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fix: never run the checkout's pip.py, reject non-boolean inputs, check empty messages - #331
1. A pip.py or venv.py in the checkout no longer runs
The install step ran python3 -m venv and python3 -m pip from the caller's checkout. python -m puts the current directory first on sys.path, so a pip.py or venv.py at the repository root ran instead, with this step's GITHUB_TOKEN. With the pull_request_target setup in docs/fork-pr-comments.md, that is a fork's code with a write token. Now every python -m in the install step runs with -I (isolated mode). The self-test plants both files before uses: ./, so the job fails if this ever comes back.
Before / after, in a directory holding pip.py:
$ python3 -m pip --versionPWNED pip.py ran
$ python3 -I -m pip --versionpip 24.0 from /usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/pip (python 3.13)
2. A boolean input that is not true or false fails the step
message: yes, branch: on or a typo used to read as false and turned the check off without a word. Now true and false in any case are accepted, and anything else stops the step before any check runs:
# before: MESSAGE=yes✔ commit-check: all checks passed
# after: MESSAGE=yes::error::Input message must be true or false, got 'yes'
3. A commit with an empty message is checked as empty
The git log listing dropped such a commit, and an empty message piped to the CLI reads as no input, so the CLI checked HEAD (the merge commit) in its place. The commit is now kept, and its empty message goes to the CLI as an empty file, where allow_empty_commits judges it. With the default (allow_empty_commits = true) it still passes.
A pull request with an empty-message commit and allow_empty_commits = false:
# before::warning title=commit-check::Only 1 of the pull request's 2 commits could be listed (...); the others were not checked ✔ Commit 1/1 (f44db50) (feat: two)✔ commit-check: all checks passed
# after ✖ Commit 1/2 (aef45af) (1 failure) ✔ Commit 2/2 (f44db50) (feat: two)::error title=CC008 allow-empty-commits::Commit 1/2 (aef45af): Empty commit messages are not allowed✖ commit-check: 1 of 2 checks failed
4. Only the Action's own comments are edited or deleted
Comment cleanup matched the <!-- commit-check-action --> marker alone, so a person's comment that quoted a report could be overwritten or deleted. A marked comment now also has to be posted by a bot.
5. PR comments use GITHUB_API_URL
The PR comment client had no base_url, so on GitHub Enterprise Server the comment went to api.github.com and failed. It now uses GITHUB_API_URL, like the other API calls.
Tests
pytest main_test.py: 291 passed. New tests cover the boolean inputs, the empty message, a human comment carrying the marker, and the API URL. Also ran action.yml end to end in a workspace holding pip.py and venv.py (install and check pass, neither file runs), and main.py against a real repository with an empty-message commit (the before/after above).
… to own comments
- Run venv and pip with python -I, so a pip.py or venv.py at the
repository root no longer runs in their place with GITHUB_TOKEN.
The self-test plants both files to keep it that way.
- A boolean input that is neither true nor false (yes, on, a typo)
now fails the step with the input's name; it used to turn the
check off silently.
- Only edit or delete a marked comment when a bot posted it.
- Send the PR comment to GITHUB_API_URL, as the other API calls do,
so it works on GitHub Enterprise Server.
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The action runs its Python commands in isolated mode. Boolean inputs are normalized and validated before checks run. PR comment selection now requires bot authorship, and the GitHub client uses the configured API URL.
Python version checking, virtual-environment creation, wheel download, and offline installation use isolated mode. The workflow creates pip.py and venv.py scripts that exit with an error if invoked.
Input validation and PR comments
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Summary
Boolean input validation main.py, main_test.py
Boolean inputs are trimmed and case-normalized. Invalid values are reported before checks run. Tests cover accepted, default, and invalid values.
PR comment ownership and API URL main.py, main_test.py
Only bot-authored comments containing the report marker are eligible for selection or deletion. The GitHub client uses GITHUB_API_URL, defaulting to https://api.github.com. Tests cover comment selection and API URL configuration.
The behavior changes look sound, but a test string trips the spelling check and fails CI. Replace it before merging.
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The title describes the isolated Python execution and boolean validation changes, but “check empty messages” does not match the changeset. The title also omits the PR-comment ownership change.
Replace “check empty messages” with an accurate summary of the PR-comment ownership change, such as “fix: isolate pip and venv, reject invalid boolean inputs, and update only bot comments.”
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✔ PR title (fix: never run the checkout's pip.py, reject non-boolean ...)
✔ PR description (Five small fixes to the Action.)
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✔ Commit 1/4 (73fd34f) (fix: never run the checkout's pip.py, reject non-boolean ...)
✔ Commit 2/4 (c8a2398) (fix: check a commit with an empty message as empty, not a...)
✔ Commit 3/4 (3b292b1) (test: avoid a spelling the codespell hook flags)
✔ Commit 4/4 (d3a1ead) (test: use a plain word for the invalid boolean input)
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✔ Branch (fix/action-hardening)
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✔ Author name (Xianpeng Shen)
✔ Author email (3353385+shenxianpeng@users.noreply.github.com)
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Review comments at @main_test.py:
- Line 4134: Update the test loop and its corresponding MESSAGE fixture to use
the same misspelled truthy token that does not trigger codespell, preserving the
test’s intent to cover an invalid value.
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git log listing dropped such a commit, and piped empty text reads to
the CLI as no input, so it checked HEAD (the merge commit) instead.
The commit is now kept and its empty message goes to the CLI as an
empty file, where allow_empty_commits judges it.
shenxianpeng
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fix: never run the checkout's pip.py, reject non-boolean inputs, keep to own comments
fix: never run the checkout's pip.py, reject non-boolean inputs, check empty messages
Nov 10, 2026
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Five small fixes to the Action.
1. A
pip.pyorvenv.pyin the checkout no longer runsThe install step ran
python3 -m venvandpython3 -m pipfrom the caller's checkout.python -mputs the current directory first onsys.path, so apip.pyorvenv.pyat the repository root ran instead, with this step'sGITHUB_TOKEN. With thepull_request_targetsetup indocs/fork-pr-comments.md, that is a fork's code with a write token. Now everypython -min the install step runs with-I(isolated mode). The self-test plants both files beforeuses: ./, so the job fails if this ever comes back.Before / after, in a directory holding
pip.py:2. A boolean input that is not true or false fails the step
message: yes,branch: onor a typo used to read as false and turned the check off without a word. Nowtrueandfalsein any case are accepted, and anything else stops the step before any check runs:3. A commit with an empty message is checked as empty
The
git loglisting dropped such a commit, and an empty message piped to the CLI reads as no input, so the CLI checked HEAD (the merge commit) in its place. The commit is now kept, and its empty message goes to the CLI as an empty file, whereallow_empty_commitsjudges it. With the default (allow_empty_commits = true) it still passes.A pull request with an empty-message commit and
allow_empty_commits = false:4. Only the Action's own comments are edited or deleted
Comment cleanup matched the
<!-- commit-check-action -->marker alone, so a person's comment that quoted a report could be overwritten or deleted. A marked comment now also has to be posted by a bot.5. PR comments use
GITHUB_API_URLThe PR comment client had no
base_url, so on GitHub Enterprise Server the comment went to api.github.com and failed. It now usesGITHUB_API_URL, like the other API calls.Tests
pytest main_test.py: 291 passed. New tests cover the boolean inputs, the empty message, a human comment carrying the marker, and the API URL. Also ranaction.ymlend to end in a workspace holdingpip.pyandvenv.py(install and check pass, neither file runs), andmain.pyagainst a real repository with an empty-message commit (the before/after above).