Support GitHub organization account

[sindresorhus]

We wanted to have a gittip account for @tastejs

// @addyosmani @passy

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[sigmavirus24]

So I'm not entirely sure what you're looking for because the issue is a bit vague, but there is this. It lists the public organization members and which ones are on Gittip and which aren't. I suspect the new project/network system that @whit537 is beta-testing will be of interest to you though.

[sindresorhus]

I'm looking for a way for people to gittip the @tastejs org and not individual members.

[sigmavirus24]

So you should have a look at the discussions on #27 and #449. Note that #449 is closed because funds have been implemented but (as I said above) it is still sort of in beta (as far as I know).

[chadwhitacre]

@sindresorhus Does @tastejs have a Twitter account? That's the easiest way at present to set up a Gittip account for it.

[sindresorhus]

@whit537 yup https://twitter.com/tastejs

[chadwhitacre]

@sindresorhus Okay, so you should be able to sign into Gittip using the tastejs Twitter account and stake out tastejs on Gittip. Is that workable?

[sindresorhus]

@whit537 yay, didn't think of that. Works for now :)

https://www.gittip.com/tastejs/

Though would be nice to be able to connect an GitHub org account to it.

[chadwhitacre]

We decided early on (#4) to only support individual GitHub accounts for the time being. Now seems like a good time to revisit. What API does GitHub give us to authenticate a GitHub org?

[sigmavirus24]

@whit537 absolutely none.

[sigmavirus24]

To be specific, you can get the public members and that is all. You can not use an org to sign in/authenticate someone

[sigmavirus24]

What you might be able to do, is after loading /on/github/:org_name use the results returned for the public members to see if the currently logged in user is a member. If so, then run a secondary check to see what teams they belong to using their authorization. If they have a team with administrative access allow them to apply for administrative privileges on the org on Gittip.

Alternatively, force them to try to administer the organization without doing any pre-emptive checks. With that, you then check if they're a member using their authorization token, and whether they own/operate the organization, otherwise disallow them.

[meatballhat]

👍 😸

[chadwhitacre]

:P

So @meatballhat and I talked in IRC about this issue. He's asking for it because it would make it easier for him to get his company onto Gittip.

(IRC logging is down right now, sorry. :( )

[meatballhat]

For the record, I'm moving forward with https://www.gittip.com/ModClothLabs/, but would love to switch to a github org association whenever it becomes available given our primary github org is already visible at https://www.gittip.com/on/github/modcloth/

[meatballhat]

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[chadwhitacre]

+1 from @jeresig in IRC.

[chadwhitacre]

+1 from @amorgner in email.

[chadwhitacre]

+1 from @jdorfman on Twitter.

[seanlinsley]

+1 from me :]

[chadwhitacre]

+1 from @alekcac via [email protected]

[seanlinsley]

@whit537 even though this isn't part of the current focus on Infrastructure, would you accept a pull request?

I'm running into a wall right now with Active Admin because we can't use GitHub, and we can't get an appropriate Twitter handle (it's blacklisted because it includes the word 'admin'). Right now we're using @gregbell's account, re-purposed as an open team. This is far from optimal, especially since Greg wants to let Active Admin be managed & owned by the community instead of him keeping that burden.

What do you say? This is a rather timely matter for us.

[chadwhitacre]

@daxter Could you use reverbhq as a workaround?

[gregbell]

Using a corporate twitter account doesn't really solve the issue. Also, it feels a bit weird for a company to be asking for money from the community for Active Admin. Just my two cents :)

[chadwhitacre]

@gregbell So the problem you're trying to solve is that you want to use Gittip to accept money from the ActiveAdmin community and channel it to the ActiveAdmin developers? Yes? Is having your personal GitHub account attached to Gittip/ActiveAdmin a blocker for using Gittip today?

[gregbell]

@whit537 Yes, that is correct. And no, it is not a problem for me. That's what we're currently doing. Long term, it would be nice if there was an account specifically for the project instead of me, however it works for the time being.

@daxter is there any specific reason that I'm overlooking?

[seanlinsley]

There's no critical reason why we can't continue what we're doing now. But I'm willing to implement this.

[chadwhitacre]

Cool. Thanks, @gregbell.

[chadwhitacre]

+1 from @cattsmall on Twitter.

[chadwhitacre]

+1 from @prateekdayal @pjc to [email protected].

[chadwhitacre]

+1 from @mbj on Twitter.

[domenkozar]

+1 from me and gittip.com/kiberpipa

[dahlia]

+1. Bitbucket also provides team accounts similar to GitHub’s organization accounts. It would be better if both become supported.

[tarsius]

I have created the github "user" account @magitians, to create the magit team. That works well enough for me.

I do however think that you should mention in the FAQ that github organisations are not supported. Currently it sais "Team accounts are created just like regular accounts. Just login." (emphasis mine). I didn't expect I could directly use a github organisation, but after reading the FAQ I was wondering whether I was overlooking something obvious.

[retlehs]

same here, @tarsius

+1 from me (for the @roots org)

[seanlinsley]

+1 from @ahdinosaur in IRC

[seanlinsley]

...and @duckinator in IRC

[chadwhitacre]

+1 from @dcramer on Twitter.

[galuszkak]

+1 from me

[chadwhitacre]

+1 from @contra via Twitter.

[yocontra]

+1000

[chadwhitacre]

+1 from @loopj on Twitter.

[bruceadams]

+1 from @bhaibel on Twitter

[rcross]

+1 from me. However, I think there is something worth noting

I don't think we need to authenticate against a github org. For me at least, I just want to be able to have a link to our github org url on the gittip account. In a similar way, it would be probably be helpful to have a specific field for a homepage url for team accounts. You could put this in the description field, but it doesn't quite seem as helpful.

[chadwhitacre]

+1 from @bearbin on #2306.

[Changaco]

Closing. This has been implemented in #2326.

Concerns have been expressed about the UI but the core functionality is there. Here's how to use it:

1. go to your profile page
2. make sure your account is a team account (your statement should start by "We are" instead of "I am")
3. click the "+ Add" button for GitHub
4. enter the name of your GitHub organization account in the modal that appears

Note that you need to be logged in to GitHub as someone who has admin access to the organization account.

[rcross]

For anyone updating your profile, just be aware that linking your github org will force you to use your github org avatar for gittip. There doesn't seem to be any way for avatars to be selected from your social accounts, or to choose an alternate one either.

[chadwhitacre]

@rcross I've added a +1 for you to #1253.

[chadwhitacre]

Awesome work, @Changaco, thank you! :-)