Add ability to disable admin user check via flag (#559)

* feat: add RH_ADMIN_CHECK flag

* fix: correct env variable parsing and comparison

* fix: don't add to cli options

* ci: modify actions to add admin check input

* fix: properly default to true

.github/actions/check-release/action.yml

@@ -11,6 +11,10 @@ inputs:
   steps_to_skip:
     description: "Comma separated list of steps to skip"
     required: false
+  admin_check:
+    description: "Check if the user is a repo admin"
+    required: false
+    default: "true"
   shell:
     description: "The shell being used for the action steps"
     required: false
@@ -31,6 +35,7 @@ runs:
         export GITHUB_ACCESS_TOKEN=${{ inputs.token }}
         export RH_VERSION_SPEC=${{ inputs.version_spec }}
         export RH_STEPS_TO_SKIP=${{ inputs.steps_to_skip }}
+        export RH_ADMIN_CHECK=${{ inputs.admin_check }}
         python -m jupyter_releaser.actions.prep_release
 
     - id: populate-release
@@ -40,6 +45,7 @@ runs:
         export GITHUB_ACCESS_TOKEN=${{ inputs.token }}
         export RH_RELEASE_URL=${{ steps.prep-release.outputs.release_url }}
         export RH_STEPS_TO_SKIP=${{ inputs.steps_to_skip }}
+        export RH_ADMIN_CHECK=${{ inputs.admin_check }}
         export YARN_UNSAFE_HTTP_WHITELIST=0.0.0.0
         python -m jupyter_releaser.actions.populate_release
 
@@ -50,4 +56,5 @@ runs:
         export GITHUB_ACCESS_TOKEN=${{ inputs.token }}
         export RH_RELEASE_URL=${{ steps.populate-release.outputs.release_url }}
         export RH_STEPS_TO_SKIP=${{ inputs.steps_to_skip }}
+        export RH_ADMIN_CHECK=${{ inputs.admin_check }}
         python -m jupyter_releaser.actions.finalize_release

.github/actions/finalize-release/action.yml

@@ -20,6 +20,10 @@ inputs:
   steps_to_skip:
     description: "Comma separated list of steps to skip"
     required: false
+  admin_check:
+    description: "Check if the user is a repo admin"
+    required: false
+    default: "true"
   shell:
     description: "The shell being used for the action steps"
     required: false
@@ -52,6 +56,7 @@ runs:
         export RH_RELEASE_URL=${{ inputs.release_url }}
         export RH_STEPS_TO_SKIP=${{ inputs.steps_to_skip }}
         export RH_BRANCH=${{ inputs.branch }}
+        export RH_ADMIN_CHECK=${{ inputs.admin_check }}
         python -m jupyter_releaser.actions.finalize_release
 
     - if: ${{ success() }}

.github/actions/populate-release/action.yml

@@ -20,6 +20,10 @@ inputs:
   steps_to_skip:
     description: "Comma separated list of steps to skip"
     required: false
+  admin_check:
+    description: "Check if the user is a repo admin"
+    required: false
+    default: "true"
   shell:
     description: "The shell being used for the action steps"
     required: false
@@ -49,6 +53,7 @@ runs:
         export RH_STEPS_TO_SKIP=${{ inputs.steps_to_skip }}
         export RH_RELEASE_URL=${{ inputs.release_url }}
         export RH_BRANCH=${{ inputs.branch }}
+        export RH_ADMIN_CHECK=${{ inputs.admin_check }}
         python -m jupyter_releaser.actions.populate_release
 
     - if: ${{ failure() }}

.github/actions/prep-release/action.yml

@@ -24,13 +24,16 @@ inputs:
   silent:
     description: "Set a placeholder in the changelog and don't publish the release."
     required: false
-    type: boolean
   since:
     description: "Use PRs with activity since this date or git reference"
     required: false
   since_last_stable:
     description: "Use PRs with activity since the last stable git tag"
     required: false
+  admin_check:
+    description: "Check if the user is a repo admin"
+    required: false
+    default: "true"
   shell:
     description: "The shell being used for the action steps"
     required: false
@@ -63,6 +66,7 @@ runs:
         export RH_SILENT=${{ inputs.silent }}
         export RH_SINCE=${{ inputs.since }}
         export RH_SINCE_LAST_STABLE=${{ inputs.since_last_stable }}
+        export RH_ADMIN_CHECK=${{ inputs.admin_check }}
 
         python -m jupyter_releaser.actions.prep_release
 

.github/actions/publish-changelog/action.yml

@@ -14,6 +14,10 @@ inputs:
     description: "If set, do not make a PR"
     default: "false"
     required: false
+  admin_check:
+    description: "Check if the user is a repo admin"
+    required: false
+    default: "true"
   shell:
     description: "The shell being used for the action steps"
     required: false
@@ -41,6 +45,7 @@ runs:
           export RH_BRANCH=${{ inputs.branch }}
         fi
         export RH_DRY_RUN=${{ inputs.dry_run }}
+        export RH_ADMIN_CHECK=${{ inputs.admin_check }}
 
         python -m jupyter_releaser.actions.publish_changelog
 

jupyter_releaser/util.py

@@ -603,7 +603,7 @@ def prepare_environment(fetch_draft_release=True):
     gh = get_gh_object(dry_run=dry_run, owner=owner, repo=repo_name, token=auth)
 
     # Ensure the user is an admin.
-    if not dry_run:
+    if os.environ.get("RH_ADMIN_CHECK", "true").lower() == "true" and not dry_run:
         user = os.environ["GITHUB_ACTOR"]
         log(f"Getting permission level for {user}")
         try: