Github backup

Back up all your github repositories in a directory on your disk.

Installation

• Generate a personal access token to access the Github API here: https://github.com/settings/tokens.

• Tick: repo Full control of private repositories and click on Generate.

• Create an environment variable with this freshly created token: export GITHUB_TOKEN="MY_GITHUB_TOKEN".

• Run this command to install the package: pip install github-back-up.

Usage

Usage: gitbackup [OPTIONS] COMMAND [ARGS]...

Options:
  --help  Show this message and exit.

Commands:
  clone_all  Clone all the repositories.
  pull_all   Pull from all previously cloned repositories.

Example

• Clone all your public/private repositories to a timestamp-ed directory: gitbackup clone_all.

• Clone all your public/private repositories to the directory here: gitbackup clone_all --clone_dir here.

• Update a backup directory in the directory here: gitbackup pull_all here.