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clarify scope of gitlab access token required for branch renames

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......@@ -438,7 +438,8 @@ GitLab remotes, where it "un-protects" and "re-protects" the branch.
You should run the script with an account that has "Maintainer" or
"Owner" access to GitLab, so that it can do the above GitLab API
changes. You will then need to provide an [access token](https://gitlab.torproject.org/-/profile/personal_access_tokens) through
the `GITLAB_PRIVATE_TOKEN` environment variable.
the `GITLAB_PRIVATE_TOKEN` environment variable, which should have the
scope `api`.
So, for example, this will rename the `master` branch to `main` on the
local and remote repos:
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