more test

.gitea/workflows/release.yml

@@ -1,9 +1,15 @@
 name: Scheduled Fake Commits
 
 on:
+    # Trigger the workflow on a schedule.
     schedule:
+        # This expression means "run every 3 minutes". Useful for testing.
+        # To revert to the original 8-hour schedule, change this to '0 */8 * * *'.
         - cron: "*/3 * * * *"
 
+    # To trigger manually for testing, you can add workflow_dispatch:
+    # workflow_dispatch:
+
 jobs:
     create_scheduled_commits:
         runs-on: ubuntu-latest
@@ -12,7 +18,12 @@ jobs:
             - name: Checkout repository
               uses: actions/checkout@v4
               with:
+                  # Fetch the full history to ensure pushes work correctly
                   fetch-depth: 0
+                  # Use a token with write access. This should be stored as a secret in your Gitea repo settings.
+                  # The default GITEA_TOKEN might not have push permissions, so a Personal Access Token is recommended.
+                  # Ensure you have a secret named GITEA_TOKEN in your repository settings.
+                  token: ${{ secrets.GITEA_TOKEN }} # Replace GITEA_TOKEN with the name of your secret
 
             - name: Set up Git config
               # Configure Git user details globally for the runner
@@ -20,9 +31,14 @@ jobs:
                   echo "setting up git config"
                   git config --global user.name "Gitea Actions Bot"
                   git config --global user.email "actions-bot@your-gitea-instance.com" # Replace with a suitable email
+                  echo "git config setup complete"
 
             - name: Create and Push Commits
               env:
+                  # Define your list of authors here. Each author should be on a new line,
+                  # formatted as "Author Name <author@email.com>".
+                  # For production, this should ideally be stored as a secret named FAKE_COMMIT_AUTHORS.
+                  # For debugging, you can define it directly here as you have done.
                   AUTHOR_LIST: |
                       Author One <author1@example.com>
                       Author Two <author2@example.com>
@@ -49,13 +65,18 @@ jobs:
                   TARGET_BRANCH: main # The branch to commit to
 
               run: |
-                  echo "reading author's list"
-                  # Read authors into a Bash array
-                  IFS=$'\n' read -r -d '' -a authors <<< "$AUTHOR_LIST"
+                  echo "starting Create and Push Commits step"
+                  echo "AUTHOR_LIST content:"
+                  echo "$AUTHOR_LIST" # Echo the content of the variable for debugging
+
+                  echo "reading author's list into array"
+                  # Read authors into a Bash array using readarray
+                  readarray -t authors <<< "$AUTHOR_LIST"
+                  echo "finished reading author's list into array"
 
                   # Check if authors list is empty
                   if [ ${#authors[@]} -eq 0 ]; then
-                    echo "Error: AUTHOR_LIST is empty. Please configure the secret."
+                    echo "Error: AUTHOR_LIST is empty or could not be parsed into an array."
                     exit 1
                   fi
 
@@ -71,11 +92,15 @@ jobs:
                     author_index=$(( (i - 1) % ${#authors[@]} ))
                     current_author="${authors[$author_index]}"
 
+                    echo "Processing author: $current_author" # Debug echo
+
                     # Extract name and email from the author string
                     # Assumes format "Name <email>"
                     author_name=$(echo "$current_author" | sed -E 's/^(.*) <.*>$/\1/')
                     author_email=$(echo "$current_author" | sed -E 's/^.* <(.*)>$/\1/')
 
+                    echo "Extracted name: $author_name, email: $author_email" # Debug echo
+
                     echo "--- Creating commit $i of $COMMIT_COUNT by $author_name ---"
 
                     # Configure git user for this specific commit