Bulk transfer github repos

checkRateLimit.ts

async function checkRateLimit() {
  const { data } = await octokit.rest.rateLimit.get();
  console.log(data);
  return;
}

list-repos.ts

import dotenv from "dotenv";
import fs from "fs-extra";
dotenv.config();

import { Octokit } from "octokit";

const octokit = new Octokit({ auth: process.env.PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN });

const repos: any[] = [];

const username = "username";

async function main() {
  for await (const response of octokit.paginate.iterator(
    octokit.rest.repos.listForAuthenticatedUser,
    {
      username,
      per_page: 100,
      type: "owner",
    }
  )) {
    repos.push(response.data);
  }
  await fs.writeJSON("repos.json", repos, {
    encoding: "utf-8",
  });
}

main();

package.json

{
  "name": "repo-bulk-transfer",
  "version": "1.0.0",
  "main": "index.js",
  "license": "MIT",
  "dependencies": {
    "dotenv": "^10.0.0",
    "fs-extra": "^10.0.0",
    "octokit": "^1.0.5"
  },
  "devDependencies": {
    "@types/fs-extra": "^9.0.11",
    "ts-node": "^10.0.0",
    "typescript": "^4.3.2"
  }
}

transfer-repos.ts

import repos from "repos.json";

const owner = "owner";
const new_owner = "new_owner";

async function main() {
  for (const repo of repos) {
    console.log(`transferring ${repo}`);
    await octokit.rest.repos.transfer({
      owner,
      repo,
      new_owner,
    });

    console.log(`editing ${repo} config`);
    await octokit.request("PATCH /repos/{owner}/{repo}", {
      repo,
      // private: true,
      archived: true,
      owner: new_owner,
    });
  }
}

main();