@ func (g *GitHub) GitAuth() transport.AuthMethod {
}
}
func (g *GitHub) CommitAuthor(ctx context.Context) (git.Author, error) {
g.log.DebugContext(ctx, "getting commit author from current token user")
user, _, err := g.client.Users.Get(ctx, "")
if err != nil {
g.log.WarnContext(ctx, "failed to get commit author from API, using default github-actions[bot] user", "error", err)
return gitHubActionsBotAuthor, nil
}
return git.Author{
Name: user.GetName(),
Email: user.GetEmail(),
}, nil
}
func (g *GitHub) LatestTags(ctx context.Context) (git.Releases, error) {
g.log.DebugContext(ctx, "listing all tags in github repository")

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@ -69,6 +69,22 @@ func (g *GitLab) GitAuth() transport.AuthMethod {
}
}
func (g *GitLab) CommitAuthor(ctx context.Context) (git.Author, error) {
g.log.DebugContext(ctx, "getting commit author from current token user")
user, _, err := g.client.Users.CurrentUser(gitlab.WithContext(ctx))
if err != nil {
return git.Author{}, err
}
// TODO: Return bot when nothing is returned?
return git.Author{
Name: user.Name,
Email: user.Email,
}, nil
}
func (g *GitLab) LatestTags(ctx context.Context) (git.Releases, error) {
g.log.DebugContext(ctx, "listing all tags in gitlab repository")