fix: improve PAT_TOKEN handling and debugging in release workflow (#236)

* debug: add detailed token debugging to release workflow

* fix: improve PAT_TOKEN handling and debugging in release workflow

- Add comprehensive debug output for token availability
- Fix environment variable access in git configuration step
- Use proper env vars instead of direct secret interpolation in shell
- Add explicit git remote verification steps

These changes should resolve the PAT_TOKEN not being recognized
properly, enabling bypass of branch protection rules in future releases.

Author: joshrotenberg

.github/workflows/cargo-workspaces-release.yml

@@ -52,20 +52,47 @@ jobs:
             echo "cargo-workspaces already installed"
           fi
 
+      - name: Debug token configuration
+        run: |
+          echo "=== Token Debug Information ==="
+          if [ -n "${{ secrets.PAT_TOKEN }}" ]; then
+            echo "✅ PAT_TOKEN is available"
+            echo "PAT_TOKEN length: ${#PAT_TOKEN}"
+          else
+            echo "❌ PAT_TOKEN is NOT available"
+          fi
+
+          if [ -n "${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}" ]; then
+            echo "✅ GITHUB_TOKEN is available"
+          else
+            echo "❌ GITHUB_TOKEN is NOT available"
+          fi
+          echo "Current git remote:"
+          git remote -v
+          echo "=== End Debug ==="
+        env:
+          PAT_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.PAT_TOKEN }}
+
       - name: Configure git
+        env:
+          PAT_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.PAT_TOKEN }}
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
         run: |
           git config user.name "github-actions[bot]"
           git config user.email "github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com"
 
           # Configure git remote to use PAT_TOKEN for pushes
-          if [ -n "${{ secrets.PAT_TOKEN }}" ]; then
+          if [ -n "$PAT_TOKEN" ]; then
             echo "Configuring git to use PAT_TOKEN for pushes"
-            git remote set-url origin https://x-access-token:${{ secrets.PAT_TOKEN }}@github.com/${{ github.repository }}.git
+            git remote set-url origin https://x-access-token:$PAT_TOKEN@github.com/${{ github.repository }}.git
           else
             echo "PAT_TOKEN not available, using GITHUB_TOKEN"
-            git remote set-url origin https://x-access-token:${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}@github.com/${{ github.repository }}.git
+            git remote set-url origin https://x-access-token:$GITHUB_TOKEN@github.com/${{ github.repository }}.git
           fi
 
+          echo "Final git remote configuration:"
+          git remote -v
+
       - name: Verify authentication (non-dry-run)
         if: ${{ !inputs.dry_run }}
         env: