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by cocodill 454 days ago
why do you want me to sign in via github?
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Requesting read and write access to all repos public and private no less.
The GitHub api doesn't allow for read only to private repos :(

Needs to be this way or no access to private repos. I can add the possibility to choose if people have a problem with the permissions

Yes, I'd rather not share access to my private repos with an untrusted party. I would like to try it with public ones though
You could add an option for the user to paste a token (fine grained etc) to retrieve only from repositories they grant via the token (and never write access)- and they can revoke at any time.
Just added the option to choose. You can now give less permissions and only access public repos :)
github api needs a personal token unfortunately. without each user signin it reaches the rate limit very fast