Shell script to set up a GitHub Project's Issues' Labels as described in <http://rentzsch.tumblr.com/post/252878320/my-lighthouse-ticket-settings-with-colors>.WARNING: script assumes a newish project that hasn't really used labels yet. It deletes all default labels, which means DATA LOSS if you've used them for anything.

setup github issues labels.sh

USER=firstred
PASS=mypassword
REPO=myrepo

# Delete default labels
curl --user "$USER:$PASS" --include --request DELETE "https://api.github.com/repos/$USER/$REPO/labels/bug"
curl --user "$USER:$PASS" --include --request DELETE "https://api.github.com/repos/$USER/$REPO/labels/duplicate"
curl --user "$USER:$PASS" --include --request DELETE "https://api.github.com/repos/$USER/$REPO/labels/enhancement"
curl --user "$USER:$PASS" --include --request DELETE "https://api.github.com/repos/$USER/$REPO/labels/invalid"
curl --user "$USER:$PASS" --include --request DELETE "https://api.github.com/repos/$USER/$REPO/labels/question"
curl --user "$USER:$PASS" --include --request DELETE "https://api.github.com/repos/$USER/$REPO/labels/wontfix"

# Create labels
curl --user "$USER:$PASS" --include --request POST --data '{"name":"Advanced EU compliance","color":"0052cc"}' "https://api.github.com/repos/$USER/$REPO/labels"
curl --user "$USER:$PASS" --include --request POST --data '{"name":"Bug","color":"ee0701"}' "https://api.github.com/repos/$USER/$REPO/labels"
curl --user "$USER:$PASS" --include --request POST --data '{"name":"Doc change","color":"d4c5f9"}' "https://api.github.com/repos/$USER/$REPO/labels"
curl --user "$USER:$PASS" --include --request POST --data '{"name":"Duplicate","color":"cccccc"}' "https://api.github.com/repos/$USER/$REPO/labels"
curl --user "$USER:$PASS" --include --request POST --data '{"name":"Enhancement","color":"fbca04"}' "https://api.github.com/repos/$USER/$REPO/labels"
curl --user "$USER:$PASS" --include --request POST --data '{"name":"Estimate: L","color":"c5def5"}' "https://api.github.com/repos/$USER/$REPO/labels"
curl --user "$USER:$PASS" --include --request POST --data '{"name":"Estimate: M","color":"c5def5"}' "https://api.github.com/repos/$USER/$REPO/labels"
curl --user "$USER:$PASS" --include --request POST --data '{"name":"Estimate: S","color":"c5def5"}' "https://api.github.com/repos/$USER/$REPO/labels"
curl --user "$USER:$PASS" --include --request POST --data '{"name":"Help wanted","color":"e99695"}' "https://api.github.com/repos/$USER/$REPO/labels"
curl --user "$USER:$PASS" --include --request POST --data '{"name":"Invalid","color":"e6e6e6"}' "https://api.github.com/repos/$USER/$REPO/labels"
curl --user "$USER:$PASS" --include --request POST --data '{"name":"Needs explanation","color":"e99695"}' "https://api.github.com/repos/$USER/$REPO/labels"
curl --user "$USER:$PASS" --include --request POST --data '{"name":"New feature","color":"d93f0b"}' "https://api.github.com/repos/$USER/$REPO/labels"
curl --user "$USER:$PASS" --include --request POST --data '{"name":"PrestaShop 1.7","color":"df0067"}' "https://api.github.com/repos/$USER/$REPO/labels"
curl --user "$USER:$PASS" --include --request POST --data '{"name":"Priority: blocker","color":"1d76db"}' "https://api.github.com/repos/$USER/$REPO/labels"
curl --user "$USER:$PASS" --include --request POST --data '{"name":"Priority: critical","color":"1d76db"}' "https://api.github.com/repos/$USER/$REPO/labels"
curl --user "$USER:$PASS" --include --request POST --data '{"name":"Priority: high","color":"1d76db"}' "https://api.github.com/repos/$USER/$REPO/labels"
curl --user "$USER:$PASS" --include --request POST --data '{"name":"Priority: medium","color":"1d76db"}' "https://api.github.com/repos/$USER/$REPO/labels"
curl --user "$USER:$PASS" --include --request POST --data '{"name":"Priority: trivial","color":"1d76db"}' "https://api.github.com/repos/$USER/$REPO/labels"
curl --user "$USER:$PASS" --include --request POST --data '{"name":"Priority: low","color":"1d76db"}' "https://api.github.com/repos/$USER/$REPO/labels"
curl --user "$USER:$PASS" --include --request POST --data '{"name":"Question","color":"cc317c"}' "https://api.github.com/repos/$USER/$REPO/labels"
curl --user "$USER:$PASS" --include --request POST --data '{"name":"Resolved","color":"0e8a16"}' "https://api.github.com/repos/$USER/$REPO/labels"
curl --user "$USER:$PASS" --include --request POST --data '{"name":"Task","color":"fef2c0"}' "https://api.github.com/repos/$USER/$REPO/labels"
curl --user "$USER:$PASS" --include --request POST --data '{"name":"Test","color":"c2e0c6"}' "https://api.github.com/repos/$USER/$REPO/labels"
curl --user "$USER:$PASS" --include --request POST --data '{"name":"Wontfix","color":"ffffff"}' "https://api.github.com/repos/$USER/$REPO/labels"