Change to GH_TOKEN

README.md

@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ cruft update
 Required for publishing the package to [PyPI](https://pypi.org/). You can generate a token by logging
 into PyPI and navigating to _Add API token_ in your [account settings](https://pypi.org/manage/account/).
 
-#### `GITHUB_TOKEN`
+#### `GH_TOKEN`
 
 This cookiecutter template needs repository access for the following operations:
 
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ This cookiecutter template needs repository access for the following operations:
 
 To enable these features, you need to create a
 [personal access token](https://docs.github.com/en/github/authenticating-to-github/keeping-your-account-and-data-secure/creating-a-personal-access-token)
-and use it as the value for `GITHUB_TOKEN` secret. When creating the access token, the
+and use it as the value for `GH_TOKEN` secret. When creating the access token, the
 following permissions have to be granted:
 
 * repo

{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/.github/workflows/cookiecutter.yml

@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Create Pull Request
         env:
           # a PAT is required to be able to update workflows
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GH_TOKEN }}
         if: ${{ steps.changes.outputs.changed > 0 && env.GITHUB_TOKEN != 0 }}
         uses: peter-evans/create-pull-request@v5
         with:

{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/.github/workflows/dependencies.yml

@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ jobs:
       # behaviour if PR already exists: https://github.com/marketplace/actions/create-pull-request#action-behaviour
       - name: Create Pull Request
         env:
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GH_TOKEN }}
         if: ${{ steps.check_for_outdated_dependencies.outputs.body != 0 && env.GITHUB_TOKEN != 0 }}
         uses: peter-evans/create-pull-request@v5
         with:

{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/.github/workflows/draft_release.yml

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
-          token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          token: ${{ secrets.GH_TOKEN }}
       - uses: ./.github/actions/python-poetry-env
       - name: Update version
         id: updated_version
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Create a draft release
         uses: actions/create-release@v1
         env:
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GH_TOKEN }}
         with:
           tag_name: ${{ steps.updated_version.outputs.version }}
           release_name: Release ${{ steps.updated_version.outputs.version }}