Merge f787e7d544 into 1af3b93b68

Co-authored-by: Usman <akeju00+github@gmail.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
 

src/git-source-provider.ts

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import * as core from '@actions/core'
+import * as github from '@actions/github'
 import * as fsHelper from './fs-helper'
 import * as gitAuthHelper from './git-auth-helper'
 import * as gitCommandManager from './git-command-manager'
@@ -274,6 +275,14 @@ export async function getSource(settings: IGitSourceSettings): Promise<void> {
       settings.commit,
       settings.githubServerUrl
     )
+
+    // Set default author
+    if (!await git.configExists('user.name', true)) {
+      await git.config('user.name', github.context.workflow, true)
+    }
+    if (!await git.configExists('user.email', true)) {
+      await git.config('user.email', 'github-actions@github.com', true)
+    }
   } finally {
     // Remove auth
     if (authHelper) {