sync-and-del.yml

name: Sync + Delete GitHub Labels

on:
  workflow_dispatch:

jobs:
  sync-labels:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - name: Checkout code
        uses: actions/checkout@v4

      - name: Sync labels from source to target repository
        uses: actions/github-script@v7
        with:
          github-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
          script: |
            const sourceRepo = 'StephanAkkerman/fintwit-bot';
            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 || '',
                  });
                }
              });
            }