Issue: Checkout fails on 0.2.22 - "Input required and not supplied: token"

[Lexmark-peachj]

Act version

0.2.22

Expected behaviour

The checkout action's behavior is different between 0.2.21 and 0.22.22. In 0.2.21, checkout seemed to docker cp the repository into the image rather than perform an actual checkout. This was desirable because local changes to actions and associated scripts were properly consumed without having to push them to the repository.

Actual behaviour

act 0.2.22 actually checks out the repo. This has two immediate downsides:

1. The repo now seems to require a token when it did not before.
2. Even if I supply a token, I now don't have any other local changes I have to scripts that support my actions because the code was actually cloned instead of cp'd from my local workspace.

Workflow and/or repository

My checkout action was this:

  - name: Check out code
    uses: actions/checkout@v2

act output

Log

[create-terraform-resources/build] ⭐  Run Check out code
[create-terraform-resources/build]   ☁  git clone 'https://github.com/actions/checkout' # ref=v2
[create-terraform-resources/build]   🐳  docker cp src=/root/.cache/act/actions-checkout@v2/ dst=/home/sre/sre/_actions/actions-checkout@v2/
[create-terraform-resources/build]   ❓  ::save-state name=isPost,::true
[create-terraform-resources/build]   💬  ::debug::GITHUB_WORKSPACE = '/home/sre/sre'
[create-terraform-resources/build]   💬  ::debug::qualified repository = 'LexmarkDevOps/SRE'
[create-terraform-resources/build]   💬  ::debug::ref = 'refs/heads/feature/create-terraform-resources-action'
[create-terraform-resources/build]   💬  ::debug::commit = '0d9d65062e5eacaea789c88c7e081cd5c963452a'
[create-terraform-resources/build]   💬  ::debug::clean = true
[create-terraform-resources/build]   💬  ::debug::fetch depth = 1
[create-terraform-resources/build]   💬  ::debug::lfs = false
[create-terraform-resources/build]   💬  ::debug::submodules = false
[create-terraform-resources/build]   💬  ::debug::recursive submodules = false
[create-terraform-resources/build]   ❗  ::error::Input required and not supplied: token
[create-terraform-resources/build]   ❌  Failure - Check out code

Note: I'm new to using act and GitHub Actions, so please let me know if I should do something differently in my workflow.

[catthehacker]

Broken as of 0f04942

[Lexmark-peachj]

Works great, thanks for your help!

[TonalidadeHidrica]

I updated the Homebrew formula, so now the HEAD version is available via brew install act --HEAD (after brew update and maybe brew unlink act).

[righel]

If I add the "with:" property I have the same token error, if I remove it works ok (using the latest version).
sample:

jobs:
  test:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - name: Checkout 
        uses: actions/checkout@v2
        with:
          ref: 'custom-branch'

output:

[CI/test]   ❗  ::error::Input required and not supplied: token
[CI/test]   ❌  Failure - Checkout
Error: exit with `FAILURE`: 1

[catthehacker]

@righel because then you want to checkout specific version instead of what you have in your workdir so you need token

[catthehacker]

v0.2.23 has been released that includes fix for this issue.

[lucasdemarchi]

Just tested master branch with https://github.com/git-pile/playground/tree/f2e5a12a837896ce9087d6d087b693009f2f0e48 and it seems broken for me:

[main/test-pile-application] 🚀  Start image=catthehacker/ubuntu:act-20.04
[main/test-pile-application]   🐳  docker run image=catthehacker/ubuntu:act-20.04 platform= entrypoint=["/usr/bin/tail" "-f" "/dev/null"] cmd=[]
[main/test-pile-application]   🐳  docker exec cmd=[mkdir -m 0777 -p /var/run/act] user=root
[main/test-pile-application] ⭐  Run Setup git
[main/test-pile-application]   🐳  docker exec cmd=[bash --noprofile --norc -e -o pipefail /home/lucas/p/git-pile-playground/patches/workflow/0] user=
[main/test-pile-application]   ✅  Success - Setup git
[main/test-pile-application] ⭐  Run Fetch git-pile
INFO[0002]   ☁  git clone 'https://github.com/actions/checkout' # ref=v2 
[main/test-pile-application]   🐳  docker cp src=/home/lucas/.cache/act/actions-checkout@v2/ dst=/var/run/act/actions/actions-checkout@v2/
[main/test-pile-application]   🐳  docker exec cmd=[mkdir -p /var/run/act/actions/actions-checkout@v2/] user=
[main/test-pile-application]   🐳  docker exec cmd=[node /var/run/act/actions/actions-checkout@v2/dist/index.js] user=
[main/test-pile-application]   ❓  ::save-state name=isPost,::true
[main/test-pile-application]   💬  ::debug::GITHUB_WORKSPACE = '/home/lucas/p/git-pile-playground/patches'
[main/test-pile-application]   💬  ::debug::qualified repository = 'git-pile/git-pile'
[main/test-pile-application]   💬  ::debug::ref = 'tip'
[main/test-pile-application]   💬  ::debug::commit = 'undefined'
[main/test-pile-application]   💬  ::debug::clean = true
[main/test-pile-application]   💬  ::debug::fetch depth = 1
[main/test-pile-application]   💬  ::debug::lfs = false
[main/test-pile-application]   💬  ::debug::submodules = false
[main/test-pile-application]   💬  ::debug::recursive submodules = false
[main/test-pile-application]   ❗  ::error::Input required and not supplied: token
[main/test-pile-application]   ❌  Failure - Fetch git-pile
Error: exit with `FAILURE`: 1

Note that in that workflow it's trying to checkout a specific branch of another (public) repository

[Siddharth-Ashri]

Trying it locally gives it the same error as above repo is private though

Just tested master branch with https://github.com/git-pile/playground/tree/f2e5a12a837896ce9087d6d087b693009f2f0e48 and it seems broken for me:

[main/test-pile-application] 🚀  Start image=catthehacker/ubuntu:act-20.04
[main/test-pile-application]   🐳  docker run image=catthehacker/ubuntu:act-20.04 platform= entrypoint=["/usr/bin/tail" "-f" "/dev/null"] cmd=[]
[main/test-pile-application]   🐳  docker exec cmd=[mkdir -m 0777 -p /var/run/act] user=root
[main/test-pile-application] ⭐  Run Setup git
[main/test-pile-application]   🐳  docker exec cmd=[bash --noprofile --norc -e -o pipefail /home/lucas/p/git-pile-playground/patches/workflow/0] user=
[main/test-pile-application]   ✅  Success - Setup git
[main/test-pile-application] ⭐  Run Fetch git-pile
INFO[0002]   ☁  git clone 'https://github.com/actions/checkout' # ref=v2 
[main/test-pile-application]   🐳  docker cp src=/home/lucas/.cache/act/actions-checkout@v2/ dst=/var/run/act/actions/actions-checkout@v2/
[main/test-pile-application]   🐳  docker exec cmd=[mkdir -p /var/run/act/actions/actions-checkout@v2/] user=
[main/test-pile-application]   🐳  docker exec cmd=[node /var/run/act/actions/actions-checkout@v2/dist/index.js] user=
[main/test-pile-application]   ❓  ::save-state name=isPost,::true
[main/test-pile-application]   💬  ::debug::GITHUB_WORKSPACE = '/home/lucas/p/git-pile-playground/patches'
[main/test-pile-application]   💬  ::debug::qualified repository = 'git-pile/git-pile'
[main/test-pile-application]   💬  ::debug::ref = 'tip'
[main/test-pile-application]   💬  ::debug::commit = 'undefined'
[main/test-pile-application]   💬  ::debug::clean = true
[main/test-pile-application]   💬  ::debug::fetch depth = 1
[main/test-pile-application]   💬  ::debug::lfs = false
[main/test-pile-application]   💬  ::debug::submodules = false
[main/test-pile-application]   💬  ::debug::recursive submodules = false
[main/test-pile-application]   ❗  ::error::Input required and not supplied: token
[main/test-pile-application]   ❌  Failure - Fetch git-pile
Error: exit with `FAILURE`: 1

Note that in that workflow it's trying to checkout a specific branch of another (public) repository

[lucasdemarchi]

@Siddharth-Ashri repo I'm referencing is not private

[FrancescoSaverioZuppichini]

same error here

[catthehacker]

@Siddharth-Ashri repo I'm referencing is not private

if you checkout specific branch/commit/etc. token is required no matter if it's private or not

same error here

works for everyone else

[francisco-gs-colpal]

I had the same problem but running the workflow in dry mode and passing github token it works
I read it from here #779 (comment)

act -n -W my-workflow.yml -s GITHUB_TOKEN=$GITHUB_TOKEN

[epignatelli]

Dryrun only checks for correctness (#268 (comment)), it does not run the workflow.

[epignatelli]

@Siddharth-Ashri repo I'm referencing is not private

if you checkout specific branch/commit/etc. token is required no matter if it's private or not

same error here

works for everyone else

How is this solved?

1. Still throws the same error, i.e. does not work for everyone else
2. Without check a specific branch or commit.

This issue should be re-opened.

[till]

@epignatelli did you manage to resolve this, or do you still have that problem?

I have this in my steps:

      - name: clone example
        uses: actions/checkout@v3
        with:
          repository: public/repository

Yields:

[e2e/deploy_app] ⭐ Run Main clone example
[e2e/deploy_app]   🐳  docker cp src=/Users/till/.cache/act/actions-checkout@v3/ dst=/var/run/act/actions/actions-checkout@v3/
[e2e/deploy_app]   🐳  docker exec cmd=[node /var/run/act/actions/actions-checkout@v3/dist/index.js] user= workdir=
[e2e/deploy_app]   💬  ::debug::GITHUB_WORKSPACE = '/Users/till/Documents/workspaces/local/path'
[e2e/deploy_app]   💬  ::debug::qualified repository = 'public/repository'
[e2e/deploy_app]   💬  ::debug::ref = ''
[e2e/deploy_app]   💬  ::debug::commit = 'undefined'
[e2e/deploy_app]   💬  ::debug::clean = true
[e2e/deploy_app]   💬  ::debug::fetch depth = 1
[e2e/deploy_app]   💬  ::debug::lfs = false
[e2e/deploy_app]   💬  ::debug::submodules = false
[e2e/deploy_app]   💬  ::debug::recursive submodules = false
[e2e/deploy_app]   ❗  ::error::Input required and not supplied: token
[e2e/deploy_app]   ❌  Failure - Main clone example
[e2e/deploy_app] exitcode '1': failure

Maybe it changed with v3 to require this always? I guess for completeness, I am cloning inside a workflow run of a private repository. The initial clone works, but this one doesn't. Also tried setting an empty token to no avail.

[zhongweiy]

I'm on version act version 0.2.34 and using actions/checkout@v2 on a public repo. The error still exists.

The workaround is replacing uses: actions/checkout@v2 with a pure git clone run: git clone https://github.com/example/example.git, like this commit. It is inconvenient if you need to do other things by checkout@v2, you have to do it manually by shell commands.