workflow updates

Author: fahad19

.github/workflows/checks.yml

@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@ jobs:
   ci:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
 
+    env:
+      GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+
     strategy:
       matrix:
         java-version: [24]
@@ -26,23 +29,9 @@ jobs:
           java-version: ${{ matrix.java-version }}
           distribution: "temurin"
           cache: "maven"
-
-      - name: Set up settings.xml
-        run: |
-          mkdir -p ~/.m2
-          echo '<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-          <settings xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/SETTINGS/1.0.0"
-                    xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-                    xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/SETTINGS/1.0.0
-                                        http://maven.apache.org/xsd/settings-1.0.0.xsd">
-            <servers>
-              <server>
-                <id>github</id>
-                <username>${{ secrets.GH_USERNAME }}</username>
-                <password>${{ secrets.GH_TOKEN }}</password>
-              </server>
-            </servers>
-          </settings>' > ~/.m2/settings.xml
+          server-id: github
+          server-username: GITHUB_ACTOR
+          server-password: GITHUB_TOKEN
 
       - name: Build with Maven
         run: mvn clean compile