PREREL_CLEANER

A tool that can delete releases, pre-releases and tags from github on bulk.

Build

Get the source code and run

go build

Install

Prerequisites

You need to have git installed.

Auth

The easiest authentication method is to create file ~/.config/hub with the following content

github.com:
- user: gotha
  oauth_token: <YOUR_GITHUB_TOKEN>
  protocol: https

Otherwise you will be asked for username and password every time.

Get the binary

You can either install with:

go install github.com/gotha/prerel-cleaner@latest

or get the code, build it yourself and copy the binary in your exec path

cp prerel-cleaner /usr/local/bin

Tested on OSX, will probably work on Linux, we'll never know if it works on Windows.

Usage

Go to your git repository and type

prerel-cleaner

It will open a file in your favorite editor that looks like this:

keep - [PRERELEASE] (1.0.2-test-rc1) 1.0.1-test
keep - (1.0.1-test) 1.0.1-test
keep - (1.0.0) 1.0.0
keep - (0.1.0-test) 0.1.0-test
keep - (0.0.1) 0.0.1

# ---------------------------------
# keep| k - keep release and tag
# del| d - delete both release and tag
# rel| r - delete release but keep the tag

Change the file like this:

del - [PRERELEASE](1.0.2-test-rc1) 1.0.1-test
keep - (1.0.1-test) 1.0.1-test
keep - (1.0.0) 1.0.0
keep - (0.1.0-test) 0.1.0-test
keep - (0.0.1) 0.0.1

and the marked releases or prereleases will be deleted (with their tags if you have chosen to)

Disclaimer

This is something that I wrote in an hour on a lazy afternoon. Use at your own risk. The project uses code from hub.