Move AUR packages to github.com and post message to package comment section informing users about the switch.

aur-add-github-remote.sh

#!/bin/bash -x

# configuration: github user(required), github token(optional)
token="" #https://developer.github.com/v3/guides/getting-started/#oauth
user=""


#test if user non-zero
[ -z "$user" ] && { 
  echo "fill user variable in configuration section" >&2;
  read -p "github username:" user;
}
#test if inside clone of aur repo
git remote get-url origin|grep -q aur.archlinux.org || { echo "run `basename $0` for within clone of aur repo" >&2; exit 1; }
#test if has jq
hash jq || { echo "jq(1) is requred" >&2; exit 1; }

#repo name from pwd
repo_name="AUR-$(basename $(pwd))"

#test if repo already exist befor poking the API
#add "API rate limit exceeded"
message=$(curl -s https://api.github.com/repos/${user}/${repo_name}|jq -r .message)
expr match "$message" "API rate limit exceeded.*" && { echo $message >&2; exit 1; }
[ "$message" = "Not Found" ] && {
  [ -n "$token" ] \
    && curl -H "Authorization: token ${token}" https://api.github.com/user/repos -d "{\"name\":\"${repo_name}\"}" \
    || curl -u "${user}" https://api.github.com/user/repos -d "{\"name\":\"${repo_name}\"}"
} >&2
#test if remote already exist before trying to add one
git remote get-url github || git remote add github https://github.com/${user}/${repo_name}.git
git push github master

aur-post-and-pin-a-comment.sh

#!/bin/bash -x
#wip: probe for ID alongside $token

# configuration
aur_username=""
git_username=""
_message_eval_template='Please+report+%60issues%60+and+%60patches%60+to+%5B${pkgname}%40github.com%5D%28https%3A%2F%2Fgithub.com%2F${git_username}%2FAUR-${pkgname}%29'

#trap 'rm /tmp/aur_cookie.txt' EXIT

#test if configured
[ -z "&aur_username" -or -z "&git_username" ] && { echo "fill configuration variable in script header" &>2; exit 1; }

#  define evals for `curl`
_curl='curl -s -b /tmp/aur_cookie.txt "https://aur.archlinux.org/pkgbase/${pkgname}/"'
# post comment needs: token, comment, ID ( can be anything, AUR isn't chacking it )
_curl_post_comment=$_curl' -d "action=do_AddComment&ID=141089&token=${token}&comment=${message}"'
# pin comment needs: token, comment_id
_curl_pin_comment=$_curl' -d "action=do_PinComment&comment_id=${comment_id}&token=${token}"'

# message base on PKGBUILD
[ ! -f PKGBUILD ] && { echo "PKGBUILD missing, run $(basename "$0") inside package folder" >&2; exit 1; }
pkgname=$(. PKGBUILD; echo $pkgname)
message="$(eval echo $_message_eval_template)"

# check if cookie.txt exist
# get cookie with: curl -c cookie.txt -d "user=" -d "password=" https://aur.archlinux.org/login
[ -f /tmp/aur_cookie.txt ] || {
  read -p "password for ${aur_username}@aur:" pass
  curl -s -c /tmp/aur_cookie.txt 'https://aur.archlinux.org/login' -d "user=${aur_username}&passwd=$pass" >/dev/null
}

# get post token by probing comment FORM
token=$(eval ${_curl}|grep -Po 'name="token" value="\K[a-z0-9]*'|head -n1)
# post a comment
eval ${_curl_post_comment}
# get $comment_id
comment_id=$(eval ${_curl}|grep -Po 'name="comment_id" value="\K[0-9]*'|head -n1)
# ping comment base on $comment_id
eval ${_curl_pin_comment}