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diff --git a/lib/github/github_curl.nit b/lib/github/github_curl.nit
index 62776e6..a15d439 100644
--- a/lib/github/github_curl.nit
+++ b/lib/github/github_curl.nit
@@ -26,6 +26,9 @@ class GithubCurl
 	var header: HeaderMap is noinit
 
 	# OAuth token
+	#
+	# Use an empty string to disable authentication and connect
+	# anonymously (thus less capabilities and more rate limits)
 	var auth: String
 
 	# User agent (is used by github to contact devs in case of problems)
@@ -34,7 +37,7 @@ class GithubCurl
 
 	init do
 		header = new HeaderMap
-		header["Authorization"] = "token {auth}"
+		if auth != "" then header["Authorization"] = "token {auth}"
 	end
 
 	# Get the requested URI, and check the HTTP response. Then convert to JSON
@@ -131,8 +134,10 @@ class GithubError
 	redef fun to_s do return "[{name}] {super}"
 end
 
+# Gets the Github token from `git` configuration
+#
 # Return the value of `git config --get github.oauthtoken`
-# return "" if no such a key
+# or `""` if no key exists.
 fun get_github_oauth: String
 do
 	var p = new ProcessReader("git", "config", "--get", "github.oauthtoken")