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diff --git a/doc/development/dangerbot.md b/doc/development/dangerbot.md index 8f5788785f0..d9b922cb60e 100644 --- a/doc/development/dangerbot.md +++ b/doc/development/dangerbot.md @@ -151,12 +151,16 @@ at GitLab so far: Danger is run but its output is not added to a merge request comment if working on a fork. This happens because the secret variable from the canonical project -is not shared to forks. To work around this, you can add an [environment -variable](../ci/variables/index.md) called `DANGER_GITLAB_API_TOKEN` with a +is not shared to forks. + +### Configuring Danger for forks + +Contributors can configure Danger for their forks with the following steps: + +1. Add an [environment variable](../ci/variables/index.md) called `DANGER_GITLAB_API_TOKEN` with a [personal API token](https://gitlab.com/-/profile/personal_access_tokens?name=GitLab+Dangerbot&scopes=api) -to your fork that has the `api` scope set. That way the danger comments are made -from CI using that API token instead. Making the variable -[masked](../ci/variables/index.md#mask-a-cicd-variable) makes sure it +to your fork that has the `api` scope set. +1. Making the variable [masked](../ci/variables/index.md#mask-a-cicd-variable) makes sure it doesn't show up in the job logs. The variable cannot be [protected](../ci/variables/index.md#protect-a-cicd-variable), as it needs to be present for all feature branches. |