github_delete-list.sh

github_delete-list.sh

#!/bin/bash
TOKEN=<YOUR_GITHUB_OAUTH_TOKEN>

# Remember to enable de "delete_repo" OAuth scope on the token you just defined

# Delete a set o repositories defined on a plain text file
# i.e.:
# user@host ~/ $ cat repositories_to_delete.txt
# username/reponame1
# username/reponame2
# username/reponame3
# username/reponame4
# username/reponame5
# username/reponame6
# username/reponame7
# username/reponame8
# user@host ~/ $

cat repositories_to_delete.txt | while read r; do 
echo " -> Deleting $r"
curl -X DELETE -H "Authorization: token $TOKEN" https://api.github.com/repos/$r done