Merge e832aee124 into 44c2b7a8a4

* README: Set `user.email` to GitHub Actions Bot

* Update workflow to use proper bot GitHub Bot email

* Prefix `user.email` with `41898282+`

To match squash merge user, else showing as two different users, see: b0948d0da0

* Update README.md

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Co-authored-by: Pelle Wessman <pelle@kodfabrik.se>

.github/workflows/update-main-version.yml

@@ -27,8 +27,8 @@ jobs:
         fetch-depth: 0
     - name: Git config
       run: |
-        git config user.name github-actions
+        git config user.name "github-actions[bot]"
-        git config user.email github-actions@github.com
+        git config user.email "41898282+github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com"
     - name: Tag new target
       run: git tag -f ${{ github.event.inputs.major_version }} ${{ github.event.inputs.target }}
     - name: Push new tag

README.md

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ This action checks-out your repository under `$GITHUB_WORKSPACE`, so your workfl
 
 Only a single commit is fetched by default, for the ref/SHA that triggered the workflow. Set `fetch-depth: 0` to fetch all history for all branches and tags. Refer [here](https://docs.github.com/actions/using-workflows/events-that-trigger-workflows) to learn which commit `$GITHUB_SHA` points to for different events.
 
-The auth token is persisted in the local git config. This enables your scripts to run authenticated git commands. The token is removed during post-job cleanup. Set `persist-credentials: false` to opt-out.
+Set `persist-credentials: true` to opt-in to persist the auth token in the local git config. This enables your scripts to run authenticated git commands. The token is removed during post-job cleanup.
 
 When Git 2.18 or higher is not in your PATH, falls back to the REST API to download the files.
 
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ Please refer to the [release page](https://github.com/actions/checkout/releases/
     ssh-user: ''
 
     # Whether to configure the token or SSH key with the local git config
-    # Default: true
+    # Default: false
     persist-credentials: ''
 
     # Relative path under $GITHUB_WORKSPACE to place the repository
@@ -279,8 +279,9 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - run: |
           date > generated.txt
-          git config user.name github-actions
+          # Note: the following account information will not work on GHES
-          git config user.email github-actions@github.com
+          git config user.name "github-actions[bot]"
+          git config user.email "41898282+github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com"
           git add .
           git commit -m "generated"
           git push

action.yml

@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ inputs:
     default: git
   persist-credentials:
     description: 'Whether to configure the token or SSH key with the local git config'
-    default: true
+    default: false
   path:
     description: 'Relative path under $GITHUB_WORKSPACE to place the repository'
   clean: