Is private repo support possible?

[antulik]

Hi, I'm curious what's stopping giscus supporting private repositories? Is that a technical limitation of Github API or something else?

[laymonage]

Actually I guess that it currently should work just fine for private repositories, but:

• Anyone can see the discussion if they're not signed in (because giscus authenticates as the app, and the app has access to the repo).
• If they sign in and they have access to the repository, it should work. Otherwise, an error will show up (or maybe it keeps retrying?), but I personally haven't tested it.

[antulik]

Thanks that answers my question.

Currently it doesn't work correctly with private repos. Giscus can't load existing comments, but it can create a new discussion.

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