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  1. @mislav mislav revised this gist Jun 12, 2020. 1 changed file with 1 addition and 1 deletion.
    2 changes: 1 addition & 1 deletion gh-rename-master
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    @@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ git remote set-head "$remote" "$newbranch"
    gh api -XPATCH "repos/:owner/:repo" -f default_branch="$newbranch" >/dev/null

    # update the base branch of all open pull requests
    for num in `gh pr list -B master -L999 | awk '{print $1}'`; do
    for num in `gh pr list -B master -L999 | cut -f1`; do
    gh api -XPATCH "repos/:owner/:repo/pulls/${num}" -f base="$newbranch" >/dev/null
    echo -n .
    done
  2. @mislav mislav revised this gist Jun 12, 2020. No changes.
  3. @mislav mislav revised this gist Jun 12, 2020. No changes.
  4. @mislav mislav created this gist Jun 12, 2020.
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    #!/bin/bash
    # Usage: gh-rename-master <newbranch> [<remote>]
    #
    # Renames the "master" branch of the current repository both locally and on GitHub.
    #
    # dependencies: GitHub CLI v0.10
    set -e

    newbranch="${1?}"
    remote="${2:-origin}"

    git fetch "$remote" master
    git checkout -b "$newbranch" "${remote}/master" --no-track
    git push -u "$remote" "$newbranch"
    git remote set-head "$remote" "$newbranch"

    # update the default branch
    gh api -XPATCH "repos/:owner/:repo" -f default_branch="$newbranch" >/dev/null

    # update the base branch of all open pull requests
    for num in `gh pr list -B master -L999 | awk '{print $1}'`; do
    gh api -XPATCH "repos/:owner/:repo/pulls/${num}" -f base="$newbranch" >/dev/null
    echo -n .
    done

    printf '\nDone!\n'