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README: Clarified repo secret creation process #112

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#### 6. Adding Personal Access Token as a Secret

you have to create a [Personal Access Token](https://docs.github.com/en/github/authenticating-to-github/creating-a-personal-access-token) with `repo scope` and store in the repository's [secrets](https://docs.github.com/en/actions/configuring-and-managing-workflows/creating-and-storing-encrypted-secrets) with the name `PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN`. This token is required for consuming the [Actions re-run API](https://docs.github.com/en/rest/reference/actions#re-run-a-workflow) to automatically re-run the last failed workflow and also for storing the signatures in a remote repository if required.
You have to create a [Repository Secret](https://docs.github.com/en/actions/security-guides/encrypted-secrets#creating-encrypted-secrets-for-a-repository) with the name `PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN` and a value of your choice.
This token is required for consuming the [Actions re-run API](https://docs.github.com/en/rest/reference/actions#re-run-a-workflow) to automatically re-run the last failed workflow and also for storing the signatures in a remote repository if required.

##### Demo for step 6

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