Workaround for https://github.com/terraform-providers/terraform-provider-github/issues/55

rename-gh.sh

#!/usr/bin/env bash

# Example of how to rename repos that are terraform managed

set -e

REPO='repo1 repo2 repo3'

TOKEN=xxxxxxxxxxxxx # Github Personal Access Token

for oldName in $REPO; do
  # Function to generate newName from oldName
  newName="$(echo $oldName | sed -e 's@foo@bar@g')"
  echo ">> Renaming $oldName to $newName"

  curl \
   -H "Authorization: Token ${TOKEN}" \
   -H "Content-Type:application/json" \
   -H "Accept: application/json" \
   -X PATCH \
   --data "{ \"name\": \"${newName}\" }" \
   https://api.github.com/repos/panubo/${oldName}

  # then fudge the TF state
  terraform state rm module.${oldName}.github_repository.repo
  terraform import module.${newName}.github_repository.repo ${newName}

done