No need for write access to private repos when I just want to search in public repos

[lcswillems]

Describe the bug
I just want to search in a public Github repo. But the app wants me to sign and give write access to my private repos.

Expected behavior
It should not ask.

[nalbion]

That's very scary

[nalbion]

...I guess you could set up a second GitHub account

[ggordonhall]

The bloop desktop app uses a GitHub OAuth app for authentication. GitHub OAuth apps don't support fine-grained permissions. In order to get read access to code (in order to index and search it) we need the repo scope which Grants full access to public and private repositories including read and write access to code, commit statuses, repository invitations, collaborators, deployment statuses, and repository webhooks. We don't currently support a mode to only index and search public repositories.

[ggordonhall]

You can now build and run bloop from source with your own GitHub Access Token. See instructions here: https://github.com/BloopAI/bloop?tab=readme-ov-file#building-from-source