better errors for `gh` when not logged in

[amtoine]

right now, the error is not that great when running gh ... being logged out :thinking: and it does not fail in the sense that the LAST_EXIT_CODE is not set to 1 in that case :thinking:

an idea that looks to be working: add gh auth status at the start

remaining things: what happens when the user is

• [x] logged out: fails with You are not logged into any GitHub hosts. Run gh auth login to authenticate.
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• [ ] logged in: ??? => --logged-out option to query the API with http get

[melMass]

right now, the error is not that great when running gh ... being logged out 🤔 and it does not fail in the sense that the LAST_EXIT_CODE is not set to 1 in that case 🤔

Ah, rrrhh so many are not following proper exit codes, your option sound like a good one although the command isn't the fastest (at least when logged)

• logged out: fails with You are not logged into any GitHub hosts. Run gh auth login to authenticate.

I would output the same error verbatim, probably prefix with some "Host Error" or something similar

• logged in: ??? => --logged-out option to query the API with http get

I'm not familiar with this flow can you elaborate?

[amtoine]

Ah, rrrhh so many are not following proper exit codes, your option sound like a good one although the command isn't the fastest (at least when logged)

yeah, gh auth status takes a bit of time, it's true :thinking: it's the only thing i've found so far :confused:

I would output the same error verbatim, probably prefix with some "Host Error" or something similar

:+1:

I'm not familiar with this flow can you elaborate?

instead of using gh, you call poll the REST API of GitHub directly :smirk: see this gist for instance :yum: