diff --git a/scripts/archive-branches.sh b/scripts/archive-branches.sh
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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+set -euo pipefail
+IFS=$'\n\t'
+
+org=filecoin-project
+repo=lotus
+arch_repo="$org/lotus-archived"
+api_repo="repos/$org/$repo"
+
+exclusions=(
+	'master'
+)
+
+gh_api_next() {
+	links=$(grep '^Link:' | sed -e 's/Link: //' -e 's/, /\n/g')
+	echo "$links" | grep '; rel="next"' >/dev/null || return
+	link=$(echo "$links" | grep '; rel="next"' | sed -e 's/^<//' -e 's/>.*//')
+
+	curl -n -f -sD >(gh_api_next) "$link"
+}
+
+gh_api() {
+	curl -n -f -sD >(gh_api_next) "https://api.github.com/$1" | jq -s '[.[] | .[]]'
+}
+
+pr_branches() {
+	gh_api "$api_repo/pulls" |  jq -r '.[].head.label | select(test("^'"$org"':"))' \
+		| sed 's/^'"$org"'://'
+}
+
+origin_refs() {
+	format=${1-'%(refname:short)'}
+
+	git for-each-ref --format "$format" refs/remotes/origin | sed 's|^origin/||'
+}
+
+active_branches() {
+	origin_refs '%(refname:short) %(committerdate:unix)' |awk \
+'	BEGIN { monthAgo = systime() - 31*24*60*60 }
+	{ if ($2 > monthAgo) print $1 }
+'
+}
+
+git remote add archived "git@github.com:$arch_repo.git" || true
+
+branches_to_move="$(cat <(active_branches) <(pr_branches) <((IFS=$'\n'; echo "${exclusions[*]}")) | sort -u | comm - <(origin_refs | sort) -13)"
+
+echo "================"
+printf "%s\n" "$branches_to_move"
+echo "================"
+
+echo "Please confirm move of above branches [y/N]:"
+
+read -r line
+case "$line" in
+  [Yy]|[Yy][Ee][Ss]) ;;
+  *) exit 1 ;;
+esac
+
+
+printf "%s\n" "$branches_to_move" | \
+while read -r ref; do
+		git push archived "origin/$ref:refs/heads/$ref/$(date --rfc-3339=date)"
+		git push origin --delete "$ref"
+	done
+