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# Usage: | |
# | |
# 1. Get a personal access token with repo scope and place it in GITHUB_TOKEN | |
# 2. Run `backup-github /abs/path/to/dir` to backup repos to the given dir | |
backup-github () { | |
local target="$1" | |
local name='' | |
local url='' | |
local dir='' | |
github-repos | while read -r name url ; do | |
dir="$target/$name.git" | |
if [[ -d "$dir" ]] ; then | |
cd "$dir" | |
git fetch --prune --verbose origin | |
cd - | |
else | |
mkdir -p "$(dirname "$dir")" | |
git clone --mirror "$url" "$dir" | |
fi | |
done | |
} | |
GITHUB_REPO_URL='https://api.github.com/user/repos' | |
github-repos () { | |
local page=1 | |
local response='' | |
while :; do | |
response="$(curl -s "$GITHUB_REPO_URL?page=$page" -H "Authorization: Bearer $GITHUB_TOKEN")" | |
if [[ $(jq 'length' <<<"$response") -eq 0 ]] ; then | |
return | |
else | |
jq -r '.[] | .full_name + " " + .ssh_url' <<<"$response" | |
let page=page+1 | |
fi | |
done | |
} |
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