I will show how to do a of with backup your GitHub repositories python-github-backup Why to bother with a backup of GitHub I can already see that there will be comments regarding why to do the backup of . GitHub “It is a waste of time.” “GitHub internally already have backups.” (I hope so) “They will not lose your code” (But maybe I will) “They will not go overnight out of business.” Response to all those comments is: You will not be worst off if you have your own backup. If forever reason (GitHub go under, all repositories deleted by accident, alien attack) GitHub is not available anymore, I have my own backup of code that I have written. Paid solution If you are looking for a paid solution, looks like a good solution. I have no experience with BackHub, nor am I in any way associated with it. BackHub Free solution After researching I have decided to go with because it had more stars and contributors on GitHub than other projects. all available options python-github-backup I have used the number of stars and contributors on GitHub as the assumption that is more in use than other solutions so there are more people who will continue to support it in future. python-github-backup In order to access your GitHub personal data, you need to have a . personal access token After that, you can install it with : (I have installed it in separate virtualenv) pip/pipenv or pipenv install github-backup pip install github-backup Run it with: /full/path/github_backup/venv/bin/github-backup sasa-buklijas -t your_personal_access_token -o /full/path/github_backup --all This command will backup all your GitHub information to . /full/path/github_backup directory It would be tiresome to run this command every day, so I have automated it on . my online hosting Crontab My usecase: 15 00 * * * /full/path/github_backup/venv/bin/github-backup sasa-buklijas -t your_personal_access_token -o /full/path/github_backup --all > /full/path/github_backup/last_log.txt is used to have an output of the last backup command. can be used to have outputs of all backup commands, but I have found that having just last one is enough. > /full/path/github_backup/last_log.txt >> Conclusion “You will not be worse off if you have your own backup.” Do you have backups of your own personal GitHub repositories, if you have, what do you use for backup? Originally published at buklijas.info on August 1, 2018.
