Clarify description of registries input

.github/workflows/__init-with-registries.yml

@@ -66,13 +66,9 @@ jobs:
         config-file: ./.github/codeql/codeql-config-registries.yml
         languages: javascript
         registries: |
-          [
-            {
-              "url": "https://ghcr.io/v2/",
-              "packages": "*/*",
-              "token": "${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}"
-            }
-          ]
+          - url: "https://ghcr.io/v2/"
+            packages: "*/*"
+            token: "${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}"
 
       env:
         TEST_MODE: true

init/action.yml

@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ inputs:
     required: false
   registries:
     description: |
+      Use this input only when you need to download CodeQL packages from another instance of GitHub. If you only need to download packages from this GitHub instance, use the token input instead.
+
       A YAML string that defines the list of GitHub container registries to use for downloading packs. The string is in the following form (the | is required on the first line):
 
       registries: |
@@ -22,11 +24,11 @@ inputs:
             packages:
               - my-company/*
               - my-company2/*
-            token: ${{ secrets.GHEHOSTNAME1_TOKEN }}
+            token: \$\{{ secrets.GHEHOSTNAME1_TOKEN }}
 
           - url: https://ghcr.io/v2/
             packages: */*
-            token: ${{ secrets.GHCR_TOKEN }}
+            token: \$\{{ secrets.GHCR_TOKEN }}
 
       The url property contains the URL to the container registry you want to connect to.
 

lib/config-utils.test.js

@@ -1139,7 +1139,7 @@ const calculateAugmentationErrorMacro = ava_1.default.macro({
             t.deepEqual(configFile, expectedConfigFile);
             // verify the env vars were set correctly
             t.deepEqual(process.env.GITHUB_TOKEN, sampleApiDetails.auth);
-            t.deepEqual(process.env.CODEQL_REGISTRIES_AUTH, "http://ghcr.io=not-a-token,https://containers.GHEHOSTNAME1/v2/=still-a-token");
+            t.deepEqual(process.env.CODEQL_REGISTRIES_AUTH, "http://ghcr.io=not-a-token,https://containers.GHEHOSTNAME1/v2/=still-not-a-token");
             // verify the config file contents were set correctly
             const config = yaml.load(fs.readFileSync(configFile, "utf8"));
             t.deepEqual(config.registries, registries.map((r) => ({ url: r.url, packages: r.packages })));

pr-checks/checks/init-with-registries.yml

@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@ steps:
       config-file: ./.github/codeql/codeql-config-registries.yml
       languages: javascript
       registries: |
-          - url: "https://ghcr.io/v2/",
-            packages: "*/*",
+          - url: "https://ghcr.io/v2/"
+            packages: "*/*"
             token: "${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}"
 
     env:

src/config-utils.test.ts

@@ -2296,7 +2296,7 @@ test("downloadPacks-with-registries", async (t) => {
       t.deepEqual(process.env.GITHUB_TOKEN, sampleApiDetails.auth);
       t.deepEqual(
         process.env.CODEQL_REGISTRIES_AUTH,
-        "http://ghcr.io=not-a-token,https://containers.GHEHOSTNAME1/v2/=still-a-token"
+        "http://ghcr.io=not-a-token,https://containers.GHEHOSTNAME1/v2/=still-not-a-token"
       );
 
       // verify the config file contents were set correctly