gh-repo-rename.js

const shell = require('shelljs');
const { Command } = require('commander');
const path= require('path');

const defaultName = 'default-repository';
const program = new Command();
program.version(require(path.join(__dirname,'package.json')).version);

program
    .name("gh repo-rename [options] [organization/repository] [newRepositoriName]")
    .option('-d --default' ,' set default name for the repository')

program.addHelpText('after', `
    - You can change the name of a repo in a organization
    `);

program.parse(process.argv);
if (process.argv.length === 1) program.help();

function exec(executable, ...args) {
    let command = `${executable} ${args.join('')}`;
    let result = shell.exec(command, {silent: true});
    if (result.code !== 0) {
      shell.echo(`Error: Command "${command}" failed\n${result.stderr}`);
      shell.exit(result.code);
    }    
    return result.stdout.replace(/\s+$/,'');
}

const gh = (...args) => exec("gh", ...args);

function showError(error) {
    if (error) {
      throw(`Error!: ${error}`);
    }
  }

try {
    if (!shell.which('git')) {
        showError('Sorry, this extension requires git installed!');
    }
    
    if (!shell.which('gh')) {
        showError('Sorry, this extension requires GitHub Cli (gh) installed!');
    }
    
    if(!program.opts() && !program.args[0]) {
        showError('Sorry, you need to write an organization/repository');
    }
    
    if(!program.args[1] && !program.opts().default) {
        showError('Sorry, you need to write an name for the repository, or you can put the -d option');
    }
    
    if(program.opts().default) {
        gh(`api -X PATCH /repos/${program.args[0]} -f name=${defaultName}`);
        console.log(`Name of the repository changed to ${defaultName} succesfuly`);
    }
    else {
        gh(`api -X PATCH /repos/${program.args[0]} -f name=${program.args[1]}`);
        console.log(`Name of the repository changed to ${program.args[1]} succesfuly`);
    }
}
catch(error) {
    console.log(error);
}