Add note about scope for private vs. public repo notifications (#830)

* Add note about scope for private vs. public repo notifications

* Better wording

* Add changelog
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Add note about GitHub token scope for private vs. public repo notifications

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@ -20,8 +20,9 @@ To authenticate with a personal access token:
1. Click **Generate new token**
1. Give it a good name, and a sensible expiration date. For scopes you will need:
- Repo (to access repo information)
- public_repo
- If you want notifications for private repos, you need `repo: Full control of private repositories`. If you just want notifications for public repos, you only need:
- repo:status
- public_repo
- Workflow (if you want to be able to launch workflows / GitHub actions from Matrix)
- Notifications (if you want to bridge in your notifications to Matrix)
- User