[LOW] ci: stop exporting GitHub token to lint job - #1902
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Summary
Remove the lint job-wide
GITHUB_TOKENenvironment variable.Security impact
The job-level export makes the token available to dependency installation, project lint scripts, and the production audit step even though none of them needs it. This unnecessarily increases the impact of a compromised dependency or script.
wagoid/commitlint-github-actionalready defaults itstokeninput to${{ github.token }}, so commit linting retains access without exporting the credential to sibling steps.Verification
action.ymlsupplies${{ github.token }}as its default token inputgit diff --checkpassesThis PR addresses only the job-wide credential exposure.