Git interaction

The translation tool uses an installed git binary to interact with remote git repositories. Single git commands are wrapped in the GitService and the GitRepository.

Token for access to GitHub user account

At https://github.com/settings/tokens a token can be registered for a github user account, which allows to use the github API as that user by the tranlation tool. The forks are stored in this user account.

Pull requests are performed (probably) authenticated by a ssh key, while using the git commands. So not directly via the API.

For development purpose it is may helpful to setup a second git account. This blogpost describes how to setup multiple ssh keys for multiple GitHub accounts.