[z1mm32m4n]

Dang, the curse of GitHub OAuth granularity strikes again!

> public_repo:

> Grants read/write access to code, commit statuses, collaborators, and deployment statuses for public repositories and organizations. Also required for starring public repositories.

Source: https://developer.github.com/v3/oauth/

[siddharthkp]

Yes :(

I tried to find a better way to do that, but public_repo is the least granular permission that github provides.

[rajasimon]

get rid of write with (no scope)