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GitHub Repository Bookup Tool
This is a lightweight command line interface for backing up a GitHub user's repositories. Depending on permissions provided during authentication, the tool can backup public and private repositories. It will also update existing backups by pulling changes from the remote repository.
The tool is writting in C# and uses the Octokit.net library to interact with the GitHub API.
Requirements
The tool requires a GitHub Personal Access Token to be provided as an input to the script. The token can be generated from Developer Settings within your GitHub account.
This tool will adapt its behavior based on the permissions of the provided token. For example, if a token is fine-grained and only allows access to repositories owned by the account holder, repositories owned by your organizations will not be backed up.
Usage
If dotnet is installed on the host device, the tool can be run directly using the dotnet CLI. Otherwise, the tool is available as a self-contained executable. The tool can be run from the command line or from a batch file.
Caveats
For now, the tool will only back up repositories to the system drive of a given device. Direct backup to USB drives and network drives is not yet supported.
The tool does not download associated packages or artifacts (i.e. node_modules, nuget packages, etc). This is a deliberate choice to keep the footprint of the backup small.