Avoid redirecting to localhost during authorization flow
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Web developers who have previously ran an application on `http://localhost` that enabled HSTS (HTTP Strict Transport Security) will find themselves unable to authenticate because their browser (typically Safari, in practice) will keep redirecting them to `https://localhost`, which isn't handled by our local server. This switches the authorization callback to be to `127.0.0.1`, which should be equivalent to `localhost`, but not subject to HSTS.
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Web developers who have had at any previous point ran an application on
http://localhostthat enabled HSTS (HTTP Strict Transport Security) will find themselves unable to authenticate because their browser (typically Safari) will keep redirecting them tohttps://localhost, which isn't handled by our local server.This switches the authorization callback to be to
127.0.0.1, which should be equivalent tolocalhost, but not subject to HSTS.The GitHub CLI OAuth apps have been edited to add
http://127.0.0.1/callbackas an additional allow-listed callback URL. /cc @ptoomey3Fixes #616