Merge 110353ee6c3f4f041737e85298588eb167dae1ca into 3b9b8c884f6b4bb4d5be2779c26374abadae0871

Add a scenario where it is necessary to push a commit to a pull request.

README.md

@@ -143,6 +143,7 @@ Please refer to the [release page](https://github.com/actions/checkout/releases/
 - [Checkout pull request HEAD commit instead of merge commit](#Checkout-pull-request-HEAD-commit-instead-of-merge-commit)
 - [Checkout pull request on closed event](#Checkout-pull-request-on-closed-event)
 - [Push a commit using the built-in token](#Push-a-commit-using-the-built-in-token)
+- [Push a commit to a PR using the built-in token](#Push-a-commit-to-a-PR-using-the-built-in-token)
 
 ## Fetch only the root files
 
@@ -288,6 +289,31 @@ jobs:
 ```
 *NOTE:* The user email is `{user.id}+{user.login}@users.noreply.github.com`. See users API: https://api.github.com/users/github-actions%5Bbot%5D
 
+## Push a commit to a PR using the built-in token
+
+In a pull request trigger, `ref` is required as GitHub Actions checks out in detached HEAD mode, meaning it doesn’t check out your branch by default.
+
+```yaml
+on: pull_request
+jobs:
+  build:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          ref: ${{ github.head_ref }}
+      - run: |
+          date > generated.txt
+          # Note: the following account information will not work on GHES
+          git config user.name "github-actions[bot]"
+          git config user.email "41898282+github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com"
+          git add .
+          git commit -m "generated"
+          git push
+```
+*NOTE:* The user email is `{user.id}+{user.login}@users.noreply.github.com`. See users API: https://api.github.com/users/github-actions%5Bbot%5D
+
+
 # License
 
 The scripts and documentation in this project are released under the [MIT License](LICENSE)

src/git-auth-helper.ts

@@ -364,11 +364,13 @@ class GitAuthHelper {
       }
     }
 
-    const pattern = regexpHelper.escape(configKey)
-    await this.git.submoduleForeach(
-      // wrap the pipeline in quotes to make sure it's handled properly by submoduleForeach, rather than just the first part of the pipeline
-      `sh -c "git config --local --name-only --get-regexp '${pattern}' && git config --local --unset-all '${configKey}' || :"`,
-      true
-    )
+    if (this.settings.submodules) {
+      const pattern = regexpHelper.escape(configKey)
+      await this.git.submoduleForeach(
+        // wrap the pipeline in quotes to make sure it's handled properly by submoduleForeach, rather than just the first part of the pipeline
+        `sh -c "git config --local --name-only --get-regexp '${pattern}' && git config --local --unset-all '${configKey}' || :"`,
+        true
+      )
+    }
   }
 }