refactor: update git clone commands inside docker

Author: BarkinKctp

packaging_automation/common_tool_methods.py

@@ -679,8 +679,11 @@ def remove_suffix(initial_str: str, suffix: str) -> str:
 
 def initialize_env(exec_path: str, project_name: str, checkout_dir: str):
     remove_cloned_code(f"{exec_path}/{checkout_dir}")
+    gh_token = os.getenv("GH_TOKEN")
+    if not gh_token:
+        raise ValueError("GH_TOKEN environment variable is required")
     if not os.path.exists(checkout_dir):
-        run(f"git clone https://github.com/citusdata/{project_name}.git {checkout_dir}")
+        run(f"git clone https://x-access-token:{gh_token}@github.com/citusdata/{project_name}.git {checkout_dir}")
 
 
 def create_pr(

packaging_automation/tests/test_prepare_release.py

@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ def initialize_env() -> str:
     test_base_path_major = f"{BASE_PATH}/{uuid.uuid4()}"
     remove_cloned_code(test_base_path_major)
     if not os.path.exists(test_base_path_major):
-        run(f"git clone https://github.com/citusdata/citus.git {test_base_path_major}")
+        run(f"git clone https://x-access-token:{GH_TOKEN}@github.com/citusdata/citus.git {test_base_path_major}")
     return test_base_path_major