GitHub Tabs CLI

A command-line tool to enable GitHub repository tabs (e.g., Discussions, Wiki) and buttons (e.g., Sponsorships) via the GitHub API.

Features

• Enable Tabs: Discussions, Wiki, Issues, Projects, Pages.
• Enable Buttons: Sponsorships (automatically creates .github/FUNDING.yml if missing), Template mode, Forking.
• Merge Settings: Squash merge, Rebase merge, Auto-merge.
• Auto-Detection: Automatically detects repository owner and name from the current git directory.
• Smart Defaults: Fetches the authenticated user from the token if no username is provided.

Installation

You can install the tool locally from the source:

pip install .

Usage

Once installed, you can run the tool using the github-tabs command.

Configuration

Create a .env file in your project root or set an environment variable:

ADMIN_TOKEN=your_github_personal_access_token

Examples

Enable Discussions:

github-tabs Discussions

Enable Sponsorships (and auto-create FUNDING.yml):

github-tabs Sponsorships

Enable Wiki for a specific repository:

github-tabs Wiki username repo-name

Enable Auto-Merge:

github-tabs auto-merge

Options

github-tabs [-h] [--token TOKEN] tabname [username] [repo]

• tabname: Name of the tab/button to enable.
• username (optional): GitHub owner of the repo.
• repo (optional): Name of the repository.
• --token (optional): GitHub ADMIN_TOKEN (overrides .env).