sleep longer and more when code searching (github#24385)

* sleep longer and more when code searching

* exponential

Author: peterbe

script/helpers/git-utils.js

@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ async function searchCode(q, perPage, currentPage) {
   }
 }
 
-async function secondaryRateLimitRetry(callable, args, maxAttempts = 5) {
+async function secondaryRateLimitRetry(callable, args, maxAttempts = 10, sleepTime = 1000) {
   try {
     const response = await callable(args)
     return response
@@ -185,7 +185,6 @@ async function secondaryRateLimitRetry(callable, args, maxAttempts = 5) {
     //
     // Let's look for that an manually self-recurse, under certain conditions
     const lookFor = 'You have exceeded a secondary rate limit.'
-    const sleepTime = 5000 // ms
     if (
       err.status &&
       err.status === 403 &&
@@ -199,7 +198,7 @@ async function secondaryRateLimitRetry(callable, args, maxAttempts = 5) {
       )
       return new Promise((resolve) => {
         setTimeout(() => {
-          resolve(secondaryRateLimitRetry(callable, args, maxAttempts - 1))
+          resolve(secondaryRateLimitRetry(callable, args, maxAttempts - 1, sleepTime * 2))
         }, sleepTime)
       })
     }