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Node.js Bot Permissions

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Assessment

Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Newbie friendliness
30/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
github
Domain
authorization

Research direction

Start by reading the linked docker-node issues 670 and 1008, then review nodejs/admin issue 471 to understand the bot's current and possible future use. Identify where the bot's repository permissions are configured; done means confirming whether Write access is required and reducing it to Read if it is not.

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Description

permissions

Currently it looks like it has Write access, but the original idea was just for Read https://github.com/nodejs/docker-node/issues/670#issue-308668692
Is there a reason the Bot still needs Write access? It might change if https://github.com/nodejs/docker-node/issues/1008 goes forward, but right now it looks like it doesn't need it.

Right now it looks like it's only used by this repo, but with https://github.com/nodejs/admin/issues/471 maybe it will be re-used

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Forks
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Merged PRs (30d)
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  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

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