git-access

git-access is a simple Bash script to interact with the GitHub API to check repository access and contributor information.

Description

This repository contains a single Bash script, check-access.sh, which provides a way to make authenticated GET requests to the GitHub API. The script retrieves information about contributors to a specified repository.

Usage

Prerequisites

• Bash shell
• cURL
• GitHub Personal Access Token (PAT)

Script Variables

• API_URL: The base URL for the GitHub API (default: https://api.github.com)
• USER_NAME: Your GitHub username (set as an environment variable)
• TOKEN: Your GitHub Personal Access Token (set as an environment variable)
• ORG_NAME: The GitHub organization name (passed as the first argument)
• REPO_NAME: The GitHub repository name (passed as the second argument)

How to Run

1. Clone this repository:

   git clone https://github.com/your-username/git-access.git
   cd git-access

2. Set your GitHub username and PAT as environment variables:

   export username=your-username
   export token=your-personal-access-token

3. Run the script with the organization and repository name as arguments:

   ./check-access.sh organization_name repository_name

Example

To get the list of contributors for a repository called example-repo in the example-org organization, you would run: sh ./check-access.sh example-org example-repo

Notes

• Ensure your GitHub Personal Access Token has the necessary permissions to access the repository and retrieve contributor information.
• The script currently supports only the GET method for API calls.

Contributing

Feel free to submit issues or pull requests if you have suggestions for improvements or find any bugs.

Acknowledgements

• GitHub API Documentation