Question about backup script

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

rkorell

@sdetweil
Your:

git config --local user.name “my name”
git config --local user.email “my email”
plus
git config --local user.password “myverylonggithubtoken”

does the trick…

The stackoverflow article is confusing to me but your suggestion is there :-)
Thanks a lot!

Warm regards,
Ralf