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Add GitHub Actions bot email address

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Description

Hello, according to the discussion over here, you may want to update the email address in your workflow file to following:

 git config --global user.email "41898282+github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com"

As a result you'll see github-actions[bot] under Contributors section:

Screen Shot 2024-02-11 at 11 06 54 pm

Thanks!

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First steps

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  2. Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

Research direction

Open .github/workflows/build.yml and inspect the existing git config user.email command. Update it to the GitHub Actions bot address shown in the issue, then confirm the workflow uses that identity so github-actions[bot] appears in Contributors.

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Assessment

Tech stack
github-actions
Domain
ci-cd
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
1/5
Estimated time
Under an hour
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Clearly specified
Newbie friendliness
45/100

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