jhare / github-label-copy

Utility to copy the available issue labels from one Github repo to another.

github-label-copy

Utility to copy the available issue labels from one Github repo to another.

Usage:
  index.js [OPTIONS] [ARGS]

Options: 
  -c, --configFile [PATH]Github config file path (Default is ~/.githubconfig)
  -u, --srcUser STRING   User name
      --destUser STRING  Destination user name when source/dest differ
  -s, --srcRepo STRING   Source repository
  -d, --destRepo STRING  Destination repository
  -h, --help             Display help and usage details

** Setup **

• Go to your Github Preferences -> Applications -> Personal Access Tokens
• Generate a token, be sure to save its value.
• Ensure repo is selected as a scope.
• Save this in a file in your home directory.
  • /home/youruser/.githubconfig for linux
  • C:\Users\youruser_githubconfig on Windows
  • Note the . vs the _
• Save this key in a JSON formatted file that looks like this

  {
      "personalAccessToken": "15753ef81c66dd7fb75a27e0946cea677fbc192a"
  }

• Yeah that's an old code don't think you can go impersonating me.
• At some point I'll upgrade to using the actual Github client and support all of the various OAuth methods.