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    rkorell @sdetweil
    last edited by Mar 3, 2025, 3:57 PM

    @sdetweil said in Question about backup script:

    if i find extra files i need a place to store them, so the module name for a folder is created

    Thanks for this explanation - this is what I had assumed.

    Regards,
    Ralf

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      rkorell @sdetweil
      last edited by Mar 3, 2025, 3:58 PM

      @sdetweil said in Question about backup script:

      how to use git config

      OK, thanks.
      I had understood that this is a config of your scripts, sorry.

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        sdetweil @rkorell
        last edited by Mar 3, 2025, 4:00 PM

        @rkorell no… you can store config settings for git (the source code repository tool MagicMirror uses and most modules use (…git clone))
        and the way to make the repository that the backup uses

        Sam

        How to add modules

        learning how to use browser developers window for css changes

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          rkorell @sdetweil
          last edited by rkorell Mar 3, 2025, 4:11 PM Mar 3, 2025, 4:11 PM

          @sdetweil as far as google told me it seems, I need to install Git CLI - which is not easy available for Raspi.

          Any hint?

          Sorry!
          Ralf

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            rkorell @rkorell
            last edited by rkorell Mar 3, 2025, 4:17 PM Mar 3, 2025, 4:17 PM

            O.K,. Google is not my friend today…
            It seems that a “.gitconfig” file will do the trick …
            Will double check.

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              rkorell @rkorell
              last edited by Mar 3, 2025, 4:25 PM

              Nope.
              Doesnt’t work.
              Have created a “.gitconfig” file with

              git config --global --edit
              

              Entered user, email and password - but your script asks again for “user” …

              ???

              Thanks
              Ralf

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                sdetweil @rkorell
                last edited by Mar 3, 2025, 4:35 PM

                @rkorell the SCRIPT does not prompt

                I use these git config parms

                if [ "$user_name." == "." ]; then
                	# prompt for users name
                	git config --local user.name $user_name
                else	
                	git config --local user.name $user_name
                fi
                if [ "$email." == "." ]; then
                	# prompt for email address
                	git config --local user.email $email
                else
                	git config --local user.email $email
                fi
                

                git will prompt

                Sam

                How to add modules

                learning how to use browser developers window for css changes

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                  sdetweil @rkorell
                  last edited by Mar 3, 2025, 4:45 PM

                  @rkorell you HAVE the git cli

                  git --help
                  (–local means in this folder only)

                  git config --local user.name “your name”
                  git config --local user.email “your email”

                  see here

                  https://stackoverflow.com/questions/35942754/how-can-i-save-username-and-password-in-git

                  and username means github userid

                  Sam

                  How to add modules

                  learning how to use browser developers window for css changes

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                    rkorell @sdetweil
                    last edited by rkorell Mar 3, 2025, 5:40 PM Mar 3, 2025, 5:40 PM

                    @sdetweil said in Question about backup script:

                    @rkorell the SCRIPT does not prompt
                    I use these git config parms

                    OK, where do you get this from?
                    If I have a look at your other post „local means this folder only“ let me assume that you may look at „$HOME/MagicMirror/.gitconfig“
                    Is this true?
                    Than this cannot work because my

                    git config --global --edit
                    

                    created a .gitconfig in $HOME …

                    Will at least try your suggestion with git config … (THANKS for this - the stackoverflow article will be chacked as well)

                    Warmest regards,

                    Ralf

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                      sdetweil @rkorell
                      last edited by Mar 3, 2025, 5:50 PM

                      @rkorell if you don’t have a global ($HOME) git config,
                      i dont presume to decide this for you.
                      so i only set it in the MM_backup folder

                      Sam

                      How to add modules

                      learning how to use browser developers window for css changes

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