From 271d0f7c498524cb70ad2c46da5f21fe910e49ee Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Michael Bianco <iloveitaly@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 4 Jul 2023 11:44:40 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] docs: improved github permissions docs

---
 README.md | 7 +++++++
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 780a549..71a22e9 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -114,12 +114,19 @@ Make sure to install all required packages in the workflow before executing this
 Uses all the defaults
 
 ```yaml
+permissions:
+  contents: write
+
 - name: Conventional Changelog Action
   uses: TriPSs/conventional-changelog-action@v3
   with:
     github-token: ${{ secrets.github_token }}
 ```
 
+Write permissions are required in order to enable `git push` when a new version is generated. In some configurations, the
+default `secrets.github_token` may not have the correct permissions. You can check your default permissions by looking at
+"Set up job" section of your GitHub action run log.
+
 Overwrite everything
 
 ```yaml