:bug: Auto release `github` action failure due to missing permissions (#506)

* ci: add release.yml to help automate release versions

* ci: add release.yml to help automate release versions - edited file further to cover edge cases

* ci: add release.yml to help automate release versions - I had a typo in a line which pointed at a different variable

* ci: add release.yml to help automate release versions - Fixing the release portion to prepend a v

* ci: add release.yml to help automate release versions. Lowercased V so it looks like v1.1.0 instead of V1.1.0

* ci: changing structure of release.yml to be easier to understand

* ci: #minor changes made

* ci: #minor changes made to make rolling and stable both release branches

* ci: #minor changes to hopefully turn off pre-release

* ci: #minor change - trying to make pre-release suffic set to nothing

* ci: #minor change - removed older release action for a better up to date one

* ci: #minor change

* ci: #minor change to fixed the pre-release issue

* ci: #minor change to fixed the pre-release issue again

* ci: #minor change to fixed the pre-release issue again2

* ci: changed action for tag. I believe it was causing errors

* ci: missing }

* ci: testing some things

* ci: fixing self inflicted error where I forgot to put an ID in

* ci: fixing to make the release branch rolling

* major: testing updating major

* BREAKING CHANGE: removed changelog action

* ci: reset commit and removed changelog

* ci: changed action for tag. I believe it was causing errors

* ci: missing }

* ci: testing some things

* ci: fixing self inflicted error where I forgot to put an ID in

* ci: fixing to make the release branch rolling

* ci: reset commit and removed changelog

* ci: added step to change Cargo.toml app version to the latest tag version without the v

* ci: using echo and double quotes in the appversion variable. Testing now

* ci: testing autocommit

* Apply automatic changes

* ci: testing autocommit further

* ci: testing autocommit: removing tagging since it creates another tag instead of using that tag

* Apply automatic changes

* ci: testing autocommit with branch protection and doing a PR to rolling

* Apply automatic changes

* ci: testing PR create and merge - removed the if that was causing it not to run

* ci: testing PR create and merge - removed the if that was causing it not to run

* Apply automatic changes

* ci: testing PR create and merge - fixed permission issues

* ci: testing PR create and merge - fixed permission issues

* Apply automatic changes

* ci: testing PR create and merge - potentially fixed PR issue

* Apply automatic changes

* ci: testing PR create and merge - potentially fixed PR issue2

* ci: testing PR create and merge - potentially fixed PR issue + fixing what branch it targets

* ci: testing PR create and merge - testing PAT

* ci: testing PR create and merge - testing to see if merge loop stops

* ci: adding in cargo.toml version in auto git commit

* Update Cargo.toml

Co-authored-by: alamin655 <[email protected]>

* ci: adding in steps to regenerate the Cargo.lock file

* ci: adding in steps to regenerate the Cargo.lock file - fixing commit issue with cargo.toml

* ci: testing permissions

* ci: testing permissions with PAT

* ci: testing permissions with PAT again

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Co-authored-by: scottc943 <[email protected]>
Co-authored-by: alamin655 <[email protected]>

.github/workflows/release.yml

@@ -27,12 +27,12 @@ jobs:
         id: version-bump
         uses: hennejg/[email protected]
         with:
-          github_token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          github_token: ${{ secrets.ADMIN_RIGHTS_TOKEN }}
           release_branches: rolling
       - name: create branch 
         uses: peterjgrainger/[email protected]
         env:
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.ADMIN_RIGHTS_TOKEN }}
         with:
           branch: update-from-${{ github.sha }}
       - name: update cargo.toml
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ jobs:
         id: create-pr
         run: gh pr create --base rolling --head update-from-${{ github.sha }} --title 'Merge new update into rolling' --body 'Created by Github action'
         env:
-          GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.ADMIN_RIGHTS_TOKEN }}
       # merge PR using GitHub CLI
       - name: merge PR with update info
         id: merge-pr
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Create Release
         uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v1
         with:
-          token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          token: ${{ secrets.ADMIN_RIGHTS_TOKEN }}
           generate_release_notes: true
           name: ${{ steps.version-bump.outputs.new_tag }}
           tag_name: ${{ steps.version-bump.outputs.new_tag }}