Merge e832aee124 into 1af3b93b68

Change the default value of persist-credentials setting from true to
false to reduce the risk of unintentionally exposing the GITHUB_TOKEN
secret.

Fixes: #485

Signed-off-by: Michi Mutsuzaki <michi@isovalent.com>

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,8 +1,17 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## V6.0.0
+* Persist creds to a separate file by @ericsciple in https://github.com/actions/checkout/pull/2286
+* Update README to include Node.js 24 support details and requirements by @salmanmkc in https://github.com/actions/checkout/pull/2248
+
+## V5.0.1
+* Port v6 cleanup to v5 by @ericsciple in https://github.com/actions/checkout/pull/2301
+
 ## V5.0.0
 * Update actions checkout to use node 24 by @salmanmkc in https://github.com/actions/checkout/pull/2226
 
+## V4.3.1
+* Port v6 cleanup to v4 by @ericsciple in https://github.com/actions/checkout/pull/2305
 
 ## V4.3.0
 * docs: update README.md by @motss in https://github.com/actions/checkout/pull/1971

README.md

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [![Build and Test](https://github.com/actions/checkout/actions/workflows/test.yml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/actions/checkout/actions/workflows/test.yml)
 
-# Checkout v6-beta
+# Checkout v6
 
 ## What's new
 
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ 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.
 
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ 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

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: