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Automatic daily backup from production site to GitHub
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| # Shell script to automatically backup current branch to GitHub | |
| # `:!storage` — on zero-downtime sites storage/ is a symlink to shared storage. Git can't | |
| # descend a symlink, so a bare `git add .` stages the tracked storage/**/.gitignore skeleton | |
| # as deleted. Excluding the path keeps "catch everything" for everything that matters. | |
| git add -A -- ':!storage' | |
| git commit -m "[BOT] Automatic backup via cronjob" | |
| git push | |
| # Instructions | |
| # https://gist.github.com/wesort/dfbf15e892e8df1708cdd0c0ee73c74a |
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Example implementation using Scheduler in Laravel Forge
cd ~/example.com/ && ./autobackup.sh > /dev/null
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Honestly think I will go this route, thanks for the gist :)
tried making Spock work all day today and it just won't work well for some reason. Will try your way