gh-stars-backup

Why?

I needed a way to backup all my starred repositories from Github in case they'll be taken down or made private.

What?

This binary clones (pulls if they're already cloned) all your starred repos from github.

How?

The binary lists all your starred repositories and calls git clone for each of them.
If they already exist, it calls git pull instead.

Requirements

• you must have git installed.
• you will need a Github PAT (personal access token) with scope repo and user.
  • creating a github PAT

Installation

• if you have go installed: go install github.com/DeluxeOwl/gh-stars-backup@latest
• install the binary for your OS from the github releases tab.

Usage

$ ./gh-stars-backup --help
Usage of gh-stars-backup:
  -clone-args string
        arguments for git clone
  -dir-format string
        go template that specifies the format of git directories (default "{{.RepoName}} [{{.RepoAuthor}}]")
  -gh-pat string
        github pat token, scope: repo & user
  -limit int
        goroutine limiter for cloning/pulling repos (default 16)
  -output-dir string
        the directory where the repos will be saved (default "./")
  -pull-args string
        arguments for git pull

It also takes the flags as environment variables if available, transform the flags to uppercase (ex: CLONE_ARGS)

As a binary

./gh-stars-backup -gh-pat=<your_pat_token> -clone-args="--depth 1" -dir-format="{{.RepoName}}_{{.RepoAuthor}}" -output-dir="./ghbackup" | tee out.txt
# or with an env variable only
GH_PAT=<my_pat_token> ./gh-stars-backup

As a docker image

docker build -t gh-stars-backup .

docker run -v `pwd`/test:/ghstars gh-stars-backup -gh-pat=<your_pat_token> -output-dir="./ghstars"
# or if you dont want to build it
docker run -v `pwd`/test:/ghstars nospamplease/gh-stars-backup -gh-pat=<your_pat_token> -output-dir="./ghstars"

As a cronjob

5 13 * * * /path/to/gh-stars-backup -gh-pat=<your_pat_token> -output-dir=<directory_where_you_want_to_save>

As a cronjob in kubernetes

kubectl apply -f https://raw.githubusercontent.com/DeluxeOwl/gh-stars-backup/main/cronjob.yaml

apiVersion: batch/v1
kind: CronJob
metadata:
  name: gh-stars-backup
spec:
  schedule: "5 13 * * *"
  jobTemplate:
    spec:
      template:
        spec:
          containers:
            - name: gh-stars-backup
              image: nospamplease/gh-stars-backup
              imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
              command:
                - /bin/sh
                - -c
                - /gh-stars-backup
              env:
                - name: GH_PAT
                  value: <your_pat_token>
          restartPolicy: OnFailure

Development

I use taskfile as a glorified command runner.