Add instructions on how to user a different user (#140)

* Add instructions on how to user a different user * Fix wording * Use special GitHub-provided mail for push examples * Apply suggestions from code review Co-authored-by: Federico Grandi <[email protected]>
EndBug · Feb 17, 2021 · 7451ee8 · 7451ee8
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@@ -104,6 +104,21 @@ For more info on how to use outputs, see ["Context and expression syntax"](https
 
 ### Examples:
 
+If you don't want to use your GitHub username for the CI commits, you can [also use the user provided by GitHub for this task](https://github.com/actions/checkout/#push-a-commit-using-the-built-in-token):
+```yaml
+on: push
+jobs:
+ build:
+ runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+ steps:
+ - uses: EndBug/[email protected]
+ with:
+ author_name: github-actions
+ author_email: 41898282+github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com
+```
+
+`41898282+github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com` is the mail of the original GitHub Actions bot. If you use that, [the GitHub avatar is shown for the commits](https://github.community/t/github-actions-bot-email-address/17204). 
+
 Do you want to lint your JavaScript files, located in the `src` folder, with ESLint, so that fixable changes are done without your intervention? You can use a workflow like this:
 
 ```yaml