backup-github.sh

#!/bin/sh
#By krabelize | cryptsus.com
#Create automatic backup to GitHub for the httpd directory. Tested on OpenBSD 6.6
#Check your GitHub repo security settings. Select a public or private repo
#Generate a unique GitHub personal access tokens which is used as your password
#Perform a git clone in /var/www/ the first time after creating the repo on github.com
#chown -R $username:$username .git/ to execute the git command without root user
#Edit crontab with the following entry. Run this script every night at 03:00
#crontab -e
#0 3 * * * * /home/$username/backup-rsync.sh

#Variables
source="/var/www/htdocs"
username="username"
github_token="GITHUB_TOKEN_HERE"
credentials="$username:$github_token"
destination="github.com/$username/htdocs.git"
backupdate=$(date +"%d-%m-%Y")

cd $source
git config --global user.name $username
git init $source
if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
    git add -u
    git add *
    git commit --author="$username system cronjob sync <>" -m $backupdate
    git push -f https://$credentials@$destination master
    if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
        logger "[OK - Backup] GitHub backup successful"
        exit 0
    else
        logger "[FAILED - Backup] GitHub backup script failed. Please check your backup script or system settings"
        exit 1
    fi
else
    logger "[FAILED - Backup] GitHub backup script failed. Please check your backup script or system settings"
    exit 1
fi