repoBackup

backup script for all your public & private repository on github

Clone repo

git clone https://github.com/ambersun1234/repoBackup.git

Flags

• -u, --user: github account's user name
• -t, --token: Personal Access Token( PAT ) file location
• -l, --location: backup storage location( e.g. /mnt/mystorage/backup )
• --help: bring up help manual

Notes

• make sure that curl is installed in your machine
  • install curl by sudo apt install curl -y
• for backup private repository , please generate your Personal Access Token(PAT) first , store the PAT into your local machine , and add -t flag in execution.
  creating a personal access token for the command line

Running

cd repoBackup
chmod +x autoBackupGitHub.sh
./autoBackupGitHub.sh -u YOUR_GITHUB_USER_NAME -l /PATH/TO/STORAGE -t ./YOUR_PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN_FILE

Auto Running

• configure parameter
  • open run.sh file , in the final line , change YOUR_GITHUB_USER_NAME and /PATH/TO/STORAGE and YOUR_PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN_FILE( if needed )
• setup crontab to auto run backup script

crontab -e
0 0 * * 1 bash ./repoBackup/run.sh > /home/USER/.cron.log 2>&1

• save and exit , no need to restart crontab
• this will run for every monday at 00:00
• the log file will be written to /home/USER/.cron.log , check it out using cat ~/.cron.log

License

This project is licensed under GNU General Public License v3.0 License - see the LICENSE file for detail