fixed bug where recreating repo for an organisation,…

README.md

@@ -74,6 +74,10 @@ Point this to the api. The default is `api.github.com`.
 
 Under which organisation or user will the new project be hosted
 
+#### github.ownerIsOrg
+
+A boolean indicator (default is *false*) to specify that the owner of this repo is an Organisation.
+
 #### github.token
 
 Go to [Settings / Developer settings / Personal access tokens](https://github.com/settings/tokens). Generate a new token with `repo` scope and copy that into the `settings.ts`
@@ -90,6 +94,8 @@ What is the name of the new repo
 
 If true (default is false), we will try to delete the destination github repository if present, and (re)create it. The github token must be granted `delete_repo` scope. The newly created repository will be made private by default.
 
+If you've set `github.recreateRepo` to true and the repo belongs to an Organisation, the `github.ownerIsOrg` flag **must** be set as true.
+
 This is useful when debugging this tool or a specific migration. You will always be prompted for confirmation.
 
 ### s3 (optional)

sample_settings.ts

@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ export default {
     // baseUrl: 'https://github.mycompany.com:123/etc',
     // apiUrl: 'https//api.github.mycompany.com',
     owner: '{{repository owner (user or organization)}}',
+    ownerIsOrg: false,
     token: '{{token}}',
     token_owner: '{{token_owner}}',
     repo: '{{repo}}',

src/githubHelper.ts

@@ -60,7 +60,9 @@ export class GithubHelper {
   githubApi: GitHubApi;
   githubUrl: string;
   githubOwner: string;
+  githubOwnerIsOrg: boolean;
   githubToken: string;
+  githubTokenOwner: string;
   githubRepo: string;
   githubTimeout?: number;
   gitlabHelper: GitlabHelper;
@@ -80,7 +82,9 @@ export class GithubHelper {
       ? githubSettings.baseUrl
       : gitHubLocation;
     this.githubOwner = githubSettings.owner;
+    this.githubOwnerIsOrg = githubSettings.ownerIsOrg ?? false;
     this.githubToken = githubSettings.token;
+    this.githubTokenOwner = githubSettings.token_owner;
     this.githubRepo = githubSettings.repo;
     this.githubTimeout = githubSettings.timeout;
     this.gitlabHelper = gitlabHelper;
@@ -1398,11 +1402,20 @@ export class GithubHelper {
       else console.error(`\n\tSomething went wrong: ${err}.`);
     }
     try {
-      console.log(`Creating repo ${params.owner}/${params.repo}...`);
-      await this.githubApi.repos.createForAuthenticatedUser({
-        name: this.githubRepo,
-        private: true,
-      });
+      if (this.githubOwnerIsOrg) {
+        console.log(`Creating repo in organisation ${this.githubOwner}/${this.githubRepo}...`);
+        await this.githubApi.repos.createInOrg({
+          org: this.githubOwner,
+          name: this.githubRepo,
+          private: true,
+        });
+      } else {
+        console.log(`Creating repo ${this.githubTokenOwner}/${this.githubRepo}...`);
+        await this.githubApi.repos.createForAuthenticatedUser({
+          name: this.githubRepo,
+          private: true,
+        });
+      }
       console.log('\t...done.');
     } catch (err) {
       console.error(`\n\tSomething went wrong: ${err}.`);

src/settings.ts

@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ export interface GithubSettings {
   baseUrl?: string;
   apiUrl?: string;
   owner: string;
+  ownerIsOrg?: boolean;
   token: string;
   token_owner: string;
   repo: string;