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Fix template URL for watched repositories backup #521

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Fix template URL for watched repositories backup
PeterGabaldon Jul 5, 2026
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2 changes: 1 addition & 1 deletion github_backup/cli.py
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Expand Up @@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ def main():
repositories = retrieve_repositories(args, authenticated_user)
repositories = filter_repositories(args, repositories)
backup_repositories(args, output_directory, repositories)
backup_account(args, output_directory)
backup_account(args, output_directory, authenticated_user)


if __name__ == "__main__":
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28 changes: 22 additions & 6 deletions github_backup/github_backup.py
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Expand Up @@ -3063,8 +3063,10 @@ def fetch_repository(
logging_subprocess(git_command, cwd=local_dir)


def backup_account(args, output_directory):
def backup_account(args, output_directory, authenticated_user=None):
account_cwd = os.path.join(output_directory, "account")
if authenticated_user is None:
authenticated_user = {"login": None}

if args.include_starred or args.include_everything:
output_file = "{0}/starred.json".format(account_cwd)
Expand All @@ -3074,11 +3076,25 @@ def backup_account(args, output_directory):
_backup_data(args, "starred repositories", template, output_file, account_cwd)

if args.include_watched or args.include_everything:
output_file = "{0}/watched.json".format(account_cwd)
template = "https://{0}/users/{1}/subscriptions".format(
get_github_api_host(args), args.user
)
_backup_data(args, "watched repositories", template, output_file, account_cwd)
# GitHub deprecated /users/{username}/subscriptions; watched
# repositories are only available for the authenticated user via
# /user/subscriptions.
if (
not authenticated_user.get("login")
or args.user.lower() != authenticated_user["login"].lower()
):
logger.warning(
"Cannot retrieve watched repositories for '%s'. GitHub only allows access to the authenticated user's watched repositories.",
args.user,
)
else:
output_file = "{0}/watched.json".format(account_cwd)
template = "https://{0}/user/subscriptions".format(
get_github_api_host(args)
)
_backup_data(
args, "watched repositories", template, output_file, account_cwd
)

if args.include_followers or args.include_everything:
output_file = "{0}/followers.json".format(account_cwd)
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