Function createAuthenticatedGitHubClient

actions/setup/js/handler_auth.cjs:40–50

* Creates an authenticated GitHub client from the handler configuration. * * If the handler config contains a "github-token" field, this function creates * a new Octokit instance authenticated with that token. This enables cross-repository * operations where a PAT with access to the target repo

(config)

 *   Both return values expose the same API surface (rest, graphql, etc.).
 */
async function createAuthenticatedGitHubClient(config) {
  // Note: bracket notation is required because "github-token" contains a hyphen
  // (not a valid JavaScript identifier). This is consistent with other hyphenated
  // config keys like "target-repo" and "allowed-repos".
  const token = config["github-token"];
  if (!token) {
    return github;
  }
  core.info("Using per-handler github-token for cross-repository authentication");
  return global.getOctokit(token);
}

module.exports = { createAuthenticatedGitHubClient };