feat: support tokens scoped to multiple repositories within organization (actions#46)

Co-authored-by: Gregor Martynus <[email protected]>
Co-authored-by: Parker Brown <[email protected]>

Author: 3 people

README.md

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ In order to use this action, you need to:
 2. [Store the App's ID in your repository environment variables](https://docs.github.com/actions/learn-github-actions/variables#defining-configuration-variables-for-multiple-workflows) (example: `APP_ID`)
 3. [Store the App's private key in your repository secrets](https://docs.github.com/actions/security-guides/encrypted-secrets?tool=webui#creating-encrypted-secrets-for-a-repository) (example: `PRIVATE_KEY`)
 
-### Minimal usage
+### Create a token for the current repository
 
 ```yaml
 on: [issues]
@@ -57,6 +57,73 @@ jobs:
           github_token: ${{ steps.app-token.outputs.token }}
 ```
 
+### Create a token for all repositories in the current owner's installation
+
+```yaml
+on: [workflow_dispatch]
+
+jobs:
+  hello-world:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/create-github-app-token@v1
+        id: app-token
+        with:
+          app_id: ${{ vars.APP_ID }}
+          private_key: ${{ secrets.PRIVATE_KEY }}
+          owner: ${{ github.repository_owner }}
+      - uses: peter-evans/create-or-update-comment@v3
+        with:
+          token: ${{ steps.app-token.outputs.token }}
+          issue-number: ${{ github.event.issue.number }}
+          body: "Hello, World!"
+```
+
+### Create a token for multiple repositories in the current owner's installation
+
+```yaml
+on: [issues]
+
+jobs:
+  hello-world:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/create-github-app-token@v1
+        id: app-token
+        with:
+          app_id: ${{ vars.APP_ID }}
+          private_key: ${{ secrets.PRIVATE_KEY }}
+          owner: ${{ github.repository_owner }}
+          repositories: "repo1,repo2"
+      - uses: peter-evans/create-or-update-comment@v3
+        with:
+          token: ${{ steps.app-token.outputs.token }}
+          issue-number: ${{ github.event.issue.number }}
+          body: "Hello, World!"
+```
+
+### Create a token for all repositories in another owner's installation
+
+```yaml
+on: [issues]
+
+jobs:
+  hello-world:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/create-github-app-token@v1
+        id: app-token
+        with:
+          app_id: ${{ vars.APP_ID }}
+          private_key: ${{ secrets.PRIVATE_KEY }}
+          owner: another-owner
+      - uses: peter-evans/create-or-update-comment@v3
+        with:
+          token: ${{ steps.app-token.outputs.token }}
+          issue-number: ${{ github.event.issue.number }}
+          body: "Hello, World!"
+```
+
 ## Inputs
 
 ### `app_id`
@@ -67,6 +134,17 @@ jobs:
 
 **Required:** GitHub App private key.
 
+### `owner`
+
+**Optional:** GitHub App installation owner. If empty, defaults to the current repository owner.
+
+### `repositories`
+
+**Optional:** Comma-separated list of repositories to grant access to.
+
+> [!NOTE]
+> If `owner` is set and `repositories` is empty, access will be scoped to all repositories in the provided repository owner's installation. If `owner` and `repositories` are empty, access will be scoped to only the current repository.
+
 ## Outputs
 
 ### `token`
@@ -77,7 +155,7 @@ GitHub App installation access token.
 
 The action creates an installation access token using [the `POST /app/installations/{installation_id}/access_tokens` endpoint](https://docs.github.com/rest/apps/apps?apiVersion=2022-11-28#create-an-installation-access-token-for-an-app). By default,
 
-1. The token is scoped to the current repository.
+1. The token is scoped to the current repository or `repositories` if set.
 2. The token inherits all the installation's permissions.
 3. The token is set as output `token` which can be used in subsequent steps.
 4. The token is revoked in the `post` step of the action, which means it cannot be passed to another job.

action.yml

@@ -11,6 +11,12 @@ inputs:
   private_key:
     description: "GitHub App private key"
     required: true
+  owner:
+    description: "GitHub App owner (defaults to current repository owner)"
+    required: false
+  repositories:
+    description: "Repositories to install the GitHub App on (defaults to current repository if owner is unset)"
+    required: false
 outputs:
   token:
     description: "GitHub installation access token"