From 47042bbb74ee5ca02506d34409234a5113abe013 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "copilot-swe-agent[bot]" <198982749+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sat, 4 Apr 2026 05:03:47 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Initial plan


From 3857a44683be55fda7b72980727335d18bbcc028 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "copilot-swe-agent[bot]" <198982749+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sat, 4 Apr 2026 05:05:52 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] sync-branches: configure git credentials before
 merge/push step

Add git identity (user.name, user.email) and authenticated remote URL
configuration before the Node.js merge script runs. Without these,
merge commits fail when git identity is not set, and push/fetch
operations fail when the remote URL lacks authentication.

Follows the same pattern used in workflows/autoloop.md for token-based
authentication via GITHUB_TOKEN env var.

Agent-Logs-Url: https://github.com/githubnext/autoloop/sessions/2ca3528c-1a17-4fba-9bc7-76da39c33eb9

Co-authored-by: mrjf <180956+mrjf@users.noreply.github.com>
---
 workflows/sync-branches.md | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/workflows/sync-branches.md b/workflows/sync-branches.md
index 232086d..b4f5268 100644
--- a/workflows/sync-branches.md
+++ b/workflows/sync-branches.md
@@ -23,8 +23,12 @@ steps:
   - name: Merge default branch into all autoloop program branches
     env:
       GITHUB_REPOSITORY: ${{ github.repository }}
+      GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
       DEFAULT_BRANCH: ${{ github.event.repository.default_branch }}
     run: |
+      git config user.name "github-actions[bot]"
+      git config user.email "41898282+github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com"
+      git remote set-url origin "https://x-access-token:${GITHUB_TOKEN}@github.com/${GITHUB_REPOSITORY}.git"
       node - << 'JSEOF'
       const { execSync, spawnSync } = require('child_process');