Made the test case runnable, at least for me

src/test/java/org/kohsuke/github/AbstractGitHubApiTestBase.java

@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
 package org.kohsuke.github;
 
 import org.junit.Assert;
+import org.junit.Assume;
 import org.junit.Before;
 import org.kohsuke.randname.RandomNameGenerator;
 
 import java.io.File;
+import java.io.IOException;
 
 /**
  * @author Kohsuke Kawaguchi
@@ -25,5 +27,18 @@ public abstract class AbstractGitHubApiTestBase extends Assert {
         }
     }
 
+    protected GHUser getUser() {
+        try {
+            return gitHub.getMyself();
+        } catch (IOException e) {
+            throw new RuntimeException(e.getMessage(), e);
+        }
+    }
+
+    protected void kohsuke() {
+        String login = getUser().getLogin();
+        Assume.assumeTrue(login.equals("kohsuke") || login.equals("kohsuke2"));
+    }
+
     protected static final RandomNameGenerator rnd = new RandomNameGenerator();
 }

src/test/java/org/kohsuke/github/AppTest.java

@@ -173,14 +173,6 @@ public class AppTest extends AbstractGitHubApiTestBase {
         return repository;
     }
 
-    private GHUser getUser() {
-        try {
-            return gitHub.getMyself();
-        } catch (IOException e) {
-            throw new RuntimeException(e.getMessage(), e);
-        }
-    }
-
     @Test
     public void testListIssues() throws IOException {
         GHUser u = getUser();
@@ -928,9 +920,4 @@ public class AppTest extends AbstractGitHubApiTestBase {
         assertThat(content,containsString("FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR"));
         assertThat(content.length(),is(1104));
     }
-
-    private void kohsuke() {
-        String login = getUser().getLogin();
-        Assume.assumeTrue(login.equals("kohsuke") || login.equals("kohsuke2"));
-    }
 }

src/test/java/org/kohsuke/github/RepositoryTest.java

@@ -1,11 +1,10 @@
 package org.kohsuke.github;
 
-import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
 import org.junit.Test;
 import org.kohsuke.github.GHRepository.Contributor;
 
+import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
 import java.io.IOException;
-import org.junit.Ignore;
 
 /**
  * @author Kohsuke Kawaguchi
@@ -42,19 +41,12 @@ public class RepositoryTest extends AbstractGitHubApiTestBase {
         assertTrue(kohsuke);
     }
 
-    @Ignore("depends on who runs this test whether it can pass or not")
     @Test
     public void getPermission() throws Exception {
-        GHRepository r = gitHub.getOrganization("cloudbeers").getRepository("yolo");
-        assertEquals("admin", r.getPermission("jglick").getPermission());
-        assertEquals("read", r.getPermission("dude").getPermission());
-        r = gitHub.getOrganization("cloudbees").getRepository("private-repo-not-writable-by-me");
-        try {
-            r.getPermission("jglick");
-            fail();
-        } catch (FileNotFoundException x) {
-            x.printStackTrace(); // good
-        }
+        kohsuke();
+        GHRepository r = gitHub.getRepository("github-api-test-org/test-permission");
+        assertEquals(GHPermissionType.ADMIN, r.getPermission("kohsuke"));
+        assertEquals(GHPermissionType.READ, r.getPermission("dude"));
         r = gitHub.getOrganization("apache").getRepository("groovy");
         try {
             r.getPermission("jglick");
@@ -63,6 +55,17 @@ public class RepositoryTest extends AbstractGitHubApiTestBase {
             x.printStackTrace(); // good
             assertEquals(403, x.getResponseCode());
         }
+
+        if (false) {
+            // can't easily test this; there's no private repository visible to the test user
+            r = gitHub.getOrganization("cloudbees").getRepository("private-repo-not-writable-by-me");
+            try {
+                r.getPermission("jglick");
+                fail();
+            } catch (FileNotFoundException x) {
+                x.printStackTrace(); // good
+            }
+        }
     }
 
     private GHRepository getRepository() throws IOException {