Bash script to bulk approve GitHub pull requests matching a search query using gh CLI

approve-prs.sh

#!/bin/bash

set -e

if [ $# -lt 2 ]; then
    echo "Usage: $0 <owner/repo> <search-query>"
    echo "Example: $0 keboola/kbc-stacks 'is:pr is:open [prod sync] connection@production-d9e9740dd2fbe3e9e182e0707bedc05be6e68418'"
    exit 1
fi

REPO="$1"
QUERY="$2"

echo "Searching for PRs in $REPO with query: $QUERY"

# Search for PRs using gh CLI
PR_NUMBERS=$(gh pr list --repo "$REPO" --search "$QUERY" --json number --jq '.[].number')

if [ -z "$PR_NUMBERS" ]; then
    echo "No PRs found matching the query."
    exit 0
fi

echo "Found PRs:"
echo "$PR_NUMBERS"
echo ""

# Count PRs
PR_COUNT=$(echo "$PR_NUMBERS" | wc -l | tr -d ' ')
echo "Total: $PR_COUNT PR(s)"
echo ""

# Approve each PR
for PR in $PR_NUMBERS; do
    echo "Approving PR #$PR..."
    if gh pr review "$PR" --repo "$REPO" --approve; then
        echo "✓ Approved PR #$PR"
    else
        echo "✗ Failed to approve PR #$PR"
    fi
    echo ""
done

echo "Done! Approved $PR_COUNT PR(s)."