nilnul bak

(codename: nilnul.dev._bak_._WIN_)

Automatically bak (backup) your local repos to a collection of remote servers, such that you files would never get lost;

key features

It can

• automatically name your repo if you follow a specified structure; so you can just put your repo in a certain location, and this software can handle the rest for you (you even don't need to init it!);
• create corresponding repo on the server;
• create a bak branch in your local repo to keep your work-in-process before pushing it to the servers;
• push also other branches;
• push some branches you named as pub-* to the pub servers as you configurated; this is useful if some repo is open source one;

development

This currently targets dotnet framework 4.8.1;

To develop this:

• download this repo into a folder named, say, nilnul.dev._bak_;
• also download nilnul.dev._bak_._LIB_ and nilnul.dev._bak_._CTR_ into that folder; nilnul.dev._bak_._WIN_ is the winForm appliction, which need to “project reference” nilnul.dev._bak_._LIB_ and nilnul.dev._bak_._CTR_;
• other dependencies shall be automatically restored when you build;
• now you can run;

run

To run this, you need some configurations:

• configure a collection of disjoint folders as srcs; under each src, every repo is named after its relative path to the src;
• configure a collection of remote servers; we now support github, gitlab, azure, amazon; For some regions in east asia, github connection is not stable, so it's defaulted to ssh for pushing; for other regions, the connection can be, in our plan, defaulted to https;
• click menu "Bak -> Folders -> Srcs", your configurated srcs shall appear there; click start to begin the bakking process;

This software is currently in preview; if you have any question, open an issue;

Manual

Currently there is a user manual in Chinese: http://nilnul.com/app_/nilnul._dev_._bak_.WIN._MAN_/

You can use browser to translate it. The English version is on the way.

Licensing

Free for personal noncommercial use. For commercial use, the initial 6 months are free, and $10 per core per year afterwards.

Commercial use means:

• it is installed on a computer owned by an organization, not a person;
• or it's used as part of or in the process of a commoditiy/service that is for sale;