Scripts to help you backup your repos from GitHub.
Install dependencies and log in with a PAT from GitHub
brew install jq gh
# login to gh with fine-grained personal access token;
# generate PAT https://github.com/settings/personal-access-tokens
# - Repository access: All repositories
# - Repository permissions: contents - read only ; metadata - read only
# - Account permissions: Profile - read only ; Git ssh keys - read only
gh auth login
# check login status
git auth status
Note the GitHub API Limits described here
Primary rate limit for authenticated users All of these requests count towards your personal rate limit of 5,000 requests per hour.
About secondary rate limits No more than 900 points per minute are allowed for REST API endpoints, and no more than 2,000 points per minute are allowed for the GraphQL API endpoint. No more than 90 seconds of CPU time per 60 seconds of real time is allowed. You can roughly estimate the CPU time by measuring the total response time for your API requests.
If you exceed your primary rate limit, you will receive a 403 or 429 response
Create a list of all your repos
./get_repos_lists.sh <username>- this script will search all your commits to find repos, this might take several minutes to complete
- see notes about which repos are retrievable this way
Use the output file to download clones of all repos in the list
./download_repos.sh deduped_repos.txtFine Grained PAT cannot see membership in private Orgs, or private membership in some public Orgs. Need Classic Token for that (read:org).
need this for gh api user/orgs ; gh api users/<username>/orgs only shows public memberships