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Enhance content on installation access tokens for GitHub Apps#44116

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Expanded the explanation of installation access tokens, emphasizing their short-lived nature and scope inheritance from the associated GitHub App.

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See above. The section "About installation access tokens" should explain what these tokens are and characteristics regarding them. The way the page is currently set up does not give much information as to what installation access tokens actually are--it just says they're needed to auth a Github App. While that's true, this doesn't explain their benefits. I'd argue that their benefits could even be further embellished upon than what I wrote.

Most of the information in the added text was pulled from the page Authenticating as a GitHub App installation

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  • A subject matter expert (SME) has reviewed the technical accuracy of the content in this PR. In most cases, the author can be the SME. Open source contributions may require an SME review from GitHub staff.
  • The changes in this PR meet the docs fundamentals that are required for all content.
  • All CI checks are passing and the changes look good in the review environment.

Expanded the explanation of installation access tokens, emphasizing their short-lived nature and scope inheritance from the associated GitHub App.
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