JavaScript code to delete multiple git tags with given tag prefix. Run: GITHUB_TOKEN=<replace with yours> GITHUB_REPOSITORY=<owner>/<repo> TAG_PREFIX=<tag prefix> node delete-github-tags-with-prefix.js

delete-github-tags-with-prefix.js

/**
 * run: GITHUB_TOKEN=<replace with yours> GITHUB_REPOSITORY=<owner>/<repo> TAG_PREFIX=<tag prefix> node delete-github-tags-with-prefix.js
 *
 * GITHUB_TOKEN: github secret token with access **repo**
 * GITHUB_REPOSITORY: repo name in the form of <owner>/<repoName>
 * TAG_PREFIX: prefix of tags that need to be deleted.  refer: https://developer.github.com/v3/git/refs/#list-matching-references
 */

const https = require("https");

if (!process.env.GITHUB_TOKEN) {
  console.error("🔴 no GITHUB_TOKEN found. pass `GITHUB_TOKEN` as env");
  process.exitCode = 1;
  return;
}
const GITHUB_TOKEN = process.env.GITHUB_TOKEN;

if (!process.env.GITHUB_REPOSITORY) {
  console.error(
    "🔴 no GITHUB_REPOSITORY found. pass `GITHUB_REPOSITORY` as env"
  );
  process.exitCode = 1;
  return;
}

const [owner, repo] = process.env.GITHUB_REPOSITORY.split("/");

if (!owner || !repo) {
  console.error("☠️  either owner or repo name is empty. exiting...");
  process.exitCode = 1;
  return;
}

if (!process.env.TAG_PREFIX) {
  console.error("😖  TAG_PREFIX is mandatory");
  process.exitCode = 1;
  return;
}
const tagPrefix = process.env.TAG_PREFIX;

function fetch(options, data) {
  return new Promise(function (resolve, reject) {
    const req = https.request(options, function (res) {
      let data = "";
      res.on("data", function (chunk) {
        data += chunk;
      });

      res.on("end", function () {
        let body = undefined;
        try {
          body = data ? JSON.parse(data) : undefined;
        } catch (e) {
          return reject(e);
        }

        if (res.statusCode < 200 || res.statusCode >= 300) {
          return reject(body ? new Error(body.message) : res.statusMessage);
        }

        return resolve(body);
      });
    });

    req.on("error", function (err) {
      reject(err);
    });

    if (data) {
      req.write(data);
    }
    req.end();
  });
}

const commonOpts = {
  host: "api.github.com",
  port: 443,
  protocol: "https:",
  auth: `user:${GITHUB_TOKEN}`,
  headers: {
    "Content-Type": "application/json",
    "User-Agent": "node.js",
  },
};

async function deleteTags(pattern) {
  let tagRefs = [];
  try {
    let data = await fetch({
      ...commonOpts,
      path: `/repos/${owner}/${repo}/git/matching-refs/tags/${pattern}`,
      method: "GET",
    });
    data = data || [];
    console.log(`💬  found total of ${data.length} tag ref(s)`);
    tagRefs = data.map(({ ref }) => ref);
  } catch (error) {
    console.error(`🌶  failed to get list of releases <- ${error.message}`);
    console.error(`exiting...`);
    process.exitCode = 1;
    return;
  }

  if (tagRefs.length === 0) {
    console.log(`😕  no tags found with prefix ${pattern}`);
    return;
  }

  console.log(
    `ℹ️  tags that are going to be deleted are: ${tagRefs
      .map((r) => r.replace("refs/tags/", ""))
      .join(", ")}`
  );

  for (let i = 0; i < tagRefs.length; i++) {
    const tagRef = tagRefs[i];
    try {
      const _ = await fetch({
        ...commonOpts,
        path: `/repos/${owner}/${repo}/git/${tagRef}`,
        method: "DELETE",
      });
      console.log(
        `✅  🔖 '${tagRef.replace("refs/tags/", "")}' deleted successfully`
      );
    } catch (error) {
      console.error(`🌶  failed to delete ref "${tagRef}"  <- ${error.message}`);
      break;
    }
  }
}

(function main() {
  deleteTags(tagPrefix);
})();

How to push deleted tags to remote ? https://devconnected.com/how-to-delete-local-and-remote-tags-on-git/