Allow for a personal token to be specified for self-updates#5568
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This change will allow for setting the $GITHUB_ACCESS_TOKEN environment variable with a Github personal access token, allowing e.g. for higher rate limits
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Thanks for working on this! I have a few small remarks, see below
| Please see the :ref:`official_binaries` section below for various downloads. | ||
| Official binaries can be updated in place by using the ``restic self-update`` | ||
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| command. The environment variable ``$GITHUB_ACCESS_TOKEN`` can be set to use a personal access token when updating. |
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Move that to a separate paragraph. Add a short remark on why one would want to do this.
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Hopefully what I reworded is enough?
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Thank you for your review @MichaelEischer! Hopefully my changes fix what you suggested :) |
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) * Allow for a personal token to be specified for self-updates This change will allow for setting the $GITHUB_ACCESS_TOKEN environment variable with a Github personal access token, allowing e.g. for higher rate limits * Refactor github request and add test --------- Co-authored-by: Paulo Saraiva <pauloman@cern.ch>
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This change will allow for setting the $GITHUB_ACCESS_TOKEN environment variable with a Github personal access token, allowing e.g. for higher rate limits
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Closes #3738
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