From 6904352c1d1ad8d916f4af51e75dd47f42fc39c3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Daniel Wagner-Hall <dawagner@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 22 Apr 2026 17:26:59 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] All flag to just close existing comments

---
 src/bin/pr-metadata-validator.rs | 10 ++++++++++
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/bin/pr-metadata-validator.rs b/src/bin/pr-metadata-validator.rs
index d3bb1bc..d8aa37b 100644
--- a/src/bin/pr-metadata-validator.rs
+++ b/src/bin/pr-metadata-validator.rs
@@ -24,6 +24,9 @@ struct Args {
 
     #[arg(long)]
     give_more_specific_comment_for_earlier_learners: bool,
+
+    #[arg(long)]
+    only_close_existing_comments_with_tag: Option<String>,
 }
 
 #[tokio::main]
@@ -45,6 +48,13 @@ async fn main() {
         std::env::var("GH_TOKEN").expect("GH_TOKEN wasn't set - must be set to a GitHub API token");
     let octocrab = octocrab_for_token(github_token).expect("Failed to get octocrab");
 
+    if let Some(tag) = args.only_close_existing_comments_with_tag {
+        close_existing_comments(&octocrab, &pr, &tag)
+            .await
+            .expect("Failed to close existing comments");
+        exit(0);
+    }
+
     let course_schedule = make_fake_course_schedule(pr.repo.clone());
 
     let course = CourseScheduleWithRegisterSheetId {