Show HN: Backup your public GitHub repositories with GitHub-backup
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Re: Show HN: Backup your public GitHub repositories with GitHub-backup
#2Aren't your repos already backed up locally? I mean that is where I created them...
Re: Show HN: Backup your public GitHub repositories with GitHub-backup
#3Aren't your repos already backed up locally? I mean that is where I created them...
Not when you use several different computers, or when you're done with an old project and delete your local copy.
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#5Are there really people whose ONLY copy of a project is on GitHub? If so, I think they're not doing distributed version control correctly.
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#6Are there really people whose ONLY copy of a project is on GitHub? If so, I think they're not doing distributed version control correctly.
I have old projects on GitHub that I haven't touched for a few years. They are things that I don't really care about if I lost them though.
Re: Show HN: Backup your public GitHub repositories with GitHub-backup
#7Are there really people whose ONLY copy of a project is on GitHub? If so, I think they're not doing distributed version control correctly.
This tool helps you stay distributed by keeping a server somewhere that constantly backs up all your repos. With this you can't accidentally forget to make a copy if you make a quick repo in a coffee shop somewhere, and delete the local copy days later when you're cleaning up.
Re: Show HN: Backup your public GitHub repositories with GitHub-backup
#8Are there really people whose ONLY copy of a project is on GitHub? If so, I think they're not doing distributed version control correctly.
This tool helps you stay distributed by keeping a server somewhere that constantly backs up all your repos. With this you can't accidentally forget to make a copy if you make a quick repo in a coffee shop somewhere, and delete the local copy days later when you're cleaning up.
Or you could mirror to multiple repositories with one push. I write about how to use Github & Bitbucket simultaneously here:
http://deanclatworthy.com/2013/01/how-to-avoid-relying-on-gi...
Re: Show HN: Backup your public GitHub repositories with GitHub-backup
#9Earlier quoted context omitted.
This tool helps you stay distributed by keeping a server somewhere that constantly backs up all your repos. With this you can't accidentally forget to make a copy if you make a quick repo in a coffee shop somewhere, and delete the local copy days later when you're cleaning up.
Or you could mirror to multiple repositories with one push. I write about how to use Github & Bitbucket simultaneously here: http://deanclatworthy.com/2013/01/how-to-avoid-relying-on-gi...
Wow, that's a pretty neat approach! How well does that work with multiple people?
Re: Show HN: Backup your public GitHub repositories with GitHub-backup
#10I released this as a product a few years ago and subsequently open sourced it. With a bit of work, it could be a good little web app to run on your own server to manage repo backups.