From 017c550b9672bb48ff292506438520beac2ac86c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tracewebstudio Dev <dev@tracewebstudio.com>
Date: Thu, 30 Apr 2026 20:33:51 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] fix(ci): prefer token owner login for gitea git auth

---
 .github/workflows/sync-to-gitea.yml | 9 ++++++++-
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/sync-to-gitea.yml b/.github/workflows/sync-to-gitea.yml
index 5e2303d..d2d998d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/sync-to-gitea.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/sync-to-gitea.yml
@@ -34,6 +34,13 @@ jobs:
 
           REPO_NAME="${{ github.event.repository.name }}"
           BRANCH_NAME="${{ github.ref_name }}"
+          API_USER_JSON="$(curl -fsS -H "Authorization: token ${GITEA_TOKEN}" "https://${GITEA_HOST}/api/v1/user" || curl -fsS -H "Authorization: Bearer ${GITEA_TOKEN}" "https://${GITEA_HOST}/api/v1/user" || true)"
+          TOKEN_OWNER_USER="$(printf '%s' "$API_USER_JSON" | jq -r '.login // empty')"
+          if [ -n "$TOKEN_OWNER_USER" ]; then
+            echo "Resolved token owner user: $TOKEN_OWNER_USER"
+          else
+            echo "Could not resolve token owner via API; using configured username fallbacks"
+          fi
           RESOLVED_GITEA_USER=""
           CANDIDATE_OWNERS="${GITEA_OWNER:-} Admin ${{ github.repository_owner }}"
           TARGET_FULL_NAME=""
@@ -65,7 +72,7 @@ jobs:
             exit 1
           fi
 
-          for auth_user in "$GITEA_USERNAME" "oauth2"; do
+          for auth_user in "$TOKEN_OWNER_USER" "$GITEA_USERNAME" "oauth2"; do
             [ -n "$auth_user" ] || continue
             auth_url="https://${auth_user}:${GITEA_TOKEN}@${GITEA_HOST}/${TARGET_FULL_NAME}.git"
             if git ls-remote "$auth_url" >/dev/null 2>&1; then