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fix: authenticate cross-repo git via gh, guard clone failures (readme-refresh) #1067

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fix: authenticate cross-repo git via gh, guard clone failures
Jul 3, 2026
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fix(reviews): address review comments [skip ci-relay]
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chore: dev-lead update (review-changes) [skip ci-relay]
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Merge branch 'main' into fix/readme-refresh-clone-auth
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17 changes: 14 additions & 3 deletions scripts/aw-readme-refresh.sh
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Expand Up @@ -205,9 +205,13 @@ process_repo() {
local LINT_WARNINGS=""

log "Cloning $full_repo"
git clone --quiet \
-c http.extraHeader="Authorization: Bearer ${GH_TOKEN}" \
"https://github.com/${full_repo}.git" "$dir"
# Auth is handled by gh's git credential helper (configured in main via `gh auth setup-git`),
# which works for both PATs and App tokens. Guard the clone so a failure aborts this repo
# loudly instead of silently generating into an empty directory.
if ! git clone --quiet "https://github.com/${full_repo}.git" "$dir" || [ ! -d "$dir/.git" ]; then
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warn "clone failed for $full_repo — skipping this repo"
return 0
fi
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local default_branch
default_branch="$(git -C "$dir" symbolic-ref --short HEAD)"
# Rolling branch: always reset to default HEAD so the PR reflects "main + fresh READMEs".
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -346,6 +350,13 @@ if ! command -v claude >/dev/null 2>&1; then
exit 1
fi

# Route git's github.com credentials through gh (uses GH_TOKEN). This authenticates the
# cross-repo clone/push for any token type — unlike an embedded x-access-token: or
# "Authorization: Bearer" header, which GitHub rejects for a classic/fine-grained PAT.
if ! gh auth setup-git --hostname github.com >/dev/null 2>&1; then
warn "gh auth setup-git failed — cross-repo git push may not authenticate"
fi
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🩺 Stability & Availability | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

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🏁 Script executed:

#!/usr/bin/env bash
set -euo pipefail

printf '--- scripts/aw-readme-refresh.sh (around lines 330-390) ---\n'
sed -n '330,390p' scripts/aw-readme-refresh.sh | cat -n

printf '\n--- search for setup-git usage and auth-related handling ---\n'
rg -n "setup-git|GIT_TERMINAL_PROMPT|auth setup|warn .*authenticate|cross-repo git" scripts/aw-readme-refresh.sh .github -S

Repository: petry-projects/.github-private

Length of output: 259

🏁 Script executed:

#!/usr/bin/env bash
set -euo pipefail

printf '--- scripts/aw-readme-refresh.sh outline ---\n'
ast-grep outline scripts/aw-readme-refresh.sh --view expanded

printf '\n--- nearby logic for repo refresh / clone / push ---\n'
rg -n "clone|push|pull|fetch|gh auth setup-git|GIT_TERMINAL_PROMPT|token|GITHUB_TOKEN|gh repo" scripts/aw-readme-refresh.sh -n -S

Repository: petry-projects/.github-private

Length of output: 259

🏁 Script executed:

#!/usr/bin/env bash
set -euo pipefail

# Show the relevant section and any surrounding auth/setup logic.
sed -n '340,380p' scripts/aw-readme-refresh.sh | cat -n
printf '\n'
rg -n "setup-git|GIT_TERMINAL_PROMPT|clone|push|warn " scripts/aw-readme-refresh.sh -S

Repository: petry-projects/.github-private

Length of output: 3189

🏁 Script executed:

#!/usr/bin/env bash
set -euo pipefail

sed -n '190,320p' scripts/aw-readme-refresh.sh | cat -n

Repository: petry-projects/.github-private

Length of output: 6615

🏁 Script executed:

#!/usr/bin/env bash
set -euo pipefail

rg -n "gh auth setup-git|credential helper|GIT_TERMINAL_PROMPT|clone failed|push --force-with-lease" scripts/aw-readme-refresh.sh -n -S

Repository: petry-projects/.github-private

Length of output: 679

🏁 Script executed:

#!/usr/bin/env bash
set -euo pipefail

# Inspect the repo-processing path and auth-related comments around clone/push.
sed -n '200,315p' scripts/aw-readme-refresh.sh | cat -n

Repository: petry-projects/.github-private

Length of output: 5795

Fail fast if gh auth setup-git fails.
With GIT_TERMINAL_PROMPT=0, this turns a global auth problem into repo-by-repo clone/push skips; aborting here surfaces the broken credential setup immediately.

🤖 Prompt for AI Agents 
Verify each finding against current code. Fix only still-valid issues, skip the
rest with a brief reason, keep changes minimal, and validate.

In `@scripts/aw-readme-refresh.sh` around lines 362 - 364, The current `gh auth
setup-git` handling in the auth/bootstrap flow only warns and continues, which
hides a global credential problem. In the `aw-readme-refresh.sh` logic around
the `gh auth setup-git` check, change it to abort immediately on failure instead
of calling `warn`, so the script fails fast and surfaces the broken auth setup
before later clone/push operations run.

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facts_file="$(gather_facts)"
EMPTY_DESC_REPOS="$(cat "$WORK_DIR/empty_desc.txt" 2>/dev/null || echo "")"
log "Facts bundle assembled ($(wc -l < "$facts_file") lines); empty-desc repos: ${EMPTY_DESC_REPOS:-none}"
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