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Backup your workflows to GitHub -- in (subfolders)

Started by a clock, and works across GitHub. 21 steps, 3 branches, 1 loop or waits: large, and worth reading before you trust it with anything live.

Large

21 stepsLarge: read it before trusting it with anything live
3Branches: places the flow splits
1Loop or waits
1Service it connects to

The flow

Starts it 3Logic 13Service 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. 5Merge ItemsMergeLogic
  6. 6tag?SwitchLogic
  7. 7Loop Over ItemsSplit In BatchesLogic
  8. 8isDiffOrNewCodeLogic
  9. 9/SetLogic
  10. 10GlobalsSetLogic
  11. 11Execute WorkflowExecute WorkflowLogic
  12. 12Check StatusSwitchLogic
  13. 13Get file dataGithubService
  14. 14Same file - Do nothingNo OpLogic
  15. 15File is differentNo OpLogic
  16. 16File is newNo OpLogic
  17. 17If file too largeIfLogic
  18. 18ReturnSetLogic
  19. 19Edit existing fileGithubService
  20. 20Create new fileGithubService
  21. 21Get FileHttp RequestService

How it's built

Starts on
A clock
Steps
21, with 3 branches, 1 loop or waits
Size
Large: read it before trusting it with anything live
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?

Take your time. At 21 steps it is large: read it before trusting it with anything live.

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 21 steps before you point it at anything that matters.