Question about backup script

rkorell

@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.

sdetweil

@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

rkorell

@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

rkorell

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

rkorell

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

sdetweil

@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

sdetweil

@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

rkorell

@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

sdetweil

@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

sdetweil

@rkorell git will look local first and global second