Create the same milestone in several repositories at once

create_milestones.sh

#!/usr/bin/env bash
set -e
title=$1
if [ -z "$title" ]; then
    echo "Please specify a milestone title" >&2
    exit 1
fi
shift
due_on=$1
if [ -z "$due_on" ]; then
    echo "Please specify a due date" >&2
    exit 1
fi
# need gdate on Mac OS, can use standard date on Linux:
due_on=$( gdate -d "$due_on" +"%Y-%m-%dT07:00:00Z" )
shift
description=$1
# replace with your user name:
user=bertfrees
# following requires that you manage your password with pass
# (https://www.passwordstore.org), use alternative below otherwise:
password=$( pass github.com | head -n1 )
# password=foo
# read -s -p "Enter Password: " password
repos=(
    pipeline-assembly
    pipeline-cli
    pipeline-framework
    pipeline-gui
    pipeline-mod-audio
    pipeline-mod-braille
    pipeline-mod-nlp
    pipeline-mod-tts
    pipeline-modules-common
    pipeline-scripts
    pipeline-scripts-utils
    pipeline-tasks
    pipeline-updater
    pipeline-updater-gui
    pipeline-webui
)
for repo in "${repos[@]}"
do
    jq -nc --arg title "$title" \
           --arg description "$description" \
           --arg state "open" \
           --arg due_on "$due_on" \
           '{"title":$title, "state":$state, "description":$description, "due_on":$due_on}' \
    | curl -u "$user:$password" -X POST --data @- \
           https://api.github.com/repos/daisy/$repo/milestones
done

# Done:
# ./create_milestones.sh "Februari 2017"  2017-02-28
# ./create_milestones.sh "March 2017"     2017-03-31
# ./create_milestones.sh "April 2017"     2017-04-30
# ./create_milestones.sh "May 2017"       2017-05-31 "Milestone May 2017 according to DAISY Pipeline workplan 2016-17"
# ./create_milestones.sh "June 2017"      2017-06-30
# ./create_milestones.sh "July 2017"      2017-07-31
# ./create_milestones.sh "August 2017"    2017-08-31
# ./create_milestones.sh "September 2017" 2017-09-30
# ./create_milestones.sh "October 2017"   2017-10-31 "Milestone October 2017 according to DAISY Pipeline workplan 2017"