I'd like to use the same labels across multiple repositories.

[michaellenaghan]

You can't assign labels to a "draft" issue until you a) convert it to an issue and b) assign it to a repository. I understand why it works that way given the history, but: it definitely feels awkward.

Even worse, I'm currently experimenting with all of this, and that includes the labels I attach to issues. My project uses multiple repositories — that's why I'm trying out the new project boards — and that leaves me having to manually sync any label changes across repositories. Again, I understand why it works that way given the history, but: it definitely feels awkward.

What makes this issue particularly painful, I think, is that it hits you immediately, just as you start to try everything out.

[caligo-erik]

I bumped into this, but I want to add labels for all the projects in my organization. I found out you can manage labels for an entire organization, under Settings -> Repository -> General

However, this only works for new repositories, for existing repos this won't work.
Assuming you have GitHub CLI, you can use something like this (save as .sh file)
You can also adapt the script for all repositories (not only within an org), but handle with care.

#!/bin/bash

# Variables
ORG_NAME="your_organization_name"
LABEL_NAME="new-label"
LABEL_COLOR="f29513"
LABEL_DESCRIPTION="Description of the new label"

# Fetch all repositories in the organization
repos=$(gh repo list $ORG_NAME --json name -q '.[].name')

# Loop through each repository and create the label
for repo in $repos; do
  echo "Creating label in $repo..."
  gh api \
    -X POST \
    -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json" \
    "/repos/$ORG_NAME/$repo/labels" \
    -f name="$LABEL_NAME" \
    -f color="$LABEL_COLOR" \
    -f description="$LABEL_DESCRIPTION"
done

echo "Label added to all repositories."

[Dzivo]

This really annoying thing to do in each repo

[caligo-erik]

This really annoying thing to do in each repo

Yup.

You could extend the script above with a list of repos and a list of labels, and then just loop over both. That is IF you want to have all the repos with the same labels.

[tormigit]

I created a repo where you can use actions to achieve syncing from the "master label repo" with all, are whichever other repos you have. Don't hesitate to try it out: https://github.com/tormigit/label-sync

[tormigit]

@michaellenaghan I created a repo where you can use actions to achieve syncing from the "master label repo" with all, are whichever other repos you have. Don't hesitate to try it out: https://github.com/tormigit/label-sync