An automation script to backup game saves to Github every hour, in case any of the files have been modified since the last commit.

BackupScript

0 * * * * "/mnt/c/Github and Git/saves/savescript.sh"

savescript.sh

#!/bin/bash
#Consider that this script starts in my WSL home directory
cd "/mnt/c/Github and Git/saves/game-saves"
# Set the log file path
log_file="/mnt/c/Github and Git/saves/log.txt"
# Update the repository
git pull origin main >> "$log_file" 2>&1
output=$(git status)
# Check for changes
if [[ $output == *"working tree clean"* ]]; then
  echo "Saves unchanged" >> "$log_file" 2>&1
else
  # Changes detected, add, commit, and push
  git add . >> "$log_file" 2>&1
  git commit -m "Auto-commit changes" >> "$log_file" 2>&1
  git push origin main >> "$log_file" 2>&1
  echo "Changes committed and pushed to GitHub."
fi