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ci: add renovate auto-approve workflow #77

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11 changes: 11 additions & 0 deletions .github/workflows/renovate-approve.yml
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name: Renovate auto-approve

on:
pull_request:
types:
- opened
- reopened

jobs:
approve:
uses: reqstool/.github/.github/workflows/renovate-approve.yml@main

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Workflow does not contain permissions Medium

Actions job or workflow does not limit the permissions of the GITHUB_TOKEN. Consider setting an explicit permissions block, using the following as a minimal starting point: {}

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AI 13 days ago

In general, the fix is to explicitly define a permissions: block either at the workflow root (applies to all jobs) or inside the specific job. Since this workflow only defines a single job (approve) that simply calls a reusable workflow, the cleanest approach is to add a root-level permissions: section that grants only read access to repository contents, which is usually sufficient for Renovate approval logic driven by another workflow. If the reusable workflow needs additional scopes, they can be added there; here we keep the caller minimal.

Concretely, in .github/workflows/renovate-approve.yml, insert a permissions: block after the name: line and before on:. Use a minimal least-privilege setting such as:

permissions:
  contents: read

This ensures the GITHUB_TOKEN used by this workflow is explicitly limited and no longer depends on potentially broad repository defaults. No imports or additional methods are needed; only the YAML structure changes.

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.github/workflows/renovate-approve.yml

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Run the following command in your local git repository to apply this patch
cat << 'EOF' | git apply
diff --git a/.github/workflows/renovate-approve.yml b/.github/workflows/renovate-approve.yml
--- a/.github/workflows/renovate-approve.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/renovate-approve.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 name: Renovate auto-approve
 
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+
 on:
   pull_request:
     types:
EOF
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
name: Renovate auto-approve

permissions:
contents: read

on:
pull_request:
types:
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