Backup all the repositories of a github user or organization automatically

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GitHub-Backup

Idea/original implementation by Chris Lockfort (clockfort@csh.rit.edu) (Github username: Clockfort)

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

Description

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

./github-backup.py USERNAME BACKUPDIR [-c|--cron] [-h|--help]

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

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You are paranoid tinfoil-hat wearer who needs to back up everything in triplicate on a variety of outdated tape media.

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.