Description:

githubrandomstar 1.1.3

⭐️ GitHub Random Star ⭐️





If you have starred way too many GitHub repositories and need a way of keeping track of them. This simple CLI tool throws you quasi random starred repos at you to look at and explore.


If you are struggling with selection paralysis; it also allows for selecting random repositories from a GitHub user.

Installation
Install with Pipx or Pip.
pipx install github-random-star

Install with GitHub CLI.
gh extension install ddkasa/gh-random-star

Usage

Setup GitHub API token as the GITHUB_TOKEN environment variable. If this is not setup it will use the public access point with lower rates.

PyPi

Run the script through gh-star <command> <account> <flags>.
Run gh-star help star to get help.

GitHub CLI

Run the script through gh random-star <command> <account> <flags>.
Run gh random-star help star to get help.

Commands

star Randomly select from all starred items of a GH user.
repo Randomly select from a GH users repositories.

Arguments

<account> Username of the GitHub account to retrieve the starred items from. Required

Flags

-t, --total Total amount of random items you want to pick from. Defaults to 3.
-r, --refresh Whether to fetch new cached data or not. Will re fetch all starred items instead of using cache.
--max-history The amount of historic choices to cache. Defaults to 100. Set to -1 to keep history unlimited. GH_STAR_MAX_HISTORY environment variable can be used to override this value.
-i, --ignore If to use a list of repositories to ignore. Defaults to true.
--max_results The amount of starred items to retrieve from GitHub. Defaults to all.

Examples
PyPI

gh-star star ddkasa
gh-star repo ddkasa
gh-star star ddkasa -t 5
gh-star star ddkasa -r -t 5

GitHub CLI

gh random-star star ddkasa
gh random-star repo ddkasa

Development
Development is run through Poetry.
Basic Setup

git clone https://github.com/ddkasa/github-random-star
cd github-random-star
poetry shell
poetry install
poetry run gh-star

Testing

Use pytest for all tests.
Use pytest -m unit for unit tests.
Use pytest -m integration for integration tests.

License
MIT. Look at the LICENSE for details.

License

For personal and professional use. You cannot resell or redistribute these repositories in their original state.

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