ls-repos.py: a quick hack to list my github repos from the command line.

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ls-repos.py: list your github repos from the command-line

This script gives you a convenient way to access your list of repos. Useful for piping the output into grep, etc.

ls-repos.py

#!/usr/bin/env python

# ls-repos.py: a simple script to list your github repos.
# usage:
#    ./ls-repos.py
#        list all repos in the form <org>/<repo>
#    ./ls-repos.py <org>
#        list all repos for an org in the form <repo>
# export LSREPOS_USERNAME and LSREPOS_PASSWORD to avoid prompts.

import getpass
import os
import sys

try:
    import github
except:
    sys.stderr.write("Error: github module not found.\n")
    sys.stderr.write("Please 'sudo pip install PyGithub'.\n")
    sys.exit(1)

orgname_filter = None
if len(sys.argv) > 1:
    orgname_filter = sys.argv[-1]

if "LSREPOS_USERNAME" in os.environ:
    username = os.environ["LSREPOS_USERNAME"]
else:
    username = raw_input("github username: ")

if "LSREPOS_PASSWORD" in os.environ:
    password = os.environ["LSREPOS_PASSWORD"]
else:
    password = getpass.getpass("github password: ")

g = github.Github(username, password)
user = g.get_user()
repos = list(user.get_repos())
for repo in repos:
    fullname = repo.full_name
    (orgname, reponame) = fullname.split('/')
    if orgname_filter:
        if orgname == orgname_filter:
            print reponame
    else:
        print fullname