Attempt 1 using gh api

Author: paleloser

.github/workflows/commit-tests.yml

@@ -40,20 +40,16 @@ jobs:
         git config --global user.name "Application Collection Bot"
         git config --global user.email "[email protected]"
 
-    - name: Import GPG key
-      id: import_gpg
-      uses: crazy-max/ghaction-import-gpg@v2
-      with:
-        git_user_signingkey: true
-        git_commit_gpgsign: true
-      env:
-        GPG_PRIVATE_KEY: ${{ env.PRIVATE_KEY }}
-
     - name: Generate empty commit
       id: generate-images
       env:
         GH_TOKEN: ${{ steps.create-token.outputs.token }}
       run: |
-        gh auth setup-git
-        git commit --allow-empty -m "Signed commit test"
-        git push origin gh-app-tests
+        export SHA=$( git rev-parse gh-app-tests:. )
+        export CONTENT=$( base64 -i . )
+        gh api --method PUT /repos/:owner/:repo/contents/. \
+          --field message="Signed commit test" \
+          --field content="$CONTENT" \
+          --field encoding="base64" \
+          --field branch="gh-app-tests" \
+          --field sha="$SHA"