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Support for private repositories for pub
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Description
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### Feature description
Support for private repositories for pub
When enabling dependabot support for a pub project there should be a way to configure the credentials for accessing private third-party repositories.
From discussion here: https://github.com/orgs/community/discussions/14200#discussioncomment-4050762
The authentication pub uses is documented here:
https://github.com/dart-lang/pub/blob/master/doc/repository-spec-v2.md#authentication
Basically dependabot needs to run `dart pub token add ` and give it a credential token on stdin for each private repository.
It will then pass that token to the repository in a 'Authorization: Bearer ' header when doing version listings and downloading packages.
Contributor guide
Research direction
Start by locating Dependabot's pub package-manager entry point and read the linked pub repository authentication specification. Trace how private repository credentials could be configured, then verify that each repository can receive its token through `dart pub token add ` and that the requested Authorization header behavior is covered. Done means private third-party pub repositories can be accessed during dependency updates.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- dart
- Domain
- tooling
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100