feat: backup command

[Pertempto]

Add a simple backup command that commits the user's current time-tracker config directory (which includes data.json) and then pushes.

This should error if the config directory isn't set up as a git repository.

We should have simple documentation page for how to set up the config directory as a git repository.

Use this script as an example:

#!/bin/bash
# I run this with helpful `tb` alias:
# alias tb="cd $HOME/.config/time-tracker && ./backup.sh && cd -"

git add .
git commit -m "$(date +%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ)"
git push

Create a backup command with b alias.

This could be done in a very similar method to the edit command.

[Pertempto]

@bambam955 I made this little script and I've found it very useful so far. It would be sweet to have this built-in.

[bambam955]

Why should the config directory be a git repository...?

[Pertempto]

Because then you can use git for version control

[Pertempto]

This isn't going to be required or anything. Just a nice extra for those of us who want an easy way to back up our time tracker data.

[bambam955]

Gotcha. It doesn't look like the script accounts for initializing the repo. That would be a cool enhancement to add.

Also, is pushing to a remote really necessary? If I were to have this myself I'd just leave it as a random local repo, that way I still have version control but don't have to worry about hosting it on GitHub and whatnot.

[Pertempto]

Also, is pushing to a remote really necessary?

Not for every use case. For me it was vital. My local git repo could get totally borked.

I'm just hosting as a private GitLab repo 🤷🏽 Takes less than 5 minutes to set up.

[bambam955]

Fair enough. I like this feature idea, but I would probably expand the script/its configuration with the following:

• Configuration option for automatic backups
  • If set, the backup would run automatically on each change to data.json, or something of that sort
• Automatic creation of Git repo (with user input as necessary) if one does not already exist
• Option to push to remote or keep local-only

[Pertempto]

Yeah we could easily have config setting for local vs remote.

Also, a basic TUI to set this up would be great. Marking as blocked by #2

[Pertempto]

The automatic back up is a very good idea. We could also allow the user to configure automatic pull. This would time-tracker very effective as a git-backed time tracker across multiple devices with very little effort 🤩