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Re:Show HN: Get paid in GitHub stars for your open source work by mbryant on Monday July 25, 2016 @06:08PM (#12161979)
Why does it need write access to all of my repositories, when I click on the demo link?
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Re:Show HN: Get paid in GitHub stars for your open source work by z1mm32m4n on Monday July 25, 2016 @09:19PM (#12162749)
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/

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Re:Show HN: Get paid in GitHub stars for your open source work by siddharthkp on Tuesday July 26, 2016 @01:58AM (#12163628)
Yes :(

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

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Re:Show HN: Get paid in GitHub stars for your open source work by rajasimon on Tuesday July 26, 2016 @03:51AM (#12163976)
get rid of write with (no scope)
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Re:Show HN: Get paid in GitHub stars for your open source work by david90 on Tuesday July 26, 2016 @12:19AM (#12163310)
Nice idea, but the permission page makes it look like a facebook scam app.
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Re:Show HN: Get paid in GitHub stars for your open source work by siddharthkp on Tuesday July 26, 2016 @02:03AM (#12163637)
I get what you mean.

Will a page explaining exactly what's going to happen before asking permissions help?

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Re:Show HN: Get paid in GitHub stars for your open source work by fiatjaf on Monday July 25, 2016 @06:27PM (#12162074)
Nice idea, but isn't it too much hassle?
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