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+#!/bin/bash
+#
+## This script sets up labels for issues in your GitHub repository.
+##
+## Syntax:
+##
+##     $ tools/setup-label OWNER REPO
+##
+## Parameters:
+##
+## - OWNER: GitHub username of the owner of the repository
+## - REPO: the name of the repository
+##
+## Example:
+##
+## For set up the labels at https://github.com/wking/swc-modular-shell use
+##
+##     $ tools/setup-label wking swc-modular-shell
+
+if test $# -lt 2
+then
+    echo "Missing parameters."
+    echo
+    grep '^##' tools/setup-labels | sed 's/## //' | sed 's/##//'
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+OWNER=$1
+REPO=$2
+GITHUB_URL=https://github.com/${OWNER}/${REPO}
+LABELS=(getting-started working-in-progress discussion)
+COLORS=(fbca04 f7c6c7 5319e7)
+
+# Test if repository exists
+curl -s --head ${GITHUB_URL} | head -n 1 | grep -q "HTTP/1.[01] [23].."
+if test $? -ne 0
+then
+    echo "ERROR: this repository doesn't exist"
+    exit $?
+fi
+
+echo "Before setup the labels for ${GITHUB_URL}"
+echo "you must provide some informations."
+echo "Your GitHub username:"
+read USERNAME
+echo "Your GitHub password:"
+read -s PASSWORD
+
+# Create labels
+for INDEX in $(seq 1 ${#LABELS[*]})
+do
+    curl -s -f -X POST \
+        -u ${USERNAME}:${PASSWORD} \
+        -d "{\"name\":\"${LABELS[${INDEX}]}\",\"color\":\"${COLORS[${INDEX}]}\"}" \
+        "https://api.github.com/repos/${OWNER}/${REPO}/labels" > /dev/null
+    if test $? -ne 0
+    then
+        echo "Failed when trying to create the label ${LABELS[${INDEX}]}."
+        echo "Probably the label ${LABELS[${INDEX}]} already exists."
+        echo "Please check at ${GITHUB_URL}/labels or run"
+        echo
+        echo "    $ curl -X POST -u ${USERNAME} -d \"{\"name\":\"${LABELS[${INDEX}]}\",\"color\":\"${COLORS[${INDEX}]}\"}\" \"https://api.github.com/repos/${OWNER}/${REPO}/labels\""
+        echo
+        echo "to get more information of the error. If you find a bug"
+        echo "report it at https://github.com/swcarpentry/lesson-template/."
+    fi
+done