github_repository should have optional id field

[threeseed]

Affected Resource(s)

• github_repository

Feature Request

It is common to want to rename Github repositories but doing so using this provider can often lead to data loss for associated data e.g. issues, projects, labels.

Having a user specify an optional id field for each repository (which could be stored as a Repository Secret e.g. Terraform ID) would ensure that renames and reorders (when you have a list of repositories) would not cause data loss.

Alternatively if the ID/NodeID attributes in the gitHub-go library can be used to track the repositories instead of the name.

References

• resource/github_repository: Renaming forces new resource #55
• Do not destroy the repository when you change the repository name #616

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[shoddyguard]

I think this may no longer be needed due to #699 having been shipped?

[kfcampbell]

@shoddyguard you're right, thanks!