jf git count-contributors command needs a rate-limiting parameter #576
Description
Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.
We are trying to run the jf git count-contributors command to count the contributing developers across an entire GitHub Org which is failing due to GitHub API rate limiting.
Example:
jf git cc --scm-type=github --scm-api-url=https://api.github.com/ —token=<my-github-token> —owner=<my-org>
There are 7623 errors like this in the log:
[Error] Error getting commits: %v GET https://api.github.com/repos/<my-org>/<xxxxxxxxx>/commits?page=73&per_page=50&since=2025-07-08T15%3A21%3A59%2B10%3A00&until=2025-08-08T15%3A59%3A31%2B10%3A00: 403 API rate limit of 5000 still exceeded until 2025-08-08 16:23:58 +1000 AEST, not making remote request. [rate reset in 24m26s] [Error] Error getting commits: %v GET https://api.github.com/repos/<my-org>/<xxxxxxxxxxxx>/commits?page=73&per_page=50&since=2025-07-08T15%3A21%3A59%2B10%3A00&until=2025-08-08T15%3A59%3A31%2B10%3A00: 403 API rate limit of 5000 still exceeded until 2025-08-08 16:23:58 +1000 AEST, not making remote request. [rate reset in 24m26s] [Error] Error getting commits: %v GET https://api.github.com/repos/<my-org>/<xxxxxxxxxxxxx>/commits?page=73&per_page=50&since=2025-07-08T15%3A21%3A59%2B10%3A00&until=2025-08-08T15%3A59%3A31%2B10%3A00: 403 API rate limit of 5000 still exceeded until 2025-08-08 16:23:58 +1000 AEST, not making remote request. [rate reset in 24m26s]
Describe the solution you'd like to see
Please add a --rate-limiting parameter that would allow us to slow down the GitHub API requests so that they fit into GitHub API's Limit (5000 requests/hour for authenticated users).
Describe alternatives you've considered
We considered incorporating the jf git count-contributors command into a seperate script and break up the requests by --repo-name, but that parameter is not currently working as expected.
Additional context