🚀 What's New
Major Features
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Releases Endpoint - Full support for GitHub Releases API
- List all releases with pagination
- Get specific release by ID
- Get latest release
- Complete DTO support for releases and assets
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Optional Authentication - Work with public repos without tokens!
- Automatic token discovery (GitHub CLI → env vars → config)
- Public repositories accessible without authentication
- Better rate limit messages with helpful guidance
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Custom GitHub Connector - Full control over authentication
- Replaced vendor dependency with our own implementation
- Context-aware exception handling
- Helpful error messages
💥 Breaking Changes
- Dropped Laravel 10 support - Now requires Laravel 11+
- Clean architecture decision - no workarounds, no tech debt
- Supports Laravel 11 and 12 only
- If you need Laravel 10, use v2.x
🔧 Technical Improvements
- Removed conduit-ui/github-connector dependency
- Better error handling throughout
- Comprehensive test coverage (223 tests)
- PSR-12 code style compliance
📦 Installation
composer require jordanpartridge/github-client:^3.0🎯 Perfect for THE SHIT Ecosystem
This release is optimized for THE SHIT component system:
- Check component versions without authentication
- Automatic GitHub CLI token usage
- Clean, modern Laravel support
Requirements
- PHP 8.2+
- Laravel 11+ (Laravel 10 users should stay on v2.x)
No workarounds. No tech debt. Just clean code.