just use structural typing

Author: Andarist

package.json

@@ -57,16 +57,13 @@
     "version-packages": "pnpm changeset version && pnpm format:fix"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "@octokit/core": "^7.0.6",
-    "@octokit/plugin-rest-endpoint-methods": "^17.0.0",
     "isomorphic-git": "^1.36.3"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@actions/github": "^9.0.0",
     "@changesets/changelog-github": "^0.5.1",
     "@changesets/cli": "^2.27.7",
     "@graphql-codegen/cli": "^7.0.0",
-    "@octokit/graphql": "^8.1.1",
     "@tsconfig/node22": "^22.0.5",
     "@types/node": "^20.11.24",
     "dotenv": "^16.4.5",

pnpm-lock.yaml

@@ -1,7 +1,34 @@
-import type { Octokit } from "@octokit/core"
-import type { Api } from "@octokit/plugin-rest-endpoint-methods"
-
-export type GitHubClient = Octokit & Api
+// Octokit types are messy. To avoid adding any (peer)dependencies we rely on TS structural typing here
+export type GitHubClient = {
+    graphql: <T>(query: string, variables?: Record<string, unknown>) => Promise<T>;
+    rest: {
+      git: {
+        createRef: (params: {
+          owner: string;
+          repo: string;
+          ref: string;
+          sha: string;
+        }) => Promise<{ data: { node_id?: string } }>;
+        updateRef: (params: {
+          owner: string;
+          repo: string;
+          ref: string;
+          sha: string;
+          force?: boolean;
+        }) => Promise<{ data: { node_id?: string } }>;
+        deleteRef: (params: {
+          owner: string;
+          repo: string;
+          ref: string;
+        }) => Promise<unknown>;
+        getRef?: (params: {
+          owner: string;
+          repo: string;
+          ref: string;
+        }) => Promise<unknown>;
+      };
+    };
+  };
 
 import type {
   CreateCommitOnBranchMutation,