delete GL MR comments (notes)

scrubMR.sh

# for a given merge_request, delete its comments (notes):
# this will make reading the information in a MR much easier 
# as you won't have dozens of Kfux comments to scroll past and ignore

GL_API_TOKEN="your token here"
PROJECT="rhidp%2Frhdh" # or "rhidp%2Frhdh-plugin-catalog"
MR=197
for page in 1 2 3 4; do
  for id in $(curl --request GET --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: $GL_API_TOKEN" \
  --url "https://gitlab.cee.redhat.com/api/v4/projects/${PROJECT}/merge_requests/${MR}/notes?sort=desc&page=$page" \
  -sS | jq -r '.[].id'); do
	echo -n "> $id "
	curl --request DELETE --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: $GL_API_TOKEN" \
	--url "https://gitlab.cee.redhat.com/api/v4/projects/${PROJECT}/merge_requests/${MR}/notes/${id}"; echo
  done
done