Accept all dependabot pull requests using GitHub CLI

batch-merge-prs.md

Batch Accept Dependabot PRs

In case you want to automate batch accpeting Dependabot Pull Requests

GitHub

Using the GitHub CLI

Windows Batch

gh pr list --json number -q .[].number -S author:app/dependabot > prs.txt
for /f %a in (prs.txt) do (gh pr merge -d -r %a)

Linux Bash

gh pr list --json number -q .[].number -S author:app/dependabot | xargs gh pr merge -d -r

Azure DevOps

In case you are using Dependabot with Azure DevOps

Using the Azure CLI

• az-repos-pr-list

az repos pr list --status active [--creator <build-service-dependabot>] > prs.json
jq .[].pullRequestId prs.json > prs.txt
for /f %a in (prs.txt) do (
  az repos pr update --id %a --status completed --delete-source-branch true --transition-work-items true
)

Cleanup stale remote branches

Get all remote branches (not merged yet), match dependabot-branches using ripgrep and delete

git branch -r --no-merged | rg '(dependabot/.+)' -or '$1' | xargs git push origin -d