Deploy not working with service account in github actions

[zal1000]

Version info

Angular: 14.1.0

AngularFire: 7.4.1

Firebase CLI: Latest being downloaded every time by the actions runner

How to reproduce these conditions

Steps to set up and reproduce

Running the build in a github actions runner with service account exits because the CLI is not signed in

Expected behavior

The application being built and deployed

Actual behavior

The deploy command exits before building the app

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[gavinsawyer]

Working in @angular/[email protected] & [email protected]:

1. Add this auth step before your deploy command using the secret generated by % firebase init hosting:github; use the output for the FIREBASE_TOKEN env variable:

- id:   auth
  uses: google-github-actions/auth@v1
  with:
    credentials_json: ${{ secrets.FIREBASE_SERVICE_ACCOUNT_PROJECT_XYZ }}
    token_format:     access_token
- run:  ng deploy
  env:
    FIREBASE_TOKEN: ${{ steps.auth.outputs.access_token }}

2. Add gha-creds-*.json to your .gitignore file.
3. In IAM & Admin, grant Service Account Token Creator to the GitHub Actions principal: