try setting the token explicitly

Author: timreimherr

.github/workflows/build-and-release.yml

@@ -37,15 +37,18 @@ jobs:
           token: ${{ steps.app-token.outputs.token }}
           repository: github/backup-utils
       - name: Create empty commit in backup-utils
-        id: empty_commit
-        run: |
-          git config user.name "release-controller[bot]"
-          git config user.email "[email protected]"
-          git fetch origin tims-test-branch
-          git checkout tims-test-branch
-          git commit --allow-empty -m "${{ github.event.inputs.version }} release"
-          git push origin tims-test-branch
-          echo "commit-sha=$(git rev-parse HEAD)" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          id: empty_commit
+          env:
+            ACCESS_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.ACCESS_TOKEN }}
+          run: |
+            git config user.name "release-controller[bot]"
+            git config user.email "[email protected]"
+            git remote set-url origin https://[email protected]/github/backup-utils.git
+            git fetch origin tims-test-branch
+            git checkout tims-test-branch
+            git commit --allow-empty -m "${{ github.event.inputs.version }} release"
+            git push origin tims-test-branch
+            echo "commit-sha=$(git rev-parse HEAD)" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
       # create tags for the build scripts to work
       # if empty_commit is successful, then echo success
       - name: Echo success