This application makes it easy to back up GitHub repositories locally.
This application will back up every repository the provided token has access to. The backup will be a zip archive of the repository.
This application will only update the backup if the repository's default branch has changed.
Generate a GitHub token that is able to read the repositories that you want to back up.
Add that token to a file at the root of the repo called credentials.json.
This file should be gitignored, so you will need to create this file.
There is an example file you can use for reference:
cp credentials.json.example credentials.jsonAfter setting up your virtual environment and installing the requirements, you can run the back-up with the following command:
python3 -m githubbackup