Script that runs in Deno to reconfigure to ignore notifications for Starred GitHub projects.

all-update-watch-status-gh-star-project.ts

import { Octokit } from "https://esm.sh/octokit?dts";

const personalAccessToken = "YOUR_PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN";
const octokit = new Octokit({ auth: personalAccessToken });

async function getStarredRepos() {
  try {
    const response = await octokit.paginate("GET /user/starred");
    return response.map((repo) => ({
      owner: repo.owner.login,
      repo: repo.name,
    }));
  } catch (error) {
    console.error("Error fetching starred repositories: ", error);
    return [];
  }
}

async function updateWatchStatusForRepo(owner: string, repo: string) {
  try {
    await octokit.request("PUT /repos/{owner}/{repo}/subscription", {
      owner,
      repo,
      subscribed: false,
      ignored: true,
    });
    console.log(`Updated watch status for ${owner}/${repo}`);
  } catch (error) {
    console.error(`Error updating watch status for ${owner}/${repo}: `, error);
  }
}

async function main() {
  const starredRepos = await getStarredRepos();
  for (const { owner, repo } of starredRepos) {
    await updateWatchStatusForRepo(owner, repo);
  }
}

main();