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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 pygithub3
a Python library for the GitHub API v3.
Installation is simple with
pip install pygithub3
Usage
usage: github-backup.py [-h] [-c] [-m] [-S] [-g ARGS] [-s SUFFIX] [-P PREFIX]
[-p PASSWORD] [-t TOKEN] [-o ORG]
username backupdir
makes a backup of all of a github user's repositories
positional arguments:
username A Github username
backupdir The folder where you want your backups to go
optional arguments:
-h, --help show this help message and exit
-c, --cron Use this when running from a cron job
-m, --mirror Create a bare mirror
-S, --ssh Use SSH protocol
-g ARGS, --git ARGS Pass extra arguments to git
-s SUFFIX, --suffix SUFFIX
Add suffix to repository directory names
-P PREFIX, --prefix PREFIX
Add prefix to repository directory names
-p PASSWORD, --password PASSWORD
Authenticate with Github API
-t TOKEN, --token TOKEN
OAuth token for authentification
-o ORG, --organization ORG
Backup Organizational repositories
Then, put it in a cron job somewhere and forget about it for eternity.
Why This Software Exists
This software is useful in many cases:
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GitHub suddenly explodes.
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GitHub goes out of business.
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Your corporation's backup policies are more stringent than GitHub's.
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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?
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You are paranoid tinfoil-hat wearer who needs to back up everything in triplicate on a variety of outdated tape media.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
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Chris Lockfort (clockfort@csh.rit.edu) (Github: Clockfort) (Original idea)
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Anthony Gargiulo (anthony@agargiulo.com) (Github: agargiulo) (Python version)
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Steffen Vogel (post@steffenvogel.de) (Github: stv0g) (A lot of patches and improvements)