So I have a question about backup

[mumblebaj]

@sdetweil
Hi Sam. Here? I checked your Github and nothing there either. Or maybe I am missed it?

[sdetweil]

@mumblebaj doah!!.. forgot the link

https://github.com/sdetweil/MagicMirror-backup-restore

[mumblebaj]

@sdetweil Awesome. Thanks Sam. Always nice work from you.

[mumblebaj]

@sdetweil When I ran the mm_backup.sh I saw this error but it created the output in the MM_backup folder as expected.

usage: git init [-q | --quiet] [--bare] [--template=<template-directory>] [--shared[=<permissions>]] [<directory>]

    --template <template-directory>
                          directory from which templates will be used
    --bare                create a bare repository
    --shared[=<permissions>]
                          specify that the git repository is to be shared amongst several users
    -q, --quiet           be quiet
    --separate-git-dir <gitdir>
                          separate git dir from working tree

Is this because of some options that I did not specify? After the output was created I just manually pushed to a private directory on git.

[sdetweil]

@mumblebaj probably git version before 2.28

the primary branch name option didn’t come in til 2.28. 0

i have

git --version
git version 2.34.1

I will add a check…

to upgrade git (don’t do it for these scripts… I have fixed the script to not need this capability, just documenting how)

sudo add-apt-repository -y ppa:git-core/ppa
sudo apt update
sudo apt install git -y

[sdetweil]

@mumblebaj I pushed a change to set the primary branch name a different way…

give it a try

backup to some other folder (and then u can delete that folder)

./mm_backup.sh -b somefolder

just pushed a change to create the output folder if it doesn’t exist, instead of error…

[mumblebaj]

@sdetweil Awesome. That was clean.

[mumblebaj]

@sdetweil My git version is 2.20.1. Guess I need to update it.

[sdetweil]

@mumblebaj said in So I have a question about backup:

Guess I need to update it.

only if u need something

[mumblebaj]

@sdetweil Right now, not. MM runs perfect as is. I’ll leave it for now. :beaming_face_with_smiling_eyes:

[sdetweil]

@mumblebaj i don’t want to force people to upgrade, thanks for the report and test results

[mumblebaj]

@sdetweil No worries and a pleasure.

[Ray]

@sdetweil hey thanks a lot. I appreciate that
I will definitely check it out
I kind of made my own. It’s very basic but seems to do the trick
it is menu-driven so I can choose which modules I want to backup or restore
I’m fairly new at writing scripts. They are a lot of fun

[sdetweil]

@ray said in So I have a question about backup:

I’m fairly new at writing scripts. They are a lot of fun

yes, indeed… i learn new stuff all the time (like parameter handling this time)

[Assassins]

Or you Can backup the Hole disk up with :
https://github.com/The-Exterminator/PiShrink-to-Crontab

[Ray]

@sdetweil sorry it’s been so long since I replied to this form.
So I wanted to just let you know I did make my own backup and restore scripts.
The backup is pretty simple. It just makes a copy of my modules folder and stores it in a safe place.

The restore is a little bit different. It will restore the module folder to its original location and then use npm install in each folder.
It worked perfectly

I tested it Under virtual disk. I install magic. Mayor the traditional way and then use my restore program and it worked perfectly.

I wanted to thank you for all your help and your ideas

[sdetweil]

@ray no problem… the fact that you have backup and restore is the good thing…