fix: Pass in token to fetch GH default branch

src/nitpick/style/fetchers/github.py

@@ -34,21 +34,30 @@ class GitHubURL:
     def default_branch(self) -> str:
         """Default GitHub branch."""
         # get_default_branch() is memoized
-        return get_default_branch(self.api_url.url)
+        return get_default_branch(self.api_url.url, token=self.token)
 
     @property
-    def credentials(self) -> tuple[str, str] | tuple[()]:
-        """Credentials encoded in this URL.
+    def token(self) -> str | None:
+        """Token encoded in this URL.
 
-        A tuple of ``(api_token, '')`` if present, or empty tuple otherwise.  If
-        the value of ``api_token`` begins with ``$``, it will be replaced with
-        the value of the environment corresponding to the remaining part of the
+        If present and it starts with a ``$``, it will be replaced with the
+        value of the environment corresponding to the remaining part of the
         string.
+
         """
         token = self.auth_token
         if token is not None and token.startswith("$"):
             token = os.getenv(token[1:])
+        return token
 
+    @property
+    def credentials(self) -> tuple[str, str] | tuple[()]:
+        """Credentials encoded in this URL.
+
+        A tuple of ``(api_token, '')`` if present, or empty tuple otherwise.
+
+        """
+        token = self.token
         return (token, "") if token else ()
 
     @property
@@ -128,18 +137,18 @@ def _build_url(self, scheme: str) -> furl:
 
 
 @lru_cache()
-def get_default_branch(api_url: str) -> str:
+def get_default_branch(api_url: str, *, token: str | None = None) -> str:
     """Get the default branch from the GitHub repo using the API.
 
-    For now, the request is not authenticated on GitHub, so it might hit a rate limit with:
+    For now, for URLs without an authorization token embedded, the request is
+    not authenticated on GitHub, so it might hit a rate limit with:
     ``requests.exceptions.HTTPError: 403 Client Error: rate limit exceeded for url``
 
     This function is using ``lru_cache()`` as a simple memoizer, trying to avoid this rate limit error.
 
-    Another option for the future: perform an authenticated request to GitHub.
-    That would require some user credentials.
     """
-    response = API_SESSION.get(api_url)
+    headers = {"Authorization": f"token {token}"} if token else None
+    response = API_SESSION.get(api_url, headers=headers)
     response.raise_for_status()
 
     return response.json()["default_branch"]

tests/test_style.py

@@ -431,6 +431,40 @@ def test_fetch_private_github_urls(tmp_path):
     project.flake8(offline=True).assert_no_errors()
 
 
+@responses.activate
+def test_fetch_private_github_urls_no_branch(tmp_path):
+    """Fetch private GitHub URLs with a token on the query string."""
+    file_token = "query-string-token-generated-by-github-for-private-files"
+    gh_url = f"gh://{file_token}@user/private_repo/path/to/nitpick-style"
+    api_url = "https://api.github.com/repos/user/private_repo"
+    api_response = '{"default_branch": "branch"}'
+    full_raw_url = f"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/user/private_repo/branch/path/to/nitpick-style{TOML_EXTENSION}"
+    body = """
+        ["pyproject.toml".tool.black]
+        missing = "thing"
+    """
+    responses.add(responses.GET, api_url, api_response, status=200)
+    responses.add(responses.GET, full_raw_url, dedent(body), status=200)
+
+    project = ProjectMock(tmp_path).pyproject_toml(
+        f"""
+        [tool.nitpick]
+        style = "{gh_url}"
+        """
+    )
+    project.flake8(offline=False).assert_single_error(
+        f"""
+        NIP318 File pyproject.toml has missing values:{SUGGESTION_BEGIN}
+        [tool.black]
+        missing = "thing"{SUGGESTION_END}
+        """
+    )
+    assert responses.calls[0].request.headers["Authorization"] == f"token {file_token}"
+    token_on_basic_auth = b64encode(f"{file_token}:".encode()).decode().strip()
+    assert responses.calls[1].request.headers["Authorization"] == f"Basic {token_on_basic_auth}"
+    project.flake8(offline=True).assert_no_errors()
+
+
 @pytest.mark.parametrize(
     "style_url",
     [