Shell script to set up a GitHub Project's Issues' Labels as described in <http://rentzsch.tumblr.com/post/252878320/my-lighthouse-ticket-settings-with-colors>. WARNING: script assumes a newish project that hasn't really used labels yet. It deletes all default labels, which means DATA LOSS if you've used them for anything.

setup github issues labels.sh

USER=rentzsch
PASS=mypassword
REPO=mogenerator

# Delete default labels
curl --user "$USER:$PASS" --include --request DELETE "https://api.github.com/repos/$USER/$REPO/labels/bug"
curl --user "$USER:$PASS" --include --request DELETE "https://api.github.com/repos/$USER/$REPO/labels/duplicate"
curl --user "$USER:$PASS" --include --request DELETE "https://api.github.com/repos/$USER/$REPO/labels/enhancement"
curl --user "$USER:$PASS" --include --request DELETE "https://api.github.com/repos/$USER/$REPO/labels/invalid"
curl --user "$USER:$PASS" --include --request DELETE "https://api.github.com/repos/$USER/$REPO/labels/question"
curl --user "$USER:$PASS" --include --request DELETE "https://api.github.com/repos/$USER/$REPO/labels/wontfix"

# Create labels
curl --user "$USER:$PASS" --include --request POST --data '{"name":"accepted","color":"66aa00"}' "https://api.github.com/repos/$USER/$REPO/labels"
curl --user "$USER:$PASS" --include --request POST --data '{"name":"reproduced","color":"006600"}' "https://api.github.com/repos/$USER/$REPO/labels"
curl --user "$USER:$PASS" --include --request POST --data '{"name":"cantreproduce","color":"996361"}' "https://api.github.com/repos/$USER/$REPO/labels"
curl --user "$USER:$PASS" --include --request POST --data '{"name":"fixcommitted","color":"003B84"}' "https://api.github.com/repos/$USER/$REPO/labels"
curl --user "$USER:$PASS" --include --request POST --data '{"name":"bluesky","color":"66ccff"}' "https://api.github.com/repos/$USER/$REPO/labels"
curl --user "$USER:$PASS" --include --request POST --data '{"name":"duplicate","color":"aaaaaa"}' "https://api.github.com/repos/$USER/$REPO/labels"
curl --user "$USER:$PASS" --include --request POST --data '{"name":"declined","color":"83000C"}' "https://api.github.com/repos/$USER/$REPO/labels"
curl --user "$USER:$PASS" --include --request POST --data '{"name":"new","color":"ff1177"}' "https://api.github.com/repos/$USER/$REPO/labels"
curl --user "$USER:$PASS" --include --request POST --data '{"name":"fixreleased","color":"3f3f3f"}' "https://api.github.com/repos/$USER/$REPO/labels"
curl --user "$USER:$PASS" --include --request POST --data '{"name":"resolved","color":"3f3f3f"}' "https://api.github.com/repos/$USER/$REPO/labels"
curl --user "$USER:$PASS" --include --request POST --data '{"name":"wishlist","color":"66Aa00"}' "https://api.github.com/repos/$USER/$REPO/labels"

Guys, check out my for of this one with some sensible defaults https://github.com/integratedexperts/github-labels