ghextractor CLI not honoring configuration

[mminella]

I am working with ghextractor and have the following directory structure:

(base) ➜  github-export ls -al
total 8
drwxr-xr-x  4 mminella  staff  128 Apr 22 08:40 .
drwxr-xr-x  6 mminella  staff  192 Apr 22 08:39 ..
-rw-r--r--  1 mminella  staff  165 Apr 22 08:40 .ghextractorrc
drwxr-xr-x  6 mminella  staff  192 Apr 22 08:45 data

The contents of the .ghextractorrc file is as follows:

{
  "format": ["markdown", "json"],
  "output": "./data",
  "backup": false,
  "rateLimit": 6000,
  "cache": true,
  "diffMode": false,
  "forceFullExport": false
}

Even though I have configured the rateLimit value to be 6000, it still stops at 2000 on my run. I have tried using the environment variable as well with no luck. Full output of a sample run can be found below:

┌  GitHub Extractor CLI
│
●  Scanning repositories...
│
◆  Found 589 repositories
│
◇  What would you like to export?
│  Issues
│
◇  Select a repository:
│  micrometer-metrics/micrometer
│
●  Selected: micrometer-metrics/micrometer
│
◇  Select output format:
│  JSON
│
◇  Enter output path:
│  ./data
⠋ Exporting Issues...[INFO] Starting export for micrometer-metrics/micrometer...
⠦ Exporting Issues...[INFO] Fetched 2000 items
⠋ Exporting Issues...[OK] Export completed: 2000 exported, 0 failed
✔ Issues export completed!
[WARN]
[WARN] ⚠️  Partial export detected:
[WARN]    ✗ Pull Requests: missing
[WARN]    ✓ Issues: 2000 files
[WARN]    ✗ Commits: missing
[WARN]    ✗ Branches: missing
[WARN]    ✗ Releases: missing
[WARN]
[WARN] 📊 Analytics options:
[WARN]    1. ⏭️  Skip analytics (recommended)
[WARN]    2. ⚠️  Generate partial report (data quality affected)
[WARN]
[INFO] 💡 To generate comprehensive analytics:
[INFO]    Use "Full Repository Backup" option
[INFO]    This exports all data types needed for accurate metrics
[INFO] Generating analytics report for micrometer-metrics/micrometer...
[INFO] [OFFLINE] Using offline mode: parsing exported markdown files...
[INFO] [PARSED] Loaded 0 PRs, 2000 issues from markdown files
[INFO] [MERGED] Found 0 merged PRs
[INFO] Generating advanced analytics (Review Velocity, Trends, Correlations, Projections)...
[INFO] Validating report for numerical consistency...
[INFO] Validating analytics report for numerical consistency...
[OK] ✅ Report validation passed (25/28 checks)
[INFO] [PASSED] Report validation passed with 3 warnings
[INFO] Comparing metrics against industry benchmarks...
[INFO] Comparing repository metrics to industry benchmarks...
[INFO] Generating executive narrative and insights...
[INFO] Generating executive narrative...
[INFO] Analytics report saved as JSON: data/micrometer-metrics-micrometer-analytics.json
[OK] [OK] Analytics report generated in 0.69s

📊 Export Summary:
──────────────────────────────────────────────────
✔ Status: Success
📦 Total Items: 2000
✔ Exported: 2000
🌐 API Calls: 1
⚡ Rate Limit: 5000/5000 remaining
⏱️  Duration: 21.79s
──────────────────────────────────────────────────

│
◆  Files saved to: data/micrometer-metrics/micrometer/Issues
│
└  Thanks for using GitHub Extractor CLI!