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Copy GitHub Labels

Copy GitHub Labels #3

Workflow file for this run

name: Copy GitHub Labels
on:
workflow_dispatch:
jobs:
copy-labels:
runs-on: ubuntu-latest
steps:
- name: Checkout code
uses: actions/checkout@v4
- name: Copy labels from another 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 labels from the source repository
const response = await github.rest.issues.listLabelsForRepo({
owner: sourceRepo.split('/')[0],
repo: sourceRepo.split('/')[1],
});
console.log("Labels fetched: ", response.data); // Debug output
const labels = response.data;
if (labels.length === 0) {
console.log("No labels found in the source repository."); // Debug output
}
// Fetch all labels from the target repository and delete them
const existingLabels = await github.rest.issues.listLabelsForRepo({
owner: targetOwner,
repo: targetRepo,
});
// Delete old labels
for (const label of existingLabels.data) {
await github.rest.issues.deleteLabel({
owner: targetOwner,
repo: targetRepo,
name: label.name,
});
}
// Loop through labels and create/update them in the target repository
for (const label of labels) {
try {
// Try to create the label
const createResponse = await github.rest.issues.createLabel({
owner: targetOwner,
repo: targetRepo,
name: label.name,
color: label.color,
description: label.description || '',
});
console.log("Label created: ", createResponse.data); // Debug output
} catch (error) {
console.log("Error creating label: ", error.message); // Debug output
// If label exists (error 422), update it
if (error.status === 422) {
const updateResponse = await github.rest.issues.updateLabel({
owner: targetOwner,
repo: targetRepo,
current_name: label.name,
name: label.name,
color: label.color,
description: label.description || '',
});
console.log("Label updated: ", updateResponse.data); // Debug output
}
}
}