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🔐 Main Branch: The One Where Your gh Token Expires on Purpose - Issue #46
GitHub CLI expiring, auto-refreshing OAuth tokens in public preview, bulk migrating branch protection rules to rulesets, and Jakub Krehel on knowing what not to build.
🐛 Main Branch: The One Where the Agent's First Guess Was Wrong - Issue #45
GitHub Actions workflow lockfiles in public preview, new GitHub App permissions like repository_creation:write, and a debugging skill for agents.
🫣 Main Branch: The One Where Your Regex Had One Job
Longer tokens. Passwords hiding in plain sight. A rough week for code that checks what a secret looks like.
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