Why does cla-assistant want public_repo scope?

[superbrothers]

Hi, I have a question that is why does cla-assistant want public_repo scope?

According to #78 (comment), @KharitonOff said "public_repo - read all public repositories in order to provide a selection of your repos to set it up", but no scope can also read all public repos.

• (no scope): Grants read-only access to public information (includes public user profile info, public repository info, and gists)

https://developer.github.com/apps/building-oauth-apps/understanding-scopes-for-oauth-apps/

Therefore I guess cla-assistant does not need public_repo if the scope is only used for reading public repos.

[KharitonOff]

Thanks for pointing out! We'll check on it in our time.

[superbrothers]

Are there any updates?

[KharitonOff]

@superbrothers I've removed the scope. But the change will come with the next major release first.