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fix: case-sensitive username filtering causing silent backup failures #456

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4 changes: 3 additions & 1 deletion github_backup/github_backup.py
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Expand Up @@ -1587,7 +1587,9 @@ def filter_repositories(args, unfiltered_repositories):
repositories = []
for r in unfiltered_repositories:
# gists can be anonymous, so need to safely check owner
if r.get("owner", {}).get("login") == args.user or r.get("is_starred"):
# Use case-insensitive comparison to match GitHub's case-insensitive username behavior
owner_login = r.get("owner", {}).get("login", "")
if owner_login.lower() == args.user.lower() or r.get("is_starred"):
repositories.append(r)

name_regex = None
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