- Install Homebrew: https://brew.sh/
- Install Github CLI: https://cli.github.com/
Linux
/bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/HEAD/install.sh)"
brew install gh
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September 23, 2023 03:00
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| # Back up all repositories starting with a certain set of characters. | |
| # | |
| # Replace `<GithubAccountName>/...` with the start of the repo(s) you want to remove. e.g. Jerdak/foo_ | |
| gh repo list --json nameWithOwner --jq '.[] | select(.nameWithOwner | startswith("<GithubAccountName>/...")) | .nameWithOwner' | | |
| while read -r repo; do | |
| owner=$(echo "$repo" | cut -d '/' -f 1) | |
| repo_name=$(echo "$repo" | cut -d '/' -f 2) | |
| gh repo clone "$owner/$repo_name" | |
| cd "$repo_name" | |
| tar czf "../${repo_name}.tar.gz" . | |
| cd .. | |
| rm -rf "$repo_name" | |
| done |
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| # Delete all repositories starting with a certain set of characters | |
| # | |
| # Replace `<GithubAccountName>/...` with the start of the repo(s) you want to remove. e.g. Jerdak/foo_ | |
| gh repo list --json nameWithOwner --jq '.[] | select(.nameWithOwner | startswith("Jerdak/difz")) | .nameWithOwner' | | |
| while read -r repo; do | |
| owner=$(echo "$repo" | cut -d '/' -f 1) | |
| repo_name=$(echo "$repo" | cut -d '/' -f 2) | |
| echo "Deleting: $owner/$repo_name" | |
| # UNCOMMENT ME TO ACTUALLY DELETE (will require `gh auth refresh -s delete_repo` to have been run at least once) | |
| #gh repo delete "$owner/$repo_name" --yes | |
| done |
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