git-sync

A CLI tool to back up and sync Git repositories from hosted platforms (GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket, Forgejo/Gitea, Azure DevOps) or arbitrary raw git URLs to a local directory.

Installation

go install github.com/lucasmodrich/git-sync@latest

Or build from source:

git clone https://github.com/lucasmodrich/git-sync.git
cd git-sync
go build -o git-sync .

Quick start

# Interactive configuration wizard
git-sync init

# Run a sync
git-sync --config ~/.config/git-sync/config.yaml

# Preview without making changes
git-sync --dry-run --config ~/.config/git-sync/config.yaml

Features

• Bare, mirror, shallow, or full clones
• Periodic sync via built-in cron scheduling
• Concurrent sync with configurable parallelism
• Multi-token round-robin to spread API rate limits
• Wiki and issue backup (GitHub)
• Notifications via ntfy or Gotify
• Platforms: GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket, Forgejo/Gitea, Azure DevOps, raw git URLs

Configuration

Default config path: ~/.config/git-sync/config.yaml. Override with --config or GIT_SYNC_CONFIG_FILE.

platform: github
tokens:
  - ghp_your_token_here
username: your-username
backup_dir: ~/git-backups
concurrency: 5
timeout: 1800 # per-attempt git operation timeout, in seconds

See CLAUDE.md for full architecture and configuration reference.

Bugs and feature requests

Open an issue on GitHub.

Changelog

See CHANGELOG.md for notable changes made in this fork.

Heritage

This project is a fork of AkashRajpurohit/git-sync, originally created by Akash Rajpurohit. The original README, feature history, and contributor acknowledgements are preserved in HERITAGE.md.

This fork continues development independently under the same MIT licence.

License

MIT — see LICENSE.

Copyright (c) 2024 Akash Rajpurohit
Copyright (c) 2026 Lucas Modrich