Add support for changing the GITHUB_ACTOR (#229)

This adds the `-a` flag when running `act` to change the username of the GITHUB_ACTOR environment variable

Co-authored-by: Casey Lee <cplee@nektos.com>

pkg/runner/run_context.go

@@ -355,13 +355,19 @@ func (rc *RunContext) getGithubContext() *githubContext {
 		Workflow:  rc.Run.Workflow.Name,
 		RunID:     "1",
 		RunNumber: "1",
-		Actor:     "nektos/act",
+		Actor:     rc.Config.Actor,
 		EventName: rc.Config.EventName,
 		Token:     token,
 		Workspace: "/github/workspace",
 		Action:    rc.CurrentStep,
 	}
 
+	// Backwards compatibility for configs that require
+	// a default rather than being run as a cmd
+	if ghc.Actor == "" {
+		ghc.Actor = "nektos/act"
+	}
+
 	repoPath := rc.Config.Workdir
 	repo, err := common.FindGithubRepo(repoPath)
 	if err != nil {

pkg/runner/runner.go

@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ type Runner interface {
 
 // Config contains the config for a new runner
 type Config struct {
+	Actor           string            // the user that triggered the event
 	Workdir         string            // path to working directory
 	BindWorkdir     bool              // bind the workdir to the job container
 	EventName       string            // name of event to run