A simple shell script to migrate a bunch of local git repositories to GitHub private repos

migrate_local_repos_to_github.sh

#!/bin/bash

set -e

TOKEN="YOUR_GITHUB_AUTH_TOKEN_HERE"
USERNAME="YOUR_USERNAME"

mkdir -p repos published

for DIR in *.git; do
    NAME="${DIR%.git}"
    CREATE="{\"name\":\"${NAME}\",\"description\":\"Migrated ${NAME} repository\",\"private\":true}"
    echo "${CREATE}"
    git clone "${DIR}" "repos/${NAME}"
    curl \
        -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json" \
        -H "Authorization: token ${TOKEN}" \
        -H "User-Agent: ${USERNAME} repo migration uploader" \
        -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
        -d "${CREATE}" \
        https://api.github.com/user/repos
    (
        cd "repos/${NAME}"
        git remote add github "git@github.com:${USERNAME}/${NAME}.git"
        git push --all github
    )
    mv "$DIR" published/
    echo "**** $DIR published ****"
done