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Apps: introduce a new "dispatch_event" permission
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Descripción
Creating [repository dispatch events](https://docs.github.com/en/free-pro-team@latest/rest/reference/repos#create-a-repository-dispatch-event) is a great way to create GitHub apps which can trigger actions in the repositories. For example, I can dispatch events for every repository in every installation of a registered app when a new release is created in a github repository. and the receiving repositories can act on that information as they please.
The problem is that the permission required for dispach events is [`contents:write`](https://docs.github.com/en/free-pro-team@latest/rest/reference/permissions-required-for-github-apps#permission-on-contents), which many users are understandably uncomfortable to give to a 3rd party application.
It would be great if apps could be granted a new permission which would
1. Only give access to dispatch events
2. Only permit to dispatch events from a list of event types
`1.` would already help greatly. `2.` would furthermore prevent one app to appear as another, by specifying exactly which event types one app is allowed to dispatch.
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Línea de trabajo
El issue nombra la repository dispatch event API de GitHub y la documentación sobre permisos, pero no indica archivos del repositorio ni pruebas. Empieza leyendo las referencias enlazadas al endpoint y a los permisos, y después revisa las instrucciones de contribución del repositorio. Para darlo por terminado haría falta una propuesta concreta, aprobada por un maintainer, para permisos de dispatch-event con alcance limitado.
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- Stack tecnológico
- github
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- api, authorization
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- Nueva funcionalidad
- Dificultad
- 5/5
- Tiempo estimado
- Más de una semana
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- Estancado
- Claridad
- Bastante claro
- Aptitud para principiantes
- 25/100