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Delete a disabled github actions workflow
# ref: https://stackoverflow.com/a/67000032/6648687
org=<org-name>
repo=<repo-name>
# Get workflow IDs with status "disabled_manually"
workflow_ids=($(gh api repos/$org/$repo/actions/workflows --paginate | jq '.workflows[] | select(.["state"] | contains("disabled_manually")) | .id'))
for workflow_id in "${workflow_ids[@]}"
do
echo "Listing runs for the workflow ID $workflow_id"
run_ids=( $(gh api repos/$org/$repo/actions/workflows/$workflow_id/runs --paginate | jq '.workflow_runs[].id') )
for run_id in "${run_ids[@]}"
do
echo "Deleting Run ID $run_id"
gh api repos/$org/$repo/actions/runs/$run_id -X DELETE >/dev/null
done
done
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