Close all issues on a repo

gistfile1.txt

#!/bin/bash

REPO=zen-browser/desktop

# bulk close issues

bulk_delete() {
  # Get all (around 5k) issues that are open and paginated (NOT PULL REQUESTS)
  raw_issues=$(gh api -X GET /repos/$REPO/issues --jq '.[] | select(.state == "open" and .pull_request == null) | .number' --paginate)
  # hard code the issue numbers
  issues_to_ignore=( 6302 37 )

  # Loop through each issue and check if it is in the ignore list
  issues=""
  for issue in $raw_issues; do
    # Check if the issue is in the ignore list
    if [[ ! " ${issues_to_ignore[@]} " =~ " ${issue} " ]]; then
      issues+="$issue "
    fi
  done

  # if there are no open issues, exit
  if [[ -z "$issues" ]]; then
    echo "No open issues found."
    return 0
  fi

  # Loop through each issue and close it
  for issue in $issues; do
    # close with a message
    # get previous title
    title=$(gh api -X GET /repos/$REPO/issues/$issue --jq '.title')
    urlencode_title=$(echo "$title" | jq -sRr @uri)
    issueURL="https://github.com/zen-browser/desktop/issues/new?template=bug_report.yml&title=$urlencode_title"
    close_message=$'## Closing this issue as part of a repo cleanup\n\nDue to technical-debt we had in the past, we are currently clearing out old, duplicate, stale, and non-actionable issues to improve issue tracking and make it easier to focus on fixing real bugs.\n\nIf this issue is still relevant, please open a new issue using our updated issue template, which will help us categorize and address it more efficiently.\n\nThanks for your understanding and for helping us improve the project! 🚀\n\nThis issue can be reopened at: '
    final_message=$close_message"$issueURL"
    gh issue close $issue --repo $REPO --comment "$final_message"
    echo $issue >> ./closed_issues.txt
  done
  echo "All open issues have been closed."
}

bulk_delete