update-npm-pkgs.sh

#!/bin/bash

# Input parameters
folders=$1         # Comma-separated list of folders
packages=$2        # Comma-separated list of npm package names
versions=$3        # Comma-separated list of version strings

# Check if the user is logged into GitHub CLI
if ! gh auth status > /dev/null 2>&1; then
  echo "You are not logged into GitHub CLI. Please run 'gh auth login' to authenticate then try again."
  exit 1
fi

if [ -z "$folders" ] || [ -z "$packages" ] || [ -z "$versions" ]; then
  echo "Usage: $0 <folders> <packages> <versions>"
  exit 1
fi

# Convert comma-separated lists into arrays
IFS=',' read -r -a folder_array <<< "$folders"
IFS=',' read -r -a package_array <<< "$packages"
IFS=',' read -r -a version_array <<< "$versions"

# Check if the number of packages matches the number of versions
if [ "${#package_array[@]}" -ne "${#version_array[@]}" ]; then
  echo "The number of packages must match the number of version strings."
  exit 1
fi

for folder in "${folder_array[@]}"; do
  if [ -d "$folder" ]; then
    cd "$folder" || { echo "Failed to change directory to $folder"; exit 1; }

    if [ -f "package.json" ]; then
      echo "Processing $folder/package.json"

      # Blow out any unstaged changes
      git reset

      # Checkout main branch
      git checkout main

      # Fetch latest changes
      git fetch --all

      # Reset to the latest commit
      git reset --hard origin/main

      # Pull latest changes
      git pull

      # Initialize strings to accumulate package updates
      update_summary=""
      branch_name=""

      for i in "${!package_array[@]}"; do
        package_name="${package_array[i]}"
        version_string="${version_array[i]}"

        # Sanitize the package name and version string for branch name use
        sanitized_package_name=$(echo "$package_name" | sed 's/[@\/]/-/g')
        sanitized_version_string=$(echo "$version_string" | sed 's/[\^~]//g')

        # Check if the package exists in package.json and update or add it
        if jq -e ".dependencies[\"$package_name\"]" package.json > /dev/null; then
          # Update the package version
          jq ".dependencies[\"$package_name\"]=\"$version_string\"" package.json > tmp.$$.json && mv tmp.$$.json package.json
        else
          # Add the package if it doesn't exist
          jq ".dependencies += {\"$package_name\": \"$version_string\"}" package.json > tmp.$$.json && mv tmp.$$.json package.json
        fi

        # Install updated packages
        npm install

        # Accumulate package updates
        update_summary+="$package_name to $version_string, "
        branch_name+="update-js-${sanitized_package_name}-${sanitized_version_string}-"
      done

      # Trim trailing comma and space
      update_summary=${update_summary%, }
      branch_name=${branch_name%-}

      # Create a new git branch
      git checkout -b "$branch_name"

      # Add changes to git
      git add package.json package-lock.json

      # Commit changes
      commit_message="Update $update_summary"
      git commit -m "$commit_message"

      # Push branch to remote
      git push origin HEAD

      # Create a Pull Request
      gh pr create --title "$commit_message" --body "This PR updates the following packages: $update_summary."

      # Switch back to main branch
      git checkout main

    else
      echo "package.json not found in $folder"
    fi

    cd - > /dev/null || { echo "Failed to change directory back"; exit 1; }
  else
    echo "Folder $folder does not exist"
  fi
done

updated so that it requires github cli and auto-opens the PR for you as I was wasting a shit ton of time doing that.