feat: sign in with an existing GitHub CLI login - #3316
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Orgs that forbid classic PATs and refuse third-party OAuth app approval leave no working sign-in path, but the GitHub CLI's own OAuth app is often already authorized. Read that token from `gh auth token` at request time so the CLI stays its owner, rotation needs no re-login, and Gitify persists no copy.
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An exported GH_TOKEN can be the only credential gh has, so dropping it from the spawn environment broke sign-in for those users. It also means the token may be any PAT, which keeps the narrower scope tiers reachable.
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Some orgs forbid classic PATs and will not approve third-party OAuth apps, leaving Gitify no working sign-in. The GitHub CLI's OAuth app is often already authorized there, so this reuses the token
gh auth tokenholds — including oneghtakes fromGH_TOKEN, which for some users is its only credential.The CLI stays the owner: every Octokit request resolves the token from
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