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Copy GitHub Labels

Copy GitHub Labels #1

Workflow file for this run

name: Sync + Delete GitHub Labels
on:
workflow_dispatch:
jobs:
sync-labels:
runs-on: ubuntu-latest
steps:
- name: Checkout code
uses: actions/checkout@v2
- name: Sync labels from source to target repository
uses: actions/github-script@v6
with:
github-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
script: |
const sourceRepo = 'owner/source-repo';
const targetOwner = context.repo.owner;
const targetRepo = context.repo.repo;
// Fetch all labels from the target repository and delete them
const existingLabels = await github.rest.issues.listLabelsForRepo({
owner: targetOwner,
repo: targetRepo,
});
for (const label of existingLabels.data) {
await github.rest.issues.deleteLabel({
owner: targetOwner,
repo: targetRepo,
name: label.name,
});
}
// Fetch labels from the source repository
const sourceLabels = await github.rest.issues.listLabelsForRepo({
owner: sourceRepo.split('/')[0],
repo: sourceRepo.split('/')[1],
});
// Create labels in the target repository using the source labels
for (const label of sourceLabels.data) {
await github.rest.issues.createLabel({
owner: targetOwner,
repo: targetRepo,
name: label.name,
color: label.color,
description: label.description || '',
}).catch(error => {
if (error.status === 422) {
await github.rest.issues.updateLabel({
owner: targetOwner,
repo: targetRepo,
current_name: label.name,
name: label.name,
color: label.color,
description: label.description || '',
});
}
});
}