This class is meant to be used with your Github hosted WordPress plugins. The purpose of the class is to allow your WordPress plugin to be updated whenever you push out a new version of your plugin; similarly to the experience users know and love with the WordPress.org plugin repository.
Sending the Access Token as a query parameter to access the API is deprecate and will stop working as of May 5.
Now Github want us to send this parameter in the header as such:
curl -H 'Authorization: token my_access_token' https://api.github.com/user/repos
You might want to update your code to reflect these changes.
It seems like this isn't being updated anymore but I would love to know how you are implementing the new API access method now that the access token doesn't work.
Sending the Access Token as a query parameter to access the API is deprecate and will stop working as of May 5. Now Github want us to send this parameter in the header as such: curl -H 'Authorization: token my_access_token' https://api.github.com/user/repos
You might want to update your code to reflect these changes.