Merge e832aee124 into df4cb1c069

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

@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## v6.0.3
+* Fix checkout init for SHA-256 repositories by @yaananth in https://github.com/actions/checkout/pull/2439
+* fix: expand merge commit SHA regex and add SHA-256 test cases by @yaananth in https://github.com/actions/checkout/pull/2414
+
 ## v6.0.2
 * Fix tag handling: preserve annotations and explicit fetch-tags by @ericsciple in https://github.com/actions/checkout/pull/2356
 

README.md

@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ 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.
 
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ 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: