GitHub Repository Management Tool

Overview

This Python tool is designed to manage GitHub repositories. It automates the process of copying milestones and issues from one repository to another.

Features

• Get Organization Repositories: Fetches all repositories under a specific organization.
• Get User Repository: Retrieves a specific repository's details.
• Get Repository Issues and Milestones: Collects all issues and milestones associated with a specific repository.
• Check for Existing Elements: Checks for the existence of milestones and issues to avoid duplication.
• Post Requests: Ability to post new milestones and issues to a repository.

Installation

Before you begin, ensure you have Python installed on your machine. Then, follow these steps:

1. Clone the repository:

git clone https://github.com/AI-Assistant/issue_copy.git)https://github.com/AI-Assistant/issue_copy.git

2. Navigate to the project directory:

cd [PROJECT_DIRECTORY]

3. Install required packages:

pip install virtualenv

Create virtual enviorment:

virtualenv venv

Activate virtual enviorment:

.\venv\Scripts\activate

Install requirements:

pip install -r requirements.txt

Usage

1. Set up your GitHub API credentials in a creds.py file:

api_key = "YOUR_GITHUB_API_KEY"

2. Edit the 'main' function in the script to specify the source and target repositories for copying milestones and issues.

#Get requests
organisation_name = "ORGANISATION" #Name of the organisation
org_repo_get = "RepoWithIssues" #Name of the repository to copy from

#Post requests
org_repo_post = "RepoWithoutIssues" #Name of the repository to copy to

3. Run the script.