Backup a folder to a GitHub URL without deleting history on the repo or messing with merge conflicts → Keep local changes

backup_repo

#!/bin/bash

stop(){
   echo "Stopping"
   exit 1
}
cont(){
   echo "Waiting 10 seconds"
   sleep 10
}

gum confirm "Continue?" && cont || stop

# Move all files to ORIGINAL then clone to CLONED

echo "Cloning repo"

zip -r ../backup.zip ./
git config core.filemode false
mkdir ORIGINAL && ls -A | grep -v ORIGINAL | xargs -I {} mv {} ORIGINAL && mkdir CLONED && cd CLONED && git clone --filter=blob:none --no-checkout --depth 1 --sparse $(gum input --prompt="What's the URL of your repo? ") ./ && cd ..

echo "Moving files"
ls -A ORIGINAL | grep -v .git | xargs -I {} mv ORIGINAL/{} CLONED && cd CLONED

echo "Commiting files"
git add . --sparse && git commit -m "$(gum input --width 50 --placeholder "Commit message" --value="Backup $(date)" --prompt.foreground="#0ff")" -m "$(gum write --width 80 --placeholder "Details of changes (CTRL+D to finish)")"

echo "Pushing..."
gum confirm "Push to upstream?" && git push -u origin main || echo "Didn't push"

echo "Cleaning up..."
cd .. && ls -A CLONED | xargs -I {} mv CLONED/{} ./

gum confirm "Remove .git folder?" && rm -rf .git || echo "Done!"

gum confirm "Move original files to trash?" && sudo rm ORIGINAL ~/.
gum confirm "Move cloned files to trash?" && mv CLONED ~/.Trash

Requires gum