Simple shell script to backup all GitHub repos for the specified user or organization

Well, there are many solutions, which will not only backup your repositories but also prepare a pizza for you and clean after itself. Here is a very simple Bash script to perform this task easily with few questions in one go. Nothing more.

Just run:

./github-backup.sh -u <repo-user> -l <login-user>

to get all repositories from user repo-user logging into GitHub as login-user (you will be prompted for your login password).

./github-backup.sh -o <repo-org> -l <login-user>

to get all repositories from organization repo-org.

You will get a tgz archive of all GitHub repos in your current folder. It's simple!

You can also use the --debug option to enable Bash debugging (set -x) and use the -t option to specify the type of repositories you want to back up (for a user-based repository, one of all, owner, or member; for an organization, one of all, public, private, forks, sources, or member). The default type is all.

Enjoy!