Batch setting protection on a branch of a github repo.

github-protect-branch

#!/bin/bash
# Protect branches in a repository. 
# (c) 2020 tpryan 
# Author: github.com/tpryan
# MIT License, see below
# Adapted from https://gist.github.com/miraculixx/b4c30db06bb1f3b56057
function help {
  echo "Add collaborators to one or more repositories on github"
  echo ""
  echo "Syntax:   $0 -u user -p password [-b] [-o] -r repo1,repo2 "
  echo ""
  echo "          -u    User to access github" 
  echo "          -p    Password (optional, will be promoted otherwise)"
  echo "          -r    repositories, list as repo,repo"
  echo "          -b    branch to match for protection (optional, defaults to master)"
  echo "          -o    owner of the repo (optional, defaults to username)"
}

while getopts "h?u:p:o:r:b:?" opt; do
    case $opt in
      h|\?)
         help
         exit 0
         ;;
      u) 
         GH_USER=$OPTARG
         ;;
      p) 
         PASSWORD=$OPTARG
         ;;
      o) 
         OWNER=$OPTARG
         ;;
      r) 
         REPOS=$OPTARG
         ;;
      b)
         BRANCH=$OPTARG
         ;;
    esac
done

shift $((OPTIND-1))

COL_USER=$1

if [[ -z "$GH_USER" ]]; then
   echo Enter your github user
   read GH_USER
fi

if [[ -z "$PASSWORD" ]]; then
   echo Enter Password
   read -s PASSWORD
fi

if [[ -z "$OWNER" ]]; then
   OWNER=$GH_USER
fi

if [[ -z "$BRANCH" ]]; then
   BRANCH="master"
fi

if [[ -z "$REPOS" ]]; then
   echo Enter the repositories. Multiple repos comma separated.
   read REPOS
fi

METHOD=PUT

array=(${REPOS//,/ })

json="{\"required_pull_request_reviews\": {
    \"dismiss_stale_reviews\": false,
    \"require_code_owner_reviews\": false,
    \"required_approving_review_count\": 1
  },
  \"enforce_admins\":null,
  \"restrictions\":null,
  \"required_status_checks\":null
}"

if [[ ! -z "$GH_USER" ]]; then
  for repo in "${array[@]}"; do
    echo repo:     $repo
    echo "[INFO] $OWNER/$repo $BRANCH protected"
    curl -i -u "$GH_USER:$PASSWORD" -H 'Accept: application/vnd.github.luke-cage-preview+json' -X PUT https://api.github.com/repos/$OWNER/$repo/branches/$BRANCH/protection -d "$json" 2>&1 | grep message || echo "OK, done."
  done
fi


exit 0

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