GH-47075: [Release][Dev] Use GH_TOKEN as GitHub token environment variable

We can still use `ARROW_GITHUB_API_TOKEN` and `CROSSBOW_GITHUB_TOKEN`
for backward compatibility but `GH_TOKEN` is recommended.

Author: kou

.github/workflows/dev.yml

@@ -107,10 +107,9 @@ jobs:
           gem install test-unit
           pip install "cython>=3" setuptools pytest requests setuptools-scm
       - name: Run Release Test
-        env:
-          ARROW_GITHUB_API_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
         shell: bash
         run: |
+          echo "GH_TOKEN=${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}" > dev/release/.env
           ci/scripts/release_test.sh $(pwd)
       - name: Run Merge Script Test
         shell: bash

.github/workflows/pr_bot.yml

@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ jobs:
         run: pip install -e arrow/dev/archery[bot]
       - name: Handle PR workflow event
         env:
-          ARROW_GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
         run: |
           if [ "${GITHUB_EVENT_NAME}" = "workflow_run" ]; then
             # workflow_run is executed on PR review. Update to original event.

dev/README.md

@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ for configuring your tokens: environment variables or a configuration file.
 #### Pass tokens via Environment Variables
 
 The merge script uses the GitHub REST API. You must set a
-`ARROW_GITHUB_API_TOKEN` environment variable to use a
+`GH_TOKEN` environment variable to use a
 [Personal Access Token](https://docs.github.com/en/authentication/keeping-your-account-and-data-secure/creating-a-personal-access-token).
 You need to add `workflow` scope to the Personal Access Token.
 

dev/archery/archery/bot.py

@@ -359,7 +359,7 @@ def _clone_arrow_and_crossbow(dest, crossbow_repo, arrow_repo_url, pr_number):
     git.clone(crossbow_url, str(queue_path))
 
     # 3. initialize crossbow objects
-    github_token = os.environ['CROSSBOW_GITHUB_TOKEN']
+    github_token = os.environ.get('GH_TOKEN', os.environ['CROSSBOW_GITHUB_TOKEN'])
     arrow = Repo(arrow_path)
     queue = Queue(queue_path, github_token=github_token, require_https=True)
 

dev/archery/archery/cli.py

@@ -815,7 +815,7 @@ def integration(with_all=False, random_seed=12345, **args):
 
 
 @archery.command()
-@click.option('--arrow-token', envvar='ARROW_GITHUB_TOKEN',
+@click.option('--arrow-token', envvar=['GH_TOKEN', 'ARROW_GITHUB_TOKEN'],
               help='OAuth token for responding comment in the arrow repo')
 @click.option('--committers-file', '-c', type=click.File('r', encoding='utf8'))
 @click.option('--event-name', '-n', required=True)

dev/archery/archery/crossbow/cli.py

@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
 
 @click.group()
 @click.option('--github-token', '-t', default=None,
-              envvar="CROSSBOW_GITHUB_TOKEN",
+              envvar=['GH_TOKEN', 'CROSSBOW_GITHUB_TOKEN'],
               help='OAuth token for GitHub authentication')
 @click.option('--arrow-path', '-a',
               type=click.Path(), default=_default_arrow_path,

dev/archery/archery/crossbow/core.py

@@ -291,7 +291,7 @@ def push(self, refs=None, github_token=None):
         if github_token is None:
             raise RuntimeError(
                 'Could not determine GitHub token. Please set the '
-                'CROSSBOW_GITHUB_TOKEN environment variable to a '
+                'CROSSBOW_GITHUB_TOKEN or GH_TOKEN environment variable to a '
                 'valid GitHub access token or pass one to --github-token.'
             )
         callbacks = GitRemoteCallbacks(github_token)

dev/archery/archery/release/cli.py

@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
               callback=validate_arrow_sources,
               help="Specify Arrow source directory.")
 @click.option('--github-token', '-t', default=None,
-              envvar="CROSSBOW_GITHUB_TOKEN",
+              envvar=['GH_TOKEN', 'CROSSBOW_GITHUB_TOKEN'],
               help='OAuth token for GitHub authentication')
 @click.pass_obj
 def release(obj, src, github_token):

dev/merge_arrow_pr.py

@@ -30,7 +30,8 @@
 # variables.
 #
 # Configuration environment variables:
-#   - ARROW_GITHUB_API_TOKEN: a GitHub API token to use for API requests
+#   - GH_TOKEN: a GitHub API token to use for API requests
+#   - ARROW_GITHUB_API_TOKEN: Same as GH_TOKEN. For backward compatibility.
 #   - ARROW_GITHUB_ORG: the GitHub organisation ('apache' by default)
 #   - DEBUG: use for testing to avoid pushing to apache (0 by default)
 
@@ -254,10 +255,13 @@ def __init__(self, project_name, cmd):
         config = load_configuration()
         if "github" in config.sections():
             token = config["github"]["api_token"]
+        if not token:
+            token = os.environ.get('GH_TOKEN')
         if not token:
             token = os.environ.get('ARROW_GITHUB_API_TOKEN')
         if not token:
-            token = cmd.prompt('Env ARROW_GITHUB_API_TOKEN not set, '
+            token = cmd.prompt('Env GH_TOKEN nor '
+                               'ARROW_GITHUB_API_TOKEN not set, '
                                'please enter your GitHub API token '
                                '(GitHub personal access token):')
         headers = {

dev/release/01-prepare-test.rb

@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@ def setup
     Dir.mktmpdir do |dir|
       @test_git_repository = Pathname(dir) + "arrow"
       git("clone", @original_git_repository.to_s, @test_git_repository.to_s)
+      FileUtils.cp((top_dir + "dev" + "release" + ".env").to_s,
+                   (@test_git_repository + "dev" + "release").to_s)
       Dir.chdir(@test_git_repository) do
         @release_branch = "testing-release-#{@release_version}-rc0"
         git("checkout", "-b", @release_branch, @current_commit)