Clone a GitHub Issue

gh_clone.py

import subprocess
import argparse
import json

# Must be executed from within a git repo.

def main():
    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description='Clone a GitHub issue.')
    parser.add_argument('issue_number', type=int, help='The issue number to clone.')
    args = parser.parse_args()

    fields = ["title", "labels", "assignees", "body"]

    # Run gh issue view and capture output
    
    issue = subprocess.run(
        ["gh", "issue", "view", str(args.issue_number), "--json", ','.join(fields)],
        capture_output=True, text=True
    ).stdout

    issue_parsed = json.loads(issue);
    print(issue_parsed);

    # Create new issue
    new_issue = ["gh", "issue", "create"]
    for key, value in issue_parsed.items():
        if key == "assignees":
            new_issue.append('--assignee')
            new_issue.append(','.join([assignee['login'] for assignee in value]))
        elif key == "labels":   
            new_issue.append('--label')
            new_issue.append(','.join(value))
        elif key == "body":
            new_issue.append('--body')
            new_issue.append(value or ' ')
        else:
            new_issue.append(f'--{key}')
            new_issue.append(value)

    result = subprocess.run(new_issue, capture_output=True, text=True)
     
    print(result.stdout);
    print(result.stderr);

if __name__ == "__main__":
    main()

good script!

• Output stderr.
• Fixed issue where empty body causes a failure.
• Appended value in the else like every other statement.