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Approving and merging multiple pull requests using the gh cli

You can use the GitHub CLI with PowerShell or bash to approve and merge multiple pull requests.

Merging multiple PRs with bash

The Bash example is: 

# create the array
pr_array=(
"https://github.com/rwaight/actions/pull/36"
"https://github.com/rwaight/test-actions/pull/43"
"https://github.com/rwaight/rwaight.github.io/pull/20"
)

for pr in ${pr_array[@]}; do
  echo "Processing PR $pr ... "
  gh pr review --approve $pr
  echo "    PR approved ... "
  read -p "    Press enter to continue ... "
  gh pr merge -s -d $pr
  echo "    PR merged ... "
  read -p "    Press enter to continue ... "
done

Merging multiple PRs with PowerShell

The PowerShell example is: 

# create the array
$pr_array = @(
"https://github.com/rwaight/actions/pull/36",
"https://github.com/rwaight/test-actions/pull/43",
"https://github.com/rwaight/rwaight.github.io/pull/20"
)

foreach ($pr in $pr_array) {
  Write-Host "Processing PR $pr ... "
  gh pr review --approve $pr
  Write-Host "    PR approved ... " -NoNewLine
  Pause
  gh pr merge -s -d $pr
  Write-Host "    PR merged ... " -NoNewLine
  Pause
}