From ec53dfca8a924837fae6baeba7c646e9c400714b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Naheel Muhammed <naheelmuhammedpk@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 9 Feb 2026 14:41:52 +0530
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] create and add octokit

for github data

Co-Authored-By: Adithyan <100783336+adithyanmkd@users.noreply.github.com>
---
 src/lib/octokit.ts | 28 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 28 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 src/lib/octokit.ts

diff --git a/src/lib/octokit.ts b/src/lib/octokit.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..520d637
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lib/octokit.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+import { Octokit } from "octokit";
+
+/**
+ *  Note: 
+ * We use an environment variable for the token to keep it out of the source code.
+ * Even if the token is missing, we initialize the client (it will just be rate-limited).
+ */
+const GITHUB_TOKEN = process.env.GITHUB_TOKEN;
+
+export const octokit = new Octokit({
+  auth: GITHUB_TOKEN || undefined,
+});
+
+/**
+ * Helper to fetch repo metadata safely
+ */
+export async function getRepoData(owner: string, repo: string) {
+  try {
+    const { data } = await octokit.rest.repos.get({
+      owner,
+      repo,
+    });
+    return data;
+  } catch (error) {
+    console.error("Error fetching GitHub repo:", error);
+    return null;
+  }
+}
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From 8f3cb1838cb7f82ac5752103b788a333dcebbc3f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Naheel Muhammed <naheelmuhammedpk@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 9 Feb 2026 14:56:26 +0530
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Update octokit.ts

---
 src/lib/octokit.ts | 39 +++++++++++++++++++++++++--------------
 1 file changed, 25 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/lib/octokit.ts b/src/lib/octokit.ts
index 520d637..ccf478b 100644
--- a/src/lib/octokit.ts
+++ b/src/lib/octokit.ts
@@ -1,28 +1,39 @@
 import { Octokit } from "octokit";
 
-/**
- *  Note: 
- * We use an environment variable for the token to keep it out of the source code.
- * Even if the token is missing, we initialize the client (it will just be rate-limited).
- */
-const GITHUB_TOKEN = process.env.GITHUB_TOKEN;
+// Private variable for Singleton pattern
+let _octokit: Octokit | null = null;
+
+export function getOctokit(): Octokit {
+  if (_octokit) return _octokit;
+
+  const auth = process.env.GITHUB_TOKEN;
+  
+  // We don't throw an error here because Octokit can work without a token 
+  // (unauthenticated), though it will be heavily rate-limited.
+  _octokit = new Octokit({
+    auth: auth || undefined,
+  });
 
-export const octokit = new Octokit({
-  auth: GITHUB_TOKEN || undefined,
-});
+  return _octokit;
+}
 
 /**
- * Helper to fetch repo metadata safely
+ * Fetches repository metadata safely.
+ * Notice we only log the error message, NOT the full error object.
  */
 export async function getRepoData(owner: string, repo: string) {
+  const client = getOctokit();
+  
   try {
-    const { data } = await octokit.rest.repos.get({
+    const { data } = await client.rest.repos.get({
       owner,
       repo,
     });
     return data;
-  } catch (error) {
-    console.error("Error fetching GitHub repo:", error);
+  } catch (error: unknown) {
+    const message = error instanceof Error ? error.message : "An unknown error occurred";
+    console.error("Error fetching GitHub repo:", message);
+    
     return null;
   }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}