Add own labels to GitHub repository

gistfile1.rb

require 'octokit'

LABELS     = [{ name: 'almost ready to merge', color: 'bfe5bf' },
              { name: 'dependency missing',    color: 'fbca04' },
              { name: 'do not merge',          color: 'e11d21' },
              { name: 'ready to merge',        color: '0e8a16' },
              { name: 'refactoring expected',  color: 'fbca04' },
              { name: 'work in progress',      color: 'fbca04' }]

repository = ARGV[0]

raise 'Specify repository fullname as first parameter e.g. \'octokit/octokit.rb\'' unless repository

github = Octokit::Client.new(access_token: ENV['GITHUB_ACCESS_TOKEN'])
labels = github.labels(repository)

# Remove all existing labels
labels.each { |label| github.delete_label!(repository, label.name) }

# Add new labels
LABELS.each { |label| github.add_label(repository, label[:name], label[:color]) }

gistfile2.md

Usage

ruby gistfile1.rb octokit/octokit.rb