ghbu: GitHub Backup

Usage

Backup the repositories owned by user joe:

$ GITHUB_TOKEN=0123abc ghbu --to ~/github-backup --keyfile ~/.ssh/id_ed25519 --user joe

Backup the repositories owned by organization acme:

$ GITHUB_TOKEN=0123abc ghbu --to ~/github-backup --keyfile ~/.ssh/id_ed25519 --org acme

Dependencies

• git2: clone and fetch Git repositories
• reqwest: request repositories from GitHub API
• serde_json: unmarshal GitHub API payloads
• clap: parse command line arguments

TODO

• Concurrency
  • interleave API calls with cloning/fetching of repositories
• Extension
  • implement for GitLab API
  • implement for Gitea API
  • consider supporting HTTPS credentials
  • consider supporting SSH Key from Agent
  • add support for SSH Passphrase (as environment variable)