A cli tool to back up all the user repositories on GitHub
- Written in :
- Available for :
- Simply run on command line with arguments
- You can set it up along with cron, task scheduler etc. for auto backups
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Run the executable via command line only
| flag | required | default | description |
|---|---|---|---|
| -p, --path | no | current working directory | provide complete path for where to store backup zip/folder |
| -nz, --nozip | no | false | whether to zip all the repo together or keep them in a folder only; by default it will zip |
| -n, --name | no | backup-{YYYY-MM-DD-HH-mm-ss} | name of folder/zip; more details in Dynamic Name |
| -u, --utc | no | false | use utc timezone for formatting time; default is system |
| -t, --token | YES | - | user github token with all repo access; more details in Github Token |
| -c, --concurrent | no | 2 | no of concurrent repo download operations |
The name of the zip/folder can be dynamic based on current date time. You can provide the dynamic timestamp within {} & it will be automatically parsed to get current values.
- Always provide the name & path in
''or"" - example
./github-backup-win.exe -t abcd -n 'backup-{YYYY}' - The timestamp values is based on moment.js ; refer to moment docs for creating timestamp
- You can have multiple timestamp in name
- example
backup-{YYYY}-xyz-{MM}abxd{DD}will give result backup-2024-xyz-01abxd25
- example
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with path
./github-backup-win.exe -t abcd -p 'E:\' -
no zip
./github-backup-win.exe -t abcd -nz -
utc timestamp
./github-backup-win.exe -t abcd -n '{YY-MM-DD}' -u -
concurrent operations (10 parallel downloads)
./github-backup-win.exe -t abcd -c 10 -
with all options (short or long form can be interchanged)
./github-backup-win.exe --token abcd --path 'E:\' --name 'backup-{MM}-{DD}' --nozip --utc
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github-backup is free and unencumbered public domain software.
For more information, see https://unlicense.org/ or the accompanying UNLICENSE file.
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