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ci: set least-privilege GITHUB_TOKEN permissions (SEC-843) - #398
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actions/checkout writes the job token into .git/config by default, where any later step (composer install, phpunit, third-party actions) can read it. Nothing in this workflow needs git credentials after checkout; the gh-pages deploy authenticates with its own github_token input. Refs SEC-843
Default the workflow token to read-only. Only the docs job writes to the repo (gh-pages deploy), so it alone gets contents: write. Refs SEC-843
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What
permissions: contents: read.docsjob:contents: write, which the gh-pages deploy needs.Why
The workflow had no
permissions:block, so every job got the repo's default token scope. With this change, a job that only builds and tests gets a read-only token.Testing note
docsonly runs onmaster, so this PR's CI doesn't exercise it. Check the firstdocsrun after merge.Stack
persist-credentials: falsePart of SEC-842.