flipswitch - update the default branch of any and all of your repos.

Install

npm install -g flipswitch

Running

flipswitch is an interactive cli; no command line arguments are currently supported. Simply run

flipswitch

And follow the prompts.

Requirements

You will need to create a personal access token with at least the public_repo scope.

It is recommended to create with the repos scope. If you only select public_repo, you'll be able to update a single repository and will have to enter the URL of that repository to change. You will not be able to do any bulk updates, including public repos.

Regarding storing access tokens.

When you store an access token in flipswitch, it is stored on your computer at $HOME/.flipswitch (aka ~/.flipswitch)

It is recommended you delete the access token from your personal access tokens when you are done.

Updating default branches locally

See the markdown file in docs/ for how to do this. It is required after using flipswitch on a repo if you cloned it earlier.

Credits

Thanks to This article for the inspiration!