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fix: explain how to lift GitHub's rate limit when it is hit (#36) #37

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2 changes: 1 addition & 1 deletion package/contents/tools/sh/nixdatifier
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Expand Up @@ -378,7 +378,7 @@ cmd_notes() {
row=$(update_row) || exit $?
out=$(NOTE='Fetching release notes…' cached notes 86400 -- timeout --kill-after=5s 60s "$here/release-notes" \
"$(jq -r .url <<<"$row")" "$(jq -r .current <<<"$row")" "$(jq -r .latest <<<"$row")" "$(jq -r .modified <<<"$row")") ||
die 'could not fetch release notes (rate limit? set GITHUB_TOKEN or github_token_file)'
die 'could not fetch release notes (rate limit? GitHub allows 60 requests per hour without a login: set GITHUB_TOKEN or github_token_file, or install gh, run gh auth login and set github_use_gh on)'
if [[ $fmt == json ]]; then jq . <<<"$out"; return; fi
jq -r '
(if .compareUrl != "" then "Compare: \(.compareUrl)\n" else empty end),
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9 changes: 8 additions & 1 deletion package/contents/tools/sh/release-notes
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Expand Up @@ -83,7 +83,14 @@ fetch() {
200) return 0 ;;
403|429)
if grep -qi '^x-ratelimit-remaining: *0' "$tmp/$1.h"; then
echo "GitHub API rate limit reached. Try again later, or set a GitHub token (GITHUB_TOKEN or a token file)." >&2
local reset
reset=$(sed -n 's/^[Xx]-[Rr]ate[Ll]imit-[Rr]eset: *\([0-9]*\).*/\1/p' "$tmp/$1.h" | head -n1)
reset=$(date -d "@${reset:-0}" +%H:%M 2>/dev/null) || reset=""
if [ -n "$token" ]; then
echo "GitHub API rate limit reached${reset:+ (resets around $reset)}. Try again later." >&2
else
echo "GitHub API rate limit reached${reset:+ (resets around $reset)}: without a login GitHub allows only 60 requests per hour. Add a GitHub token (GITHUB_TOKEN or a token file in the settings) or install the GitHub CLI (gh), run 'gh auth login' and enable 'Use the GitHub CLI login'." >&2
fi
else
echo "GitHub refused the request (HTTP $code)" >&2
fi
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