reset_branch.py

reset_branch.py

#!/usr/bin/env python
# do a `pip install githubpy` before running the script
import os
import github
import argparse
import sys

if __name__ == "__main__":
    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
    parser.add_argument("target_sha", metavar="target_sha",
                        help="sha1 of the branch to update to")
    parser.add_argument("base_branch", metavar="base_branch",
                        help="name of the branch to retarget")

    token = os.getenv("GITHUB_ACCESS_TOKEN")
    if not token:
        print('No GITHUB_ACCESS_TOKEN set')
        sys.exit(1)
    gh = github.GitHub(access_token=token)

    args = parser.parse_args()
    print(args.target_sha)
    print(args.base_branch)

    prs = gh.repos("ceph")("ceph").pulls.get(state="open",
                                             base=args.base_branch)
    for pr in prs:
        if pr['base']['sha'] != args.target_sha:
            print("Turning pr off & on again...", pr['number'])
            gh.repos("ceph")("ceph").pulls(pr['number']).patch(base=args.base_branch + "-saved")
            gh.repos("ceph")("ceph").pulls(pr['number']).patch(base=args.base_branch)

To use this, install githubpy and use the sha1 of the current stable release branch, e.g.:

virtualenv venv
./venv/bin/pip install githubpy
./venvbin/python reset_branch.py 92c182eab2abd731b513f46b416f657a9cca7426 nautilus