watchers & watchers_count are incorrect

[k0shk0sh]

As per the title says, the watchers & watchers_count are incorrect & always follows the stargazers_count I have seen this issue has been reported previously in #699 & that issue is reported back in 2015, now we are entering 2017 & this issue haven't been resolved.

Steps to produce the issue: using ("Accept","application/vnd.github.v3+json");

1. Call Repositories API
2. Validate the watchers & watchers_count with the repo in Github
3. Incorrect count.

Is there any workaround to overcome this issue for the meantime or at least when it can be solved?

[ryangribble]

Hey, if you have a read of #1470 there is some explanation there, but basically the fields you mentioned aren't the correct ones. There was a SubscribersCount field which was correct but it was deprecated and replaced with a separate API call. So the current official way to get this info is via a call to the client.Activity.Watching.GetAllWatchers() call.

However as the SubscribersCount field was confirmed as being supported for the lifetime of the GitHub API v3, I actually suggested re-instating this field in PR #1473 which is not yet merged

[ryangribble]

#1473 should have resolved this with the SubscribersCount field