Upload to another github repo Doesnt work:

[Eliminater74]

Testing the option to upload to another repo, doesnt seem to work, it still defaults to current repo only.

Example of use:

    - name: Upload firmware to release
      uses: softprops/action-gh-release@master
      if: steps.tag.outputs.status == 'success' && !cancelled()
      env:
        GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
        GITHUB_REPOSITORY: DevOpenWRT-Router/OpenWRT_LEDE_PureFusion_Releases
      with:
        tag_name: ${{ steps.tag.outputs.release_tag }}
        body_path: release.txt
        files: ${{ env.FIRMWARE }}/*

[lcapka]

I'm having the same issue. In the log, the action reports current repo URL it seems that GITHUB_REPOSITORY env is ignored for some reason.

[softprops]

I'm just speculating but could it be that the GITHUB_TOKEN value does not have permissions to create a release in the target repository? The default token provided to a workflow run tends to be scoped to just that repo.

[Eliminater74]

I am pretty sure I gave the token full permissions for anything github related.. including to other repos..

[lcapka]

Me too. I tried to generated a new personal token (and other options) - the result is still the same. It simply doesn't work trying to push to the original repo where the workflow is running, not to the selected repository.

Sadly, I don't see an error in the code here either...

[softprops]

this should now be fixed in the latest release. fixes were pushed to v1.

the underlying issue was the resolution of where the token was source from. this was fixed in this pull which makes the previous update backwards compatible