Archive old github repositories for user/organisation

archive-old-repositories.sh

#!/bin/bash

# This script will archive all repositories on github where
# the last commit was more than 2 years ago.
# It takes one argument, the github username / organisation name.

organisationName=$1

if [ -z "$organisationName" ]; then
  echo "Please provide organisation name"
  exit 1
fi

__listGitRepositoriesInOrganisation() {
  listOfRepositories=$(gh search repos --owner "$organisationName" --sort updated --order desc --json name,updatedAt --limit 1000 | jq -r '.[] | select(.updatedAt < "2021-01-01") | .name')
}

__archiveAllRepositories() {
  for repository in $listOfRepositories; do
    echo "Archiving $repository"
    gh repo archive $organisationName/$repository -y
  done
}

__listGitRepositoriesInOrganisation
__archiveAllRepositories "$listOfRepositories"