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…rapping with long PATs Co-authored-by: pelikhan <4175913+pelikhan@users.noreply.github.com>
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Pull request overview
Fixes git fetch authentication failures when using long fine-grained PATs by preventing base64 from line-wrapping the generated Authorization header.
Changes:
- Disable
base64line wrapping in the generated “Fetch additional refs” step (base64 -w 0). - Add/extend unit test coverage to assert the no-wrap flag is included in generated YAML.
- Regenerate the affected compiled workflow lock file to reflect the updated fetch step.
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| File | Description |
|---|---|
| pkg/workflow/checkout_manager.go | Updates generated fetch-step header encoding to use base64 -w 0 to avoid multi-line headers with long tokens. |
| pkg/workflow/checkout_manager_test.go | Adds assertion ensuring the generated step includes base64 -w 0. |
| .github/workflows/smoke-update-cross-repo-pr.lock.yml | Recompiled workflow output to include the updated fetch-step command. |
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The
Fetch additional refsstep was broken for fine-grained PATs (github_pat_..., 82-93+ chars). Linuxbase64wraps at 76 characters by default, so encodingx-access-token:<long-pat>produced a multi-line string used verbatim as a git HTTP header — causing every run to fail withfatal: unable to access '...': Failed sending HTTP request.Changes
pkg/workflow/checkout_manager.go: Add-w 0tobase64call ingenerateFetchStepLinesto disable line wrappingpkg/workflow/checkout_manager_test.go: Assertbase64 -w 0is present in generated fetch step.github/workflows/smoke-update-cross-repo-pr.lock.yml: Recompiled