Dependabot build fails

[JeroenKnoops]

Problem

Dependabot build fails on generating the provenance file.

Example

Error message

2021/10/18 08:01:01 failed to unmarshal github context json: invalid character 'h' in string escape code

Error job

https://github.com/philips-labs/slsa-provenance-action/pull/55/checks?check_run_id=3923877684

[JeroenKnoops]

Workflow is failing on pull-request build.

GitHub events are not the same for the same commit.

Examples.

Two events from the same commit:

• push example event
• pull request example event

[ribbybibby]

I think I'm running into the same issue described here where the content of the commit message can mess up the escaping and cause the action to fail:
https://github.com/ribbybibby/testy/runs/4596564618?check_suite_focus=true#step:5:63

The commit message in this case is:

Make @a change
"@in quotes"

Do you need to pass the whole github and runner contexts as json? Could you pass the individual fields you need in instead as flags?

[ribbybibby]

Or, get everything from the environment variables instead: https://docs.github.com/en/actions/learn-github-actions/environment-variables#default-environment-variables?

[marcofranssen]

This issue has been resolved.