Handle Octokit::Forbidden for oversized contributor lists#301
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[WIP] Capture error for large contributor list API response
Handle Octokit::Forbidden for oversized contributor lists
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The GitHub API returns a
403 Forbiddenwith "The history or contributor list is too large to list contributors for this repository via the API" for certain repos. This was an unhandled exception that crashed the build.Changes
lib/jekyll-github-metadata/client.rb— Addedrescue Octokit::Forbiddeninsave_from_errors, logging a warning that includes the original error message and notes it's a GitHub API limitation, then returns the default value so the build continues.spec/webmock/api_get_contributors_forbidden.json— Fixture for the 403 response body.spec/client_spec.rb— Test verifying the method returnsfalseand the warning contains "This is a limitation of the GitHub API" when a 403 is received.Before this change, any call hitting a forbidden endpoint would raise
Octokit::Forbiddenand propagate as aLiquid Exception. After:Build continues and
site.github.contributorsreturns an empty/falsy value.