From b1981a5480849eb5e897dd696650471fd8124662 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Michael B. Gale" <mbg@github.com>
Date: Fri, 27 Mar 2026 18:13:48 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Move `getApiClient` out of `sync-checks.ts`

---
 pr-checks/api-client.ts  | 13 +++++++++++++
 pr-checks/sync-checks.ts | 14 +-------------
 2 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 pr-checks/api-client.ts

diff --git a/pr-checks/api-client.ts b/pr-checks/api-client.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..93675dba7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pr-checks/api-client.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+import * as githubUtils from "@actions/github/lib/utils";
+import { type Octokit } from "@octokit/core";
+import { type PaginateInterface } from "@octokit/plugin-paginate-rest";
+import { type Api } from "@octokit/plugin-rest-endpoint-methods";
+
+/** The type of the Octokit client. */
+export type ApiClient = Octokit & Api & { paginate: PaginateInterface };
+
+/** Constructs an `ApiClient` using `token` for authentication. */
+export function getApiClient(token: string): ApiClient {
+  const opts = githubUtils.getOctokitOptions(token);
+  return new githubUtils.GitHub(opts);
+}
diff --git a/pr-checks/sync-checks.ts b/pr-checks/sync-checks.ts
index 5b5b0bd26..ef0753110 100755
--- a/pr-checks/sync-checks.ts
+++ b/pr-checks/sync-checks.ts
@@ -5,12 +5,9 @@
 import * as fs from "fs";
 import { parseArgs } from "node:util";
 
-import * as githubUtils from "@actions/github/lib/utils";
-import { type Octokit } from "@octokit/core";
-import { type PaginateInterface } from "@octokit/plugin-paginate-rest";
-import { type Api } from "@octokit/plugin-rest-endpoint-methods";
 import * as yaml from "yaml";
 
+import { type ApiClient, getApiClient } from "./api-client";
 import {
   OLDEST_SUPPORTED_MAJOR_VERSION,
   PR_CHECK_EXCLUDED_FILE,
@@ -49,15 +46,6 @@ function loadExclusions(): Exclusions {
   ) as Exclusions;
 }
 
-/** The type of the Octokit client. */
-type ApiClient = Octokit & Api & { paginate: PaginateInterface };
-
-/** Constructs an `ApiClient` using `token` for authentication. */
-function getApiClient(token: string): ApiClient {
-  const opts = githubUtils.getOctokitOptions(token);
-  return new githubUtils.GitHub(opts);
-}
-
 /**
  * Represents information about a check run. We track the `app_id` that generated the check,
  * because the API will require it in addition to the name in the future.