Github Repository Visibility Manager

Control Github Repository public/private visibility using a YAML file and your CI (Continuous Integration) system.

Why

Github Enterprise Organizations can restrict members from creating Public repositories or making repositories Public. This project enables Infrastructure/DevOps teams to enable Engineers to make repositories public using git (as the historical record) and a CI system.

Usage

Manual

1. Set a GITHUB_TOKEN environment variable

2. Create a repos.yaml containing the following

   organization: ORGANIZATION_NAME
   repos:
     - name: REPOSITORY_NAME
       private: false

3. Run grvm repos.yaml

CI

//TODO

Why not Terraform

Terraform can maintain the public/private setting of a repository, but it owns the entire repository. The Terraform Github provider is useful in many cases, but overkill in others.