Add git trailer to preserve workflow triggering actor#21
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Read the GITHUB_ACTOR environment variable and add a Release-Triggered-By git trailer to commit messages. This allows downstream workflows to identify the original release initiator when using PATs for multi-stage releases. The trailer can be extracted with: git log -1 --format='%(trailers:key=Release-Triggered-By,valueonly)' Closes #20 Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Summary
Release-Triggered-Bygit trailer to commit messages by readingGITHUB_ACTORenvironment variableChanges
TriggeredByfield toPRRequeststructcommitFile()to append git trailer whentriggeredByis non-emptyGITHUB_ACTORenv var inparseFlags()and pass it through to PR creationExample
Commit message format when
GITHUB_ACTORis set:The trailer can be extracted downstream with:
git log -1 --format='%(trailers:key=Release-Triggered-By,valueonly)'Test plan
Closes #20