Github Repo Tool - A github repo config tool

girt is a tool intended to provide easy CLI commands for some actions that are not easily available using the gh CLI tool. These commands may require complex REST bodies to be submitted or GraphQL queries, so girt commands shorten these to simple shorter usages.

Installation

TBC. For now, see Building

Usage

For a full explaination of usage and complete list of available options, use

girt --help

Common commands

Use --help for full details of any command.

• protect [options] - Enable branch-protection for a repository.
• login
• token

Set basic branch-protection of current active branch

To enable branch-protection on the current branch and repository of the present working directory, girt protect. This assumes GITHUB_TOKEN is set in the current environment. To specify it with a switch, girt protect -t ght_xxxxx.

Set basic branch-protection of a repo in another directory

girt protect -p ../my-git-dir - This will read the repository details from the git repo at the specified directory.

Login using the github CLI

girt login - Calls gh auth login then calls gh auth token to output the new token. If a token is already set, no re-login attempt will be sent unless the -s/--skip-login switch is provided. This is effectively the same as calling girt token.

Get the current github CLI API token

girt token - Calls gh auth token and outputs the currently used value.

Building

npm ci
npm run build

To make the version you've built available to execute as a binary globally,

npm link

This enables you to simply call girt from anywhere that has your node_modules/bin on the path.

About

Written by Tim Rowe. Email me for questions or requests.

Source code

Available at https://github.com/tjsr/girt

Why 'girt'?

Only an Aussie could use a word which is basically never used and only occurs in our national anthem. ;)