Bulk Unwatch GitHub Repositories

unwatch.sh

#!/bin/bash

TOKEN=""
GRAPHQL_API="https://api.github.com/graphql"

unwatch_repository() {
    local repo_id=$1
    local mutation=$(cat <<EOF
{
    "query": "mutation (\$repoId: ID!) { \
        updateSubscription(input: {subscribableId: \$repoId, state: UNSUBSCRIBED}) { \
            subscribable { \
                id \
            } \
        } \
    }", \
    "variables": { \
        "repoId": "$repo_id" \
    } \
}
EOF
)
    curl -s -H "Authorization: Bearer $TOKEN" -d "$mutation" $GRAPHQL_API
}

jq -c '.' repositories.json-stream | while read -r object; do
    repo_id=$(echo "$object" | jq -r '.id')
    repo=$(echo "$object" | jq -r '.nameWithOwner')
    
    unwatch_repository "$repo_id"

    echo "Unwatched $repo ($repo_id)"
done

usage.adoc

1. ./watching.sh > repositories.json-stream.

2. Review the repositories.json-stream and remove all the repositories you want to be subscribed on.

3. ./unwatch.sh.

watching.sh

#!/bin/bash

TOKEN=""
GRAPHQL_API="https://api.github.com/graphql"

fetch_repositories() {
    local cursor=$1
    local query=$(cat <<EOF
{
    "query": "query(\$cursor: String) { \
        viewer { \
            watching(first: 100, after: \$cursor) { \
                nodes { \
                    id \
                    nameWithOwner \
                } \
                pageInfo { \
                    hasNextPage \
                    endCursor \
                } \
            } \
        } \
    }", \
    "variables": { \
        "cursor": $cursor \
    }
}
EOF
)
    curl -s -H "Authorization: Bearer $TOKEN" -d "$query" $GRAPHQL_API
}

cursor="null"

while true; do
    response=$(fetch_repositories $cursor)
    has_next_page=$(echo $response | jq -r '.data.viewer.watching.pageInfo.hasNextPage')
    cursor=$(echo $response | jq -r '.data.viewer.watching.pageInfo.endCursor')
    [ "$cursor" != "null" ] && cursor="\"$cursor\""

    echo $response | jq '.data.viewer.watching.nodes[]'

    if [ "$has_next_page" != "true" ]; then
        break
    fi
done