GitHub API only supports non-executable files and directories. You may need to add this file to .gitignore #728

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1. bluwy commented on Aug 25, 2026

   

   bluwy

   on Aug 25, 2026

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   v2 now uses the GitHub API to push changes to the version PR branch by default, but the GitHub API can't push executables. If you need to push executables, you can set push-with-git-cli: true but you'll miss out on GitHub signing the commits.

   Is your workflow modifying packages/bench/bin/index.ts? We currently run these commands to detect the changed files.

   On the other hand, I think we can improve the error message with information specific to changesets/action
2. Andarist commented on Aug 25, 2026

   

   Andarist

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   npm install changes that file's mode (through its linkAllBins -> binLinks -> fixBin). I'm surprised, though that somehow that stays uncommitted - I'd expect regular dev work in that repo to end up committing this change.

   We could consider doing some changes around this to align the API and CLI modes better:
   

   action/src/github.ts

   Lines 237 to 244 in 36f529f

   	async prepareBranch(branch: string) {
   	if (!this.pushWithGitCli) {
   	// Preparing a new local branch is not necessary when using the API
   	return;
   	}
   	await switchToMaybeExistingBranch(branch, { cwd: this.cwd });
   	await reset(context.sha, { cwd: this.cwd });
   	}

   If we'd reset the branch in the API mode then this problem wouldn't happen.
3. bluwy commented on Aug 25, 2026

   

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   Yeah I don't see why we shouldn't do the reset for the GitHub API flow too, it'd also be less surprising that way when switching between modes. I think we can fix it that way if it works.
4. bluwy

   closed this as completedin #729on Aug 31, 2026
5. fraxken commented on Sep 4, 2026

   

   fraxken

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   Is it possible for the release to be published please? This impact me on multiple repositories.