From d77ed23d09184b198191e3bfd363e010f5e55a8b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: SuperDooper <37051355+superdooper86@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 8 May 2026 17:06:06 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Fix: use GitHub API to update files instead of git push to
 protected main

---
 .github/workflows/release.yml | 41 +++++++++++++++++++++++------------
 1 file changed, 27 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 33a3d8d..2789fbf 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -58,13 +58,6 @@ jobs:
             --arg notes "$notes" \
             '{version: $version, url: $url, notes: $notes}' > version.json
 
-      - name: Update Homebrew cask
-        run: |
-          sed -i '' \
-            -e 's/version "[^"]*"/version "${{ steps.version.outputs.version }}"/' \
-            -e 's/sha256 "[^"]*"/sha256 "${{ steps.sha.outputs.sha256 }}"/' \
-            ../homebrew-tap/Casks/claudechecker.rb 2>/dev/null || true
-
       - name: Update README badge
         env:
           NEW_VERSION: ${{ steps.version.outputs.version }}
@@ -85,14 +78,34 @@ jobs:
           open('README.md', 'w').writelines(out)
           "
 
-      - name: Commit version.json and README
+      - name: Commit version.json and README via API
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
         run: |
-          git config user.name "github-actions[bot]"
-          git config user.email "github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com"
-          git add version.json README.md
-          git commit -m "Release ${{ github.ref_name }}"
-          git pull --rebase origin main
-          git push origin HEAD:main
+          python3 - <<'PYEOF'
+          import base64, subprocess, os
+
+          repo = os.environ['GITHUB_REPOSITORY']
+          ref_name = os.environ['GITHUB_REF_NAME']
+          msg = f'Release {ref_name}'
+
+          def api_put(path):
+              sha = subprocess.check_output(
+                  ['gh', 'api', f'repos/{repo}/contents/{path}', '--jq', '.sha'],
+                  text=True
+              ).strip()
+              content = base64.b64encode(open(path, 'rb').read()).decode()
+              subprocess.run([
+                  'gh', 'api', '--method', 'PUT',
+                  f'repos/{repo}/contents/{path}',
+                  '-f', f'message={msg}',
+                  '-f', f'content={content}',
+                  '-f', f'sha={sha}',
+              ], check=True)
+
+          api_put('version.json')
+          api_put('README.md')
+          PYEOF
 
       - name: Update Homebrew tap
         env: