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Bjwebb / backup-github.sh
Last active October 23, 2017 15:40 — forked from rodw/backup-github.sh
#!/bin/bash
# A simple script to backup an organization's GitHub repositories.
GHBU_BACKUP_DIR=${GHBU_BACKUP_DIR-"github-backups"} # where to place the backup files
GHBU_ORG=${GHBU_ORG-"IATI"} # the GitHub organization whose repos will be backed up
GHBU_UNAME=${GHBU_UNAME-"bjwebb"} # the username of a GitHub account (to use with the GitHub API)
#GHBU_PASSWD=${GHBU_PASSWD-""} # the password for that account
GHBU_GITHOST=${GHBU_GITHOST-"github.com"} # the GitHub hostname (see notes)
GHBU_PRUNE_OLD=${GHBU_PRUNE_OLD-true} # when `true`, old backups will be deleted
GHBU_PRUNE_AFTER_N_DAYS=${GHBU_PRUNE_AFTER_N_DAYS-3} # the min age (in days) of backup files to delete