codeniko / simple-backup

Backup for non developers

simple-backup

A simple backup script. Place the shell file into a directory you want to backup and run. Backs up all files and directories where script is located. Useful for non-developers like designers.

First time usage setup

You must first setup the environment. You only have to do this once.

1. Install git cli tool
2. Install git lfs from https://git-lfs.github.com/
3. chmod u+x simple-backup.sh to set user executable permission on shell file

Usage for each directory to backup

1. copy simple-backup.sh into directory where backup is needed.
2. create a github repository and make note of its name
3. ./simple-backup.sh in the directory you want to backup

Alternatively, if you're not a developer or familiar with the terminal commands, you can do it all from Finder. Right click the simple-backup.sh file, and then select Open with in the menu. Choose Utilities/Terminal and select the box underneath to always open this type of file with the selected program. Then, whenever you want to backup your directory, simply double click the simple-backup.sh file.

Instructions for large files

This script uses Git Large File Storage (git-lfs) which allows you to version control large files up to 2GB each. At the moment, it is set to only track files with the .sketch extension.