fix(github): Fix issue with users not getting picked up in GitHub config

[brendan-kellam]

Problem

Consider the following config:

{
    "$schema": "./schemas/v3/index.json",
    "connections": {
        "sourcebot": {
            "type": "github",
            "users": [
                "brendan-kellam",
                "torvalds"
            ],
            "token": {
                "env": "GITHUB_SB_TOKEN"
            }
        }
    }
}

Assume GITHUB_SB_TOKEN was scoped to my (brendan-kellam) user. We would expect to get all public & private repos from brendan-kellam, and all public repos from torvalds. In actuality, we were just getting the repos for brendan-kellam.

Why? We were using listForAuthenticatedUser when a token is specified, which only lists the repositories for the currently authenticated user (brendan-kellam), even when a username is specified. So, when we called this for torvalds, we were actually getting repos for brendan-kellam.

Solution

This discussion recommended using the search/repositories endpoint, so I switched to that.

Summary by CodeRabbit

• Bug Fixes
  • Resolved an issue where users specified in GitHub configuration were not recognized when a token was provided.
• Documentation
  • Updated changelog to include details of the fix.

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Walkthrough

A changelog entry was added to document a fix for recognizing users in GitHub configurations when a token is provided. In the backend GitHub integration, the getReposOwnedByUsers function was refactored to use the GitHub search API for repository discovery, removing the isAuthenticated parameter and simplifying the logic.

Changes

Cohort / File(s)	Change Summary
Changelog Update CHANGELOG.md	Added an unreleased fix entry for handling users with a token in GitHub config, referencing PR #428.
Backend GitHub Integration Refactor packages/backend/src/github.ts	Refactored getReposOwnedByUsers: removed isAuthenticated parameter and conditional logic, now uses search API for repo discovery.

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
    participant ConfigLoader
    participant BackendGithub
    participant GitHubAPI

    ConfigLoader->>BackendGithub: getGitHubReposFromConfig(users, token)
    BackendGithub->>GitHubAPI: search.repos (query by user, paginated)
    GitHubAPI-->>BackendGithub: List of repositories
    BackendGithub-->>ConfigLoader: Aggregated repository results

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