transfer repos between org

transfer_repo.sh

#!/bin/bash

# Set variables
OLD_ORG=""       # Source organization
NEW_ORG=""       # Destination organization
GITHUB_TOKEN="" # GitHub token with admin repo permissions (Not a PAT)
API_VERSION="2022-11-28"  # GitHub API version (verify in doc)

repos=$(curl -s -L \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer ${GITHUB_TOKEN}" \
  -H "X-GitHub-Api-Version: ${API_VERSION}" \
  https://api.github.com/orgs/${OLD_ORG}/repos | jq -r '.[].name')

if ! command -v jq &> /dev/null; then
    echo "The 'jq' command is required but not installed. Please install 'jq' and try again."
    exit 1
fi

for repo in $repos; do
    echo "Transferring repo: ${repo} to ${NEW_ORG}"

    # API call to transfer the repository
    curl -s -L \
      -X POST \
      -H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \
      -H "Authorization: Bearer ${GITHUB_TOKEN}" \
      -H "X-GitHub-Api-Version: ${API_VERSION}" \
      https://api.github.com/repos/${OLD_ORG}/${repo}/transfer \
      -d "{\"new_owner\":\"${NEW_ORG}\"}"