Installing

git clone https://github.com/HolgerGraef/hgbackup.git
cd hgbackup
python3 setup.py install --user
cp hgbackup.desktop ~/.config/autostart/

or, for development:

python3 setup.py develop --user

Updating icon cache

In case you need to modify the icons in hgbackup/pie/, you should update the GTK icon cache subsequently:

sudo gtk-update-icon-cache --ignore-theme-index --force --include-image-data /usr/share/icons/hicolor

Updating flake8 report and badge

pip install flake8 genbadge[flake8]
rm ./reports/flake8/flake8stats.txt
flake8 --tee --output-file ./reports/flake8/flake8stats.txt
genbadge flake8 \
  --input-file ./reports/flake8/flake8stats.txt \
  --output-file ./reports/flake8/flake8.svg

TODO General

• fix display of rsync progress for individual files
• careful when root (/) folder is added as backup source
• estimate remaining time in progress
• enable user to modify backup periodicities, excluded and optional list

TODO GUI

• do not "refocus" on window when launching a new progress if it's hidden
• continuously check for changes in the configuration file and propose a reload (never do this while a backup/check/verification process is running)
• implement progress cancel button => NB: in particular for the rsync process we need some way to terminate the thread instead of checking some "mutex"
• implement adding and modifying targets

References

• https://www.oreilly.com/library/view/linux-security-cookbook/0596003919/ch01s16.html
• https://techblog.jeppson.org/2014/10/verify-backup-integrity-with-rsync-sed-cat-and-tee/
• https://www.thegeekdiary.com/how-to-verify-the-integrity-of-a-file-with-md5-checksum/
• https://stackoverflow.com/questions/29624524/how-can-i-print-log-the-checksum-calculated-by-rsync
• https://www.devdungeon.com/content/desktop-notifications-linux-python