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Anthony Gargiulo a248ae726d Works with new repos. Still need to make it update existing repos. As of 
right now, it will just fail because git will fail to clone into a
non-empty directory.
2012-06-18 01:15:54 -04:00
github-backup.pl fixed a hardcoding mistake and accomodate for https 2011-10-24 16:04:33 -04:00
github-backup.py Works with new repos. Still need to make it update existing repos. As of 2012-06-18 01:15:54 -04:00
README.markdown minor changes to error handling 2010-07-13 14:33:45 -04:00

README.markdown

GitHub-Backup

By Chris Lockfort (devnull@csh.rit.edu) (Github username: Clockfort)

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

Usage

"./github-backup.pl USERNAME BACKUP_DIRECTORY"

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:

  • 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  • You are paranoid tinfoil-hat wearer who needs to back up everything in triplicate on a variety of outdated tape media.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.