Add ability to use own Octokit version

It would be fantastic if I could easily use my own version of the Octokit library while reusing the configuration provided by Probot.

const myOctokit = require( '@octokit/rest' );
const myGitHub = new myOctokit( robot.context.octokitConfig );

If this is already possible, it would be great to document it somewhere.

(I’d like to use the new Checks API without updating Probot.)

[gr2m]

The two projects are tight together closely, we will do better keeping @octokit/rest updated to the latest version, I’ll take care of it myself.

I’ll also unpin the version and make sure not to break probot with an feature/fix update of @octokit/rest, so you’ll get the new versions automatically with a fresh npm install

Uncoupling the two would create tough challenges to enforce compatibility, I really don’t think it’s a good idea

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