Issue copying tool

issue_copier.py

# /// script
# requires-python = ">=3.12"
# dependencies = [
#     "click",
#     "pygithub",
# ]
# ///

import os
from time import sleep


import click
from github import Github
from github.Issue import Issue
from github.Repository import Repository


def create_client():
    return Github(os.getenv("GITHUB_TOKEN"))


def copy_issue(issue: Issue, target: Repository):
    new_issue = target.create_issue(title=issue.title, body=issue.body or "")

    comments = issue.get_comments()
    for comment in comments:
        new_issue.create_comment(comment.body)
        sleep(0.5)

    new_issue.create_comment(f"Original issue: {issue.html_url}")

    if issue.state == "closed":
        new_issue.edit(state="closed")

    sleep(0.5)


@click.command()
@click.argument("source_repo", required=True)
@click.argument("target_repo", required=True)
def copy_issues(source_repo: str, target_repo: str):
    g = create_client()
    source = g.get_repo(source_repo)
    target = g.get_repo(target_repo)

    all_issues = source.get_issues(state="all")
    errors = []
    for issue in all_issues:
        try:
            copy_issue(issue, target)
        except Exception as e:
            print(e)
            errors.append(issue.id)

    for error in errors:
        print(error)


if __name__ == "__main__":
    copy_issues()