docs: fix the usage example and the list of users - #491
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- The usage example posts a thread comment but set no permissions, so it failed on repositories whose token is read-only by default and on pull requests from forks. It now sets `pull-requests: write` and skips the comment on pull requests from forks. - The auto-fix tip suggested putting a skip-CI marker in `auto-fix-commit-msg`. On the pull request head that leaves required checks pending, and a squash merge can carry it to the default branch. The tip, and docs/permissions.md, now warn against it. - Used By lists only organizations whose default branch still runs the action. Microsoft, NASA, TheAlgorithms and imgproxy are removed: no Microsoft or imgproxy repository uses it, nasa/CryptoLib switched to another action in March 2025, and TheAlgorithms/C-Plus-Plus went back to its own clang-tidy step. - actions/checkout is v7 in the usage example and the recipes, as in the auto-fix example.
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In @docs/permissions.md:
- Around line 111-112: Qualify the pending-check warnings in the permissions
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We should probably be more cautious about letting AI fill in our docs.
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The auto-fix warning named only one of the commit-message instructions that skip workflow runs. It now links GitHub's docs, which list all of them, and the README uses the wording from review, with "gap" instead of "loss".
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Usage example. It turns on
thread-commentsbut sets nopermissions. A repository created in a personal account givesGITHUB_TOKENread access to contents and packages only (GitHub docs, "Managing GitHub Actions settings for a repository"), and pull requests from forks always get a read-only token. cpp-linter posts the comment with a strict request (rest_api/__init__.pyraises on the 403), so the step failed. The example is now a full workflow withpull-requests: write, and it skips the comment on pull requests from forks.auto-fix tip. GitHub does not run
pull_requestworkflows when the head commit carries a skip marker, and required checks then stay "Pending" and block the merge (GitHub docs, "Skipping workflow runs"). The auto-fix commit is that head commit. A squash merge also copies the commit messages into the default branch; 03467cd in this repository has no push runs for that reason. The tip anddocs/permissions.mdnow warn against it.Used By. I checked every listed organization against GitHub code search (565 repositories reference the action in a workflow) and the public dependents list (615 repositories).
uses: cpp-linter/cpp-linter-actionon its default branch: Apache (apache/orc), Samsung (Samsung/mTower), Bloomberg (bloomberg/blazingmq), Qualcomm (qualcomm/eld), Nextcloud (nextcloud/desktop), CachyOS, Jupyter (jupyter-xeus/cpp-terminal), NNStreamer, Zondax, AppNeta (appneta/tcpreplay) and Chocolate Doom.checkout. The usage example and the three recipes move from v5 to v7, which the auto-fix example already uses.
actionlintpasses on the usage example and the recipes.Summary by CodeRabbit