gobackup-github

gobackup-github

Go program that utilizes the Github API to backup all repositories for a user. In addition, it can backup starred repositories and gists.

Setup

1. Create a Github personal access token with the following scopes: read:user, repo
2. Either download a binary for your system from releases, or build the program yourself with go build
3. Create a .env file
4. Add GITHUB_TOKEN = TOKEN to .env (replace TOKEN with your token)
5. Run the binary in the same folder as your .env file

CLI Examples

These are examples, for full usage info, run gobackup-github --help

• gobackup-github - Use the interactive UI
• gobackup-github backup repos - Backup your repositories
• gobackup-github backup gists - Backup your gists
• gobackup-github backup stars - Backup your starred repositories
• gobackup-github repos stars - Backup your repositories and your starred repositories
• gobackup-github backup --create-list --no-clone repos stars - Record the names and URLs of starred and owned repositories, without cloning them

Docker

This program can also be run in Docker.
To pull the program, run docker pull ghcr.io/slashtechno/gobackup-github:latest
An example of running the program in Docker:

docker run --rm -it --name gobackup-github -v ${PWD}/backups:/backups --env-file ${PWD}/.env ghcr.io/slashtechno/gobackup-github gobackup-github backup -d /backups -c repos gists

It can also run with a loop that runs every 24 hours:

docker run -it -d --name gobackup-github -v ${PWD}/backups:/backups --env-file ${PWD}/.env ghcr.io/slashtechno/gobackup-github gobackup-github backup -d /backups -r -c repos gists

Why?

I wanted a simple way to backup my Github repositories. I also wanted to learn Go and APIs. Thus, I started this project as a way to create my first Go project, use the Github API, and make a utility to backup Github repositories.