From 100c8f9bcfd7c2e8096a7b2f8cc1b5da5227bf49 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jelle Raaijmakers <jelle@gmta.nl>
Date: Fri, 20 Jan 2023 00:32:02 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] CI: Add GitHub author presence check in commit linter

If GitHub is unable to match a commit's author to a GitHub user, the
`.author` object is set to `null` in the API's response.
---
 .github/workflows/lintcommits.yml | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/lintcommits.yml b/.github/workflows/lintcommits.yml
index ade728c8db7..f90630f1a7e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/lintcommits.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/lintcommits.yml
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ jobs:
 
             const errors = [];
             for (const { sha, commit: { message }, author } of commits) {
-              if (excludedBotIds.includes(author.id)) {
+              if (author !== null && excludedBotIds.includes(author.id)) {
                 continue;
               }
               const commitErrors = [];