batch remove github repository

README.md

Bulk delete repositories, keep your github sane and remind you how many undone project you hoarded.

Delete all repos

1. repos.txt contains a list of repository names in {UserName}/{RepoName} format, e.g. IanZhao/to-be-deleted. use this file to track all repositories you want to delete.
2. Open fetchSaveRepo.js and update url with your github username.
3. you need node-fetch to fetch contents, just do a npm init with default settings and run npm install node-fetch.
4. run node fetchSaveRepo.js
5. Generate a Authorization Token for repo delete access token
6. Copy the token and put in in place TOKEN_HERE in deleteRepos.sh
7. If you certain, run ./deleteRepos.sh.

deleteRepos.sh

while read r; do
    echo "https://api.github.com/repos/$r"
    curl -XDELETE -H 'Authorization: token TOKEN_HERE' "https://api.github.com/repos/$r";
done < repos.txt

fetchSaveRepo.js

const fetch = require('node-fetch');
const fs = require('fs');

const path = 'repos.txt';
const repoUrl = 'https://api.github.com/users/{username}/repos?per_page=200';

const logger = fs.createWriteStream(path, {
  flags: 'a',
});

const fetchRepos = (url = 'https://api.github.com/users/{username}/repos?per_page=200') => {
  fetch(url)
    .then(reply => reply.json())
    .then((results) => {
      results.map((repo) => {
        console.log(repo.name);
        const name = `${repo.full_name}\n`;
        logger.write(name);
        return true;
      });
    })
    .then(() => logger.end())
    .catch(err => console.log(err));
};

fetchRepos(repoUrl);

repos.txt

# IanZhao/repo-to-delete