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backup a github user or organization

Project description

backup a github user or organization

Requirements

  • GIT 1.9+

Installation

Using PIP via PyPI:

pip install github-backup

Using PIP via Github:

pip install git+https://github.com/josegonzalez/python-github-backup.git#egg=github-backup

Usage

CLI Usage is as follows:

github-backup [-h] [-u USERNAME] [-p PASSWORD] [-t TOKEN]
              [-o OUTPUT_DIRECTORY] [-i] [--starred] [--watched]
              [--all] [--issues] [--issue-comments] [--issue-events]
              [--pulls] [--pull-comments] [--pull-commits] [--labels]
              [--hooks] [--milestones] [--repositories] [--wikis]
              [--skip-existing] [-L [LANGUAGES [LANGUAGES ...]]]
              [-N NAME_REGEX] [-H GITHUB_HOST] [-O] [-R REPOSITORY]
              [-P] [-F] [--prefer-ssh] [-v]
              USER

Backup a github account

positional arguments:
  USER                  github username

optional arguments:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  -u USERNAME, --username USERNAME
                        username for basic auth
  -p PASSWORD, --password PASSWORD
                        password for basic auth. If a username is given but
                        not a password, the password will be prompted for.
  -t TOKEN, --token TOKEN
                        personal access or OAuth token
  -o OUTPUT_DIRECTORY, --output-directory OUTPUT_DIRECTORY
                        directory at which to backup the repositories
  -i, --incremental     incremental backup
  --starred             include starred repositories in backup
  --watched             include watched repositories in backup
  --all                 include everything in backup
  --issues              include issues in backup
  --issue-comments      include issue comments in backup
  --issue-events        include issue events in backup
  --pulls               include pull requests in backup
  --pull-comments       include pull request review comments in backup
  --pull-commits        include pull request commits in backup
  --labels              include labels in backup
  --hooks               include hooks in backup (works only when
                        authenticated)
  --milestones          include milestones in backup
  --repositories        include repository clone in backup
  --wikis               include wiki clone in backup
  --skip-existing       skip project if a backup directory exists
  -L [LANGUAGES [LANGUAGES ...]], --languages [LANGUAGES [LANGUAGES ...]]
                        only allow these languages
  -N NAME_REGEX, --name-regex NAME_REGEX
                        python regex to match names against
  -H GITHUB_HOST, --github-host GITHUB_HOST
                        GitHub Enterprise hostname
  -O, --organization    whether or not this is an organization user
  -R REPOSITORY, --repository REPOSITORY
                        name of repository to limit backup to
  -P, --private         include private repositories
  -F, --fork            include forked repositories
  --prefer-ssh          Clone repositories using SSH instead of HTTPS
  -v, --version         show program's version number and exit

The package can be used to backup an entire organization or repository, including issues and wikis in the most appropriate format (clones for wikis, json files for issues).

Authentication

Note: Password-based authentication will fail if you have two-factor authentication enabled.

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