Research task: automate creation of GitHub App

[alexellis]

Can we make development and testing easier by automating the creation/config of the Github App via the GitHub API?

Ideal flow:

• User creates personal access_token
• User runs derek --provision-app --name="Derek PR 68"
• GitHub App created and then access token revoked?

[alexellis]

If we can do this with curl I think that's OK too, updating the CLI is of lower priority.

[alexellis]

@rgee0 I can't assign issues on a personal repo, but would you be willing to take this on with your automation experience it might make sense?

[alexellis]

I put this together for OpenFaaS Cloud, someone could send me a PR to add an option for Derek? https://github.com/alexellis/github-app

[Waterdrips]

@alexellis I would like to take this one

[alexellis]

I would assume you can copy my approach or vendor it from ofc-bootstrap?

https://github.com/openfaas-incubator/ofc-bootstrap/blob/6ea58839a0c615e457cae37dc99cd6cd70a3dbc2/cmd/create_github.go#L22

[Waterdrips]

yep - looks like a nice easy one to get me started on the Derek codebase

[alexellis]

This is lower priority IMHO than the overrides and merge feature, esp. as we offer a hosted version of Derek now.

[Waterdrips]

yep, iv put it low on my list