How to back up project resources

Jump down to:

• Back up GitHub repository
• Back up GitHub issues
• Back up SourceForge CVS repository
• Back up Bugzilla bug reports

Back up GitHub repository

To back up Git repositories on GitHub, use ‘git clone’ in GitBash:

• Start GitBash
• Run:

git clone https://github.com/DistanceDevelopment/dsm.git

• All the branches will be available e.g.

cd dsm
git branch -a
* master
remotes/origin/Distance6.2-patches
remotes/origin/HEAD -> origin/master
remotes/origin/dettablesplot
remotes/origin/master
remotes/origin/mrds3

Back up GitHub issues

To back up GitHub issues:

• Visit the URL [https://api.github.com/repos/PROJECT/REPOSITORY/issues e.g. https://api.github.com/repos/softwaresaved/distance-consultancy/issues
• This provides the issues as a JSON document

To back up GitHub issues via the command-line:

• Start GitBash
• Run:

curl -o distance-consultancy-issues.json  https://api.github.com/repos/softwaresaved/distance-consultancy/issues

• Check:

head distance-consultancy-issues.json

• For more information, see GitHub Developer - API - Issues

Back up SourceForge CVS repository

To back up the MCDS CVS repository on SourceForge, use rsync, which is supported by GitBash:

• Start GitBash
• Run:

mkdir distance-sf-cvs
rsync -av rsync://distanceengines.cvs.sourceforge.net/cvsroot/distanceengines/* distance-sf-cvs

• Check:

ls distance-sf-cvs
CVSROOT  foptim  mcds  mrds

• You can also check the back up by using your CVS client and using distance-sf-cvs as CVSRoot. For example, using the Free Software Foundation CVS client:
  • Select Start => All Programs => Accessories => Command Prompt
  • Run:

cvs.exe -d "C:\Application Development\distance-sf-cvs" co mrds

Back up Bugzilla bug reports

To back up Bugzilla bug reports:

• Browse to Bugzilla
• Click Search
• Set Status: All
• Set Product: All
• Click Search
• Click XML
• Save file e.g. bugzilla-export.xml

This saves the complete bug reports as an XML document. It does not save attachments.

See Bugzilla:Move Installation for how to completely back up Bugzilla. This requires access to the server upon which Bugzilla is running.