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transfer git repo to new owner with js
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const { Octokit } = require("@octokit/core") | |
// you need a personal access token that controls the repos, once you get one, put it down below | |
const octokit = new Octokit({ auth: `REPLACEME!!!` }); | |
octokit.request('GET /user/repos', { | |
type: "private", | |
per_page: "100" | |
}) | |
.then(x => x | |
.data | |
.filter(x => /FO.+/g.test(x.full_name)) | |
.forEach(x => | |
// this will just log it. the octokit call below is what i used to move | |
// note that you need to replace the owner with the current owner | |
// or figure out a way to pass that in and you need a new owner that you want | |
// to use. i had spotty results with the catch, but this was just a one time | |
// use for me so i didn't chase it or mess with it | |
console.log(x.full_name) | |
// octokit.request('POST /repos/{owner}/{repo}/transfer', { | |
// owner: 'REPLACEME!!', | |
// repo: x.name, | |
// new_owner: 'REPLACEME!!' | |
// }) | |
// .then(x => console.log(`repo moved to ${x.full_name}`)) //this yields undefined, but i didn't mess with it after things were moved | |
// .catch(x => console.log('failed to move', x)) | |
) | |
) |
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