[MAINT]: Make github_ref respect owner (vs taking it from the PAT)

[ksatirli]

Describe the need

Currently, the github_ref data source does not take an owner input and defaults to the one that can be derived from the PAT.

When using the data source with a personal access token (for my user ksatirli), this results in an empty response for a github_ref for hashicorp/setup-terraform:

data "github_ref" "terraform" {
  ref        = "tags/v2.0.3"
  owner      = "hashicorp"
  repository = "setup-terraform"
}

Output:

  "etag" = tostring(null)
  "id" = tostring(null)
  "ref" = tostring(null)
  "repository" = tostring(null)
  "sha" = tostring(null)

Comparatively: when I poll a repository that belongs to the same owner as the PAT, the data source works as expected.

Change request: The github_ref data source should support an owner attribute that is used to query the GH API.

SDK Version

5.22.0 and earlier

API Version

n/a

Relevant log output

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[ivica3730k]

Thank you very much @ksatirli, this will be very useful.

I guess that the owner in this case can also be an organization?

Thank you!

[kfcampbell]

Yep! In the context of the provider, "owner" means either a user account or an organization.