Bulk Delete GitHub Repos

delete-github-repos.sh

#!/bin/sh

# This shell script will search for all repos matching a
# provided organization and regex. It will list those for
# you and, if you confirm, DELETE YOUR REPOS. 🔥🔥🔥⚠️⚠️⚠️
# It requires 'gh', the GitHub command line interface.

if [ -z "$1" ] || [ -z "$2" ]; then
    echo "Illegal number of parameters $*"
    echo "Usage: $0 USER/ORG REGEX"
    exit;
fi

REPOS=$(gh repo list "$1" -L 1000 --json owner,name --template '{{range .}}{{.owner.login}}/{{.name}}{{printf "\n"}}{{end}}' |grep "$2")

printf "The following repos will be deleted:\n\n%s\n" "$REPOS"

delete_repos () {
    while IFS= read -r line; do
        gh repo delete "$line" --confirm
    done <<< "$REPOS"
}

read -p "Continue (yes/no)?" choice
case "$choice" in 
  [yY][eE][sS]) delete_repos ;;
  n|N ) echo "no";;
  * ) echo "invalid";;
esac