github_tricks.md

Labels:

How to copy Labels from source repo to dest repo

1. Open the "Labels" tab in your GitHub source repo and paste this in the browser js console:

var labels = [];
[].slice.call(document.querySelectorAll(".js-label-link"))
.forEach(function(element) {
  labels.push({
    name: element.textContent.trim(),
    // using style.backgroundColor might returns "rgb(...)"
    color: element.getAttribute("style")
      .replace("background-color:", "")
      .replace(/color:.*/,"")
      .trim()
      // github wants hex code only without # or ;
      .replace(/^#/, "")
      .replace(/;$/, "")
      .trim(),
  })
})
console.log(JSON.stringify(labels, null, 2))

2. Copy the labels and create a conf.json file

[{
  "name": "Approved",
  "color": "62d153"
}, {
  "name": "Ready for Review",
  "color": "FF8C00"
}, {
  "name": "Under Development",
  "color": "cfd3d7"
}, {
  "name": "Under Review",
  "color": "e4e669"
}, {
  "name": "Under Testing",
  "color": "bfd4f2"
}]

3. Install npm package

npm install github-labels -g

4. Import labels to desired repo

labels -c conf.json -h github.company-dns -p /api/v3 -t <enter-token> org/repo