Backup git repository as single bundle file

Git is capable of "bundling" its data into a single file. The bundle command will package up everything that would normally be pushed over the wire with a git push command into a binary file that you can email to someone or put on a flash drive, then unbundle into another repository.

Following bash function will clone repository and create one signle bundle file with nice name:

#!/bin/bash

function git_backup() {	
	target=$(echo ${1#*:} | tr / _)		
	git clone --mirror $1 ${target} && cd ${target}
	git bundle create ${2-../}/${target%%.git}.bundle --all
	cd - && rm -rf ${target}
}

Usage:

git_backup git@github.com:OzzyCzech/dotfiles.git ~/Downloads/

PS: Note that git bundle only copies commits that lead to some reference (branch or tag) in the repository. So tangling commits are not stored to the bundle.

You can also create nice alias in .gitconfig file:

[alias]
  backup="!gb() { target=$(echo ${1#*:} | tr / _); git clone --mirror $1 ${target} && cd ${target}; git bundle create ${2-../}/${target%%.git}.bundle --all; cd - && rm -rf ${target}; }; gb"

For more informtion view https://github.com/OzzyCzech/dotfiles

Backup whole GitHub account

You can use GitHub API to get list of all user repos. Then you have to apply all your bash magic power to getting right names from that.

curl -s https://api.github.com/users/OzzyCzech/repos | json_pp | grep full_name | cut -d\" -f4

Or there are a number of tools specifically designed for the purpose of manipulating JSON from the command line. One of the best seems to me jq

for repo in $(curl -s https://api.github.com/users/OzzyCzech/repos | jq -r ".[].ssh_url")
do  
  git backup $repo /Volumes/Backup/git
done;

Restore

You can difectly clone repository from bundle file:

git clone my-super-file.bundle directory

#git #bash