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Backup your workflows to GitHub

Started by a clock, and works across GitHub. 19 steps, 2 branches, 1 loop or waits: a working afternoon to understand properly.

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19 stepsMedium: a working afternoon
2Branches: places the flow splits
1Loop or waits
1Service it connects to

The flow

Starts it 3Logic 11Service 5

The steps in the order they run, from what starts it.

  1. 1On clicking 'execute'Manual triggerStarts it
  2. 2Schedule TriggerSchedule triggerStarts it
  3. 3Execute Workflow TriggerExecute Workflow triggerStarts it
  4. 4n8nN8nService
  5. 5GlobalsSetLogic
  6. 6Merge ItemsMergeLogic
  7. 7Loop Over ItemsSplit In BatchesLogic
  8. 8Get file dataGithubService
  9. 9isDiffOrNewCodeLogic
  10. 10Execute WorkflowExecute WorkflowLogic
  11. 11If file too largeIfLogic
  12. 12Check StatusSwitchLogic
  13. 13Get FileHttp RequestService
  14. 14Same file - Do nothingNo OpLogic
  15. 15File is differentNo OpLogic
  16. 16File is newNo OpLogic
  17. 17ReturnSetLogic
  18. 18Edit existing fileGithubService
  19. 19Create new fileGithubService

How it's built

Starts on
A clock
Steps
19, with 2 branches, 1 loop or waits
Size
Medium: a working afternoon
Connects to
GitHub
Model
None. This is plumbing, not judgement

Questions

What does it need to run?

An n8n account, plus your own GitHub account. You connect your own accounts after importing it; none are included.

What starts it?

It starts on a clock.

Does it use AI?

No. Every step is fixed logic or a call to a service, so it does the same thing every time.

How long does it take to set up?

Plan an afternoon. 19 steps is enough that you should read each one before running it.

How do I import it?

Copy the workflow, open a new workflow in n8n and paste. The steps appear on the canvas, ready for your own accounts.

Before you run it

Nothing here has been tested by us. It is somebody's working automation, read and described from its own steps. Treat the connections it wants as a list of accounts it will touch, and read the 19 steps before you point it at anything that matters.