GitHub-Backup

Description

GitHub-Backup makes a local backup copy of all of a github user's (or github organization's) repositories.

Dependencies

GitHub-Backup requires the PyGitHub Python package for the GitHub API v3.

Installation is simple with

pip install git+https://github.com/clockfort/GitHub-Backup

Usage

usage: github-backup [-h] [-v {all,public,private}]
                        [-a {owner,collaborator,organization_member}] [-d]
                        [-q] [-m] [-f] [-g ARGS [ARGS ...]]
                        [-t {git,http,ssh}] [-s SUFFIX] [-p PASSWORD]
                        [-P PREFIX] [-o ORG]
                        login_or_token backupdir

makes a backup of all of a github user's repositories

positional arguments:
  login_or_token        A Github username or token
  backupdir             The folder where you want your backups to go

optional arguments:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  -v {all,public,private}, --visibility {all,public,private}
                        Filter repos by their visibility
  -a {owner,collaborator,organization_member}, --affiliation {owner,collaborator,organization_member}
                        Filter repos by their affiliation
  -d, --debug           Show debug info
  -q, --quiet           Only show errors
  -m, --mirror          Create a bare mirror
  -f, --skip-forks      Skip forks
  -g ARGS [ARGS ...], --git ARGS [ARGS ...]
                        Pass extra arguments to git
  -t {git,http,ssh}, --type {git,http,ssh}
                        Select the protocol for cloning
  -s SUFFIX, --suffix SUFFIX
                        Add suffix to repository directory names
  -p PASSWORD, --password PASSWORD
                        Authenticate with Github API
  -P PREFIX, --prefix PREFIX
                        Add prefix to repository directory names
  -o ORG, --organization ORG
                        Backup Organizational repositories

Then, put it in a cron job somewhere and forget about it for eternity.

How To Back Up Entire GitHub Organisation Repos

1. Install Dependencies: sudo pip install pygithub3
2. Clone this repo using $ git clone https://github.com/clockfort/GitHub-Backup.git
3. Just open the cloned repo folder and run the terminal:

./github-backup.py [Your GitHub Username] [Path To Saving Directory] -o [For Organisation]

Example:

github-backup mohamed786 /home/mohamed786/githubbak -o LineageOS

Use a a personal access token (PAT) instead of your password

You can generate a dedicated personal access token instead of using your GitHub password.

Follow the steps described here in the GitHub documentation and use the token instead of your password. Using a PAT can also work around issues when two factor authentication (TFA) is enabled on your account.

Why This Software Exists

This software is useful in many cases:

• GitHub suddenly explodes.
• GitHub goes out of business.
• Your corporation's backup policies are more stringent than GitHub's.
• You have spotty/no internet access - perhaps you'd like to have all of your repositories available to code on while you ride the train?
• You are paranoid tinfoil-hat wearer who needs to back up everything in triplicate on a variety of outdated tape media.

Questions, Improvements, Etc

If you have any improvements, I'm happy, (grateful, in fact) to entertain pull requests/patches, just drop me a line or message me on GitHub.

Contributors

Idea/original implementation by

• Chris Lockfort (clockfort@csh.rit.edu) (Github: Clockfort) (Original idea)

• Anthony Gargiulo (anthony@agargiulo.com) (Github: agargiulo) (Python version)

• Steffen Vogel (post@steffenvogel.de) (Github: stv0g) (A lot of patches and improvements)