From d5ed062629c16faeba9d8974c946ca954bb2688e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Noah Berman <38916274+noah-berman@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Fri, 15 Nov 2024 10:58:42 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] Specify the need for classic PAT for indexing outside org's private repos --- docs/admin/code_hosts/github.mdx | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) diff --git a/docs/admin/code_hosts/github.mdx b/docs/admin/code_hosts/github.mdx index a0a3a5195..d10e1bb98 100644 --- a/docs/admin/code_hosts/github.mdx +++ b/docs/admin/code_hosts/github.mdx @@ -220,6 +220,8 @@ When creating your fine-grained access token, select the following permissions d To clone and search private repositories, we need [a GitHub access token](#github-api-access) with the required scopes and at least read access to the relevant private repositories. +Due to GitHub limitations, non-admins of an outside organization must use a (Classic personal access token)[https://docs.github.com/en/authentication/keeping-your-account-and-data-secure/managing-your-personal-access-tokens#types-of-personal-access-tokens] to provision the appropriate permissions for Sourcegraph to index that organization's private repositories. + For more details, see [GitHub API access](#github-api-access). ## Selecting repositories to sync