====== Github Config File Repos ======

 //[[gm4slv@gm4slv.plus.com|John Pumford-Green]] Tue May  3 20:09:19 2022//



  - New GitHub account [[https://github.com/gm4slv]]
  - Upload ssh ip_rsa.pub to Git account
  - create GitHub repository for each machine (more later)
  - Create a "backup" folder hierarchy ''~/backup/config/'', ''~/backup/data/'' and ''~/backup/bin/''
  - create Git repository in the ''~/backup/data/'' directory 
  - put script in ''~/backup/bin/copy_files.sh''

Inspired by : [[https://helgeklein.com/blog/linux-config-file-version-control-backup-on-github/]]


<code bash>
#!/bin/bash

# Remove all previously copied files and folders (excluding metadata) in the current (backup) directory
find /home/gm4slv/backup/data -maxdepth 1 -mindepth 1 -not -iname ".git" -not -iname ".ssh" | xargs --no-run-if-empty rm -r

# Copy the files and directories on the list to the current (backup) directory
# xargs does not start a shell, so we need to do it ourselves or globbing won't be available
# Enable globstar (two asterisks = recurse into subdirectories) and include files starting with a dot in filename expansion
cat /home/gm4slv/backup/config/backup_src.txt | xargs -I % bash -c "shopt -s globstar dotglob; cp --parents -R % ."

</code>

  - put list of files to be git-backed up in ''~/backup/config/backup_src.txt''

<code bash>
/etc/hosts
/etc/resolv.conf
/home/gm4slv/codeplugs/
/home/gm4slv/python_lost_found/
</code>

  - put another script ''~/git_backup.sh'' in home directory, to fire it all off in the correct order

<code bash>
#!/bin/bash
#
DATE=`date +%c`

cd ~/backup/data
../bin/copy_files.sh
git add --all
git commit -m "updated $DATE"
git push
 </code>


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