Backup GitHub

github-backup.sh

#!/bin/bash

# Set the value of USER_NAME variable to your username
export USERNAME="Your username"

# Set the value of ACCESS_TOKEN variable to your access token
export ACCESS_TOKEN="Your access token"


# Get the script directory
script_directory="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)"

# Set the backup directory name with the current date
backup_directory="backup/$(date +'%Y-%m-%d')"

# Check if the github-backup package is installed
if pip3 show github-backup > /dev/null 2>&1; then
    echo "Updating github-backup..."
    pip3 install --upgrade github-backup
else
    echo "Installing github-backup..."
    pip3 install github-backup
fi

# Run the github-backup command
echo "Running github-backup..."
github-backup $USERNAME --token $ACCESS_TOKEN --output-directory "$script_directory/$backup_directory" --repositories --private --starred --gist

# Create a tar archive of the backup directory
echo "Creating backup archive..."
tar -czvf "$script_directory/$backup_directory.tar.gz" -C "$script_directory" "$backup_directory"

# Remove the backup directory
echo "Deleting backup directory..."
rm -rf "$script_directory/$backup_directory"