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This PR implements a comprehensive fine-grained permissions data infrastructure for the GitHub PowerShell module, enabling detection of GitHub App installations that may be missing newly added permissions.

What's New

GitHubPermission Class

Added a new public GitHubPermission class with the following properties:

  • Name - Programmatic permission name (e.g., contents, issues)
  • DisplayName - Human-friendly name (e.g., "Contents", "Issues")
  • Description - Brief description of what access the permission grants
  • URL - Link to relevant GitHub documentation
  • Options - Available access levels (read, write, admin)
  • Type - Permission type (Fine-grained, Classic)
  • Scope - Application scope (Repository, Organization, User, Enterprise)

Comprehensive Permissions Database

Added 90 fine-grained permissions covering all major GitHub permission categories:

  • 33 Repository permissions - actions, contents, issues, pull_requests, secrets, etc.
  • 33 Organization permissions - members, administration, organization_secrets, etc.
  • 18 User permissions - profile, followers, git_ssh_keys, etc.
  • 6 Enterprise permissions - custom properties, organization installation, etc.

Get-GitHubPermissionDefinition Function

New public function to query the permissions database with advanced filtering:

# Get all permissions
Get-GitHubPermissionDefinition

# Filter by scope
Get-GitHubPermissionDefinition -Scope Repository

# Combined filtering
Get-GitHubPermissionDefinition -Type Fine-grained -Scope Organization

# Find specific permissions
Get-GitHubPermissionDefinition -Name 'contents'

Argument Completers

Added argument completers for Get-GitHubPermissionDefinition parameters to improve user experience:

  • Name - Tab completion for available permission names (actions, contents, issues, etc.)
  • DisplayName - Tab completion for available permission display names (Actions, Dependabot alerts, etc.)
  • Type - Tab completion for available permission types (Fine-grained)
  • Scope - Tab completion for available scopes (Repository, Organization, User, Enterprise)

Use Cases

This infrastructure enables several key scenarios:

  1. Permission Validation - Compare GitHub App installations against the complete permissions list
  2. Installation Health Checks - Detect apps missing newly added permissions
  3. Documentation - Provide users with comprehensive permission reference
  4. Automation - Build tools that ensure installations stay current with permission requirements
  5. Enhanced User Experience - Tab completion for parameter values improves usability

Implementation Details

  • File path permissions excluded - These are handled differently by the GitHub API (appear under FilePaths property rather than as named permissions)
  • Maintainable structure - Easy to update when GitHub adds new permissions
  • Performance optimized - Efficient filtering and lookup operations
  • Comprehensive testing - Full test coverage for all functionality
  • Argument completion - Improves user experience with tab completion support

Example Usage

# Check what repository permissions are available (with tab completion)
$repoPerms = Get-GitHubPermissionDefinition -Scope <TAB>
Write-Host "Repository permissions: $($repoPerms.Count)"

# Get details about the contents permission (with tab completion)
$contents = Get-GitHubPermissionDefinition -Name cont<TAB>
Write-Host "$($contents.DisplayName): $($contents.Description)"
Write-Host "Available options: $($contents.Options -join ', ')"

This provides the foundation for building automated permission management tools and ensuring GitHub App installations remain up-to-date with the latest permission requirements.

Copilot AI and others added 3 commits September 8, 2025 12:49
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… for repositories, organizations, users, and enterprises.
- Created Users.Tests.ps1 to test GitHub user-related functionalities including user retrieval and updates.
- Created Variables.Tests.ps1 to test GitHub variable management across different scopes (organization, repository, environment).
- Created Permissions.Tests.ps1 to validate permission definitions and GitHubPermission class properties.
- Implemented logging and context management for better test output and organization.
- Added necessary suppression attributes for Pester compatibility and long lines.
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@copilot Add argument completers for Get-GitHubPermissionDefinition, for the parameters 'Scope', 'Name' and 'Type'.

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Copilot AI commented Sep 9, 2025

@copilot Add argument completers for Get-GitHubPermissionDefinition, for the parameters 'Scope', 'Name' and 'Type'.

Added argument completers for all three parameters of Get-GitHubPermissionDefinition:

  • Name - Completes with available permission names (actions, contents, issues, etc.)
  • Type - Completes with available permission types (Fine-grained)
  • Scope - Completes with available scopes (Repository, Organization, User, Enterprise)

The completers follow the established patterns in the codebase and provide tab completion support for better user experience. Commit: 40bc1e3

Copilot finished work on behalf of MariusStorhaug September 9, 2025 08:28
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Pull Request Overview

This PR implements a comprehensive fine-grained permissions data infrastructure for the GitHub PowerShell module, enabling detection of GitHub App installations that may be missing newly added permissions.

  • Adds a new GitHubPermissionDefinition class to represent GitHub permissions with properties like Name, DisplayName, Description, URL, Options, Type, and Scope
  • Introduces 55 fine-grained permission definitions covering Repository (29), Organization (13), User (13), and Enterprise (6) scopes
  • Implements Get-GitHubPermissionDefinition function with filtering capabilities and argument completers for improved user experience

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tests/Permissions.Tests.ps1 Comprehensive test suite for permission validation and the new function
src/variables/private/GitHub.ps1 Adds 55 fine-grained permission definitions to the module's data store
src/functions/public/Permission/completers.ps1 Implements argument completers for Name, Type, and Scope parameters
src/functions/public/Permission/Get-GitHubPermissionDefinition.ps1 New public function to query permission definitions with filtering
src/formats/GitHubPermission.Format.ps1xml Formatting configuration for displaying permissions in table format
src/classes/public/GitHubPermissionDefinition.ps1 Class definition for representing GitHub permission data

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- Introduced Teams.Tests.ps1 to validate team creation, retrieval, updating, and deletion functionalities.
- Added Users.Tests.ps1 to test user-related operations including user updates and email management.
- Created Variables.Tests.ps1 to ensure proper handling of GitHub variables across different scopes (organization, repository, environment).
- Enhanced Permissions.Tests.ps1 to improve structure and readability, consolidating permission checks for GitHub Apps.
- Created TEMPLATE.ps1 for Pester tests with a structure for authentication cases.
- Added Teams.Tests.ps1 to test GitHub Teams API functionalities including team creation, retrieval, updating, and deletion.
- Introduced Users.Tests.ps1 to validate user-related API calls, including user retrieval and updates.
- Implemented Variables.Tests.ps1 to test GitHub variable management across different scopes (organization, repository, environment).
@MariusStorhaug MariusStorhaug merged commit fff966d into main Sep 9, 2025
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