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November 11, 2025 22:13
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Save D3SOX/7efe4b886f271e474a11655af765cf38 to your computer and use it in GitHub Desktop.
Since GitHub decided to remove that feature I created a script that watches all your repos https://github.blog/changelog/2025-05-22-sunset-of-automatic-watching-of-repositories-and-teams/
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| #!/usr/bin/env bash | |
| set -euo pipefail | |
| # Extract the logged-in GitHub username | |
| USER=$(gh auth status 2>/dev/null | grep -oE 'account [^ ]+' | awk '{print $2}') | |
| if [ -z "${USER:-}" ]; then | |
| echo "❌ Could not detect logged-in GitHub username. Run 'gh auth login' first." | |
| exit 1 | |
| fi | |
| echo "👤 Logged in as $USER" | |
| echo "🔍 Checking repositories..." | |
| # Loop through your repos and subscribe to all activity if not already watching | |
| gh repo list "$USER" --limit 1000 --json name,owner | jq -r '.[] | "\(.owner.login)/\(.name)"' | while read -r repo; do | |
| echo "Checking $repo..." | |
| sub=$(gh api "repos/$repo/subscription" --jq '.subscribed' 2>/dev/null || echo "false") | |
| if [ "$sub" != "true" ]; then | |
| echo "➡ Subscribing to $repo" | |
| gh api --method PUT "repos/$repo/subscription" \ | |
| --input <(echo '{"subscribed": true, "ignored": false}') \ | |
| >/dev/null || echo "❌ Failed to subscribe to $repo" | |
| else | |
| echo "✅ Already watching $repo" | |
| fi | |
| done | |
| echo "🎯 Done! All your repositories are now set to 'Watching (All Activity)'." |
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