add readOnly check

cmd/cmd-print.go

@@ -48,6 +48,8 @@ func print(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 	strOutput, _ := flag.GetString("output")
 	strErrOutput, _ := flag.GetString("error-output")
 
+	_ = flag.Set("readOnly", "true")
+
 	if concurrent < 1 {
 		return errors.New("concurrent runs can't be less than one")
 	}

cmd/platform.go

@@ -31,6 +31,10 @@ func configurePlatform(cmd *cobra.Command) {
 	flags.BoolP("include-subgroups", "", false, "Include GitLab subgroups when using the --group flag.")
 	flags.BoolP("ssh-auth", "", false, `Use SSH cloning URL instead of HTTPS + token. This requires that a setup with ssh keys that have access to all repos and that the server is already in known_hosts.`)
 
+	// This is only used by PrintCmd to mark readOnly mode for version control platform
+	flags.Bool("readOnly", false, "If set, This is running in readonly will be read-only.")
+	_ = flags.MarkHidden("readOnly")
+
 	flags.StringP("platform", "p", "github", "The platform that is used. Available values: github, gitlab, gitea, bitbucket_server.")
 	_ = cmd.RegisterFlagCompletionFunc("platform", func(cmd *cobra.Command, _ []string, _ string) ([]string, cobra.ShellCompDirective) {
 		return []string{"github", "gitlab", "gitea", "bitbucket_server"}, cobra.ShellCompDirectiveDefault
@@ -122,6 +126,7 @@ func createGithubClient(flag *flag.FlagSet, verifyFlags bool) (multigitter.Versi
 	forkMode, _ := flag.GetBool("fork")
 	forkOwner, _ := flag.GetString("fork-owner")
 	sshAuth, _ := flag.GetBool("ssh-auth")
+	readOnly, _ := flag.GetBool("readOnly")
 
 	if verifyFlags && len(orgs) == 0 && len(users) == 0 && len(repos) == 0 {
 		return nil, errors.New("no organization, user or repo set")
@@ -149,7 +154,7 @@ func createGithubClient(flag *flag.FlagSet, verifyFlags bool) (multigitter.Versi
 		Organizations: orgs,
 		Users:         users,
 		Repositories:  repoRefs,
-	}, mergeTypes, forkMode, forkOwner, sshAuth)
+	}, mergeTypes, forkMode, forkOwner, sshAuth, readOnly)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}

internal/scm/github/github.go

@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ func New(
 	forkMode bool,
 	forkOwner string,
 	sshAuth bool,
+	readOnly bool,
 ) (*Github, error) {
 	ctx := context.Background()
 	ts := oauth2.StaticTokenSource(
@@ -54,6 +55,7 @@ func New(
 		ForkOwner:         forkOwner,
 		SSHAuth:           sshAuth,
 		ghClient:          client,
+		ReadOnly:          readOnly,
 		httpClient: &http.Client{
 			Transport: transportMiddleware(http.DefaultTransport),
 		},
@@ -71,6 +73,9 @@ type Github struct {
 	// In this package, it mainly determines which repos are possible to make changes on
 	Fork bool
 
+	// This determines when we are running in read only mode.
+	ReadOnly bool
+
 	// If set, the fork will happen to the ForkOwner value, and not the logged in user
 	ForkOwner string
 
@@ -143,7 +148,7 @@ func (g *Github) GetRepositories(ctx context.Context) ([]scm.Repository, error)
 		case !permissions["pull"]:
 			log.Debug("Skipping repository since the token does not have pull permissions")
 			continue
-		case !g.Fork && !permissions["push"]:
+		case !g.Fork && !g.ReadOnly && !permissions["push"]:
 			log.Debug("Skipping repository since the token does not have push permissions and the run will not fork")
 			continue
 		}