Refspecs

In some cases you may wish to limit which git refs are backed up from a repository. This can be done by configuring the corresponding refspecs field in your backup properties based on the Git Refspec syntax.

For example, to only backup the main and develop branches from a repository, you would use the following configuration:

schedule: "0 * * * *"

backups:
  - kind: github/repo
    from: "repos/my-org/repo"
    to: /backups/work
    properties:
      refspecs: "+refs/heads/main:refs/remotes/origin/main,+refs/heads/develop:refs/remotes/origin/develop"

The default refspecs configuration is +refs/heads/*:refs/remotes/origin/* which will backup all branches from the repository and automatically update local copies in cases where the remote is force-pushed (i.e. not fast-forward updatable).