golang: add docker login on test and benchmark workflows (#64)

## Description

Add docker login on test and benchmark golang workflows

## Changes Made

- Add docker login on golang test workflow
- Add docker login on golang benchmark workflow

## Related Issues

N/A

## Checklist

- [x] I have used a PR title that is descriptive enough for a release
note.
- [x] I have tested these changes locally.
- [ ] I have added appropriate tests or updated existing tests.
- [ ] I have tested these changes on a dedicated VM or a customer VM
[name of the VM]
- [x] I have added appropriate documentation or updated existing
documentation.

---------

Co-authored-by: Federico M. Facca <chicco785@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: Federico M. Facca <federico.facca@zaphiro.ch>
Co-authored-by: Bot <bot@zaphiro.ch>

.github/workflows/golang.yaml

@@ -81,6 +81,15 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install gcov2lcov
         run: |
           go install github.com/jandelgado/gcov2lcov@latest
+      # We Login in GHCR to retrieve owned private images used in docker-compose
+      # This requires to set in the package settings read permission for the
+      # repository where the golang ci is running
+      - name: Login to GitHub Container Registry
+        uses: docker/login-action@v3
+        with:
+          registry: ghcr.io
+          username: ${{ github.actor }}
+          password: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
       - name: Test
         run: |
           make ci-test
@@ -121,6 +130,15 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/setup-go@v4
         with:
           go-version-file: go.mod
+      # We Login in GHCR to retrieve owned private images used in docker-compose
+      # This requires to set in the package settings read permission for the
+      # repository where the golang ci is running
+      - name: Login to GitHub Container Registry
+        uses: docker/login-action@v3
+        with:
+          registry: ghcr.io
+          username: ${{ github.actor }}
+          password: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
       - name: Run benchmark
         shell: bash
         run: make ci-bench | tee output.txt

README.MD

@@ -22,7 +22,11 @@ The repository includes:
 - [release-notes](.github/workflows/release-notes.yaml) workflow: automatically
   updates release notes using PR titles and labels.
 - [golang](.github/workflows/golang.yaml) workflow: lint, test and benchmark Go
-  Applications
+  Applications. The workflow includes authentication to Github Container
+  Registry in case tests rely on private images. To retrieve the images, you
+  need also to set
+  [read permission](https://docs.github.com/en/packages/learn-github-packages/configuring-a-packages-access-control-and-visibility#ensuring-workflow-access-to-your-package)
+  for the repository on the package.
 - [docker](.github/workflows/docker.yaml) workflow: build and push Docker images
 - [clean-up-docker](.github/workflows/clean-up-docker.yaml) workflow: when a PR
   is closed, related docker images and untagged ones are deleted

RELEASE_NOTES.md

@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
 # github-workflows Release Notes
 
-## 0.0.2-dev - 2023-11-27
+## 0.0.2-dev - 2023-11-29
 
 ### Features
 
+- golang: add docker login on test and benchmark workflows (PR #64 by
+  @cosimomeli)
 - docker workflow: add git and build information as build arguments (PR #63 by
   @cosimomeli)
 - add workflow to support license management (PR #58 by @chicco785)
@@ -30,8 +32,8 @@
 
 ### Bug Fixes
 
-- pr-check workflow: pass correctly `input.labels` (PR #67 by @chicco785)
 - markdown workflow: support correctly `.prettierignore` (PR #65 by @chicco785)
+- pr-check workflow: pass correctly `input.labels` (PR #67 by @chicco785)
 - markdown workflow: fix check to enable/disable spellchecker (PR #55 by
   @chicco785)
 - golang workflow: add shell configuration to enable `pipefail` for benchmark