gitr-backup is a tool to mirror personal repositories from one Git hosting service to another. This is mainly used for backing up repositories on platforms that do not natively support pull mirrors (Gitea, GitHub, GitLab CE).
This is a successor (and rewrite) of gem-repositories. This rewrite is not complete and does not cover the entire feature set of gem-repositories:
| Platform (usage) | gitr-backup | gem-repositories |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub (source) | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| GitHub (backup) | ❌ | ✔️ |
| GitLab (source) | ❌ | ✔️ |
| GitLab (backup) | ❌ | ✔️ |
| Gitea (source) | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| Gitea (backup) | ✔️ | ✔️ |
To run this project from source:
git clone --recurse-submodules https://github.com/alixinne/gitr-backup.git
cd gitr-backup
make -C git2go install-static
go run -tags static .This project is distributed as a Docker image built using GitHub Actions.
docker run --rm -it -v $PWD/config.yaml:/config.yaml:ro ghcr.io/alixinne/gitr-backup:0.2.0This tool relies on a configuration file (config.yaml) being present in the
current directory. This configuration files describes what are the source and
destination Git hosts to mirror. Here is a sample configuration file:
hosts:
- type: github
token: $GITHUB_TOKEN # Fetched from environment variable
use_as: source
- type: gitea
base: https://gitea.example.com
token: $GITEA_API_TOKEN # Fetched from environment variable
use_as: backupIn this configuration file, repositories owned by the user whose token is
contained in the GITHUB_TOKEN environment variable will be mirrored as
repositories owned by the user whose token is GITEA_API_TOKEN on the Gitea
host gitea.example.com.
If you specify multiple source hosts, they will all be replicated to the backup hosts.
If you specify multiple backup hosts, they will all get a mirror of all the source repositories.
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