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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+#
+# Backup GitLab snippets to combined repo using git subtrees
+#
+# Required:
+#
+#  - GitLab personal API token with read_api privilege
+#  - Automated git project for storing snippets
+#  - curl, git, jq, find, mktemp
+#
+# tl;dr
+#
+#  1. Create GitLab API token with 'read_api' access (private snippets)
+#  2. Create a new private gitlab project, then clone and configure
+#
+#    git clone git@gitlab.com:username/snippets.git
+#    cd snippets
+#    git config user.name "username"
+#    git config user.email "username@email.com"
+#
+#  3. If using multiple GitLab accounts/SSH keys:
+#
+#    git config core.sshCommand "ssh -i ~/.ssh/username -F /dev/null"
+#
+#  4. Specify the token and project directory with '-t ... -d ...'
+#
+#    ./gitsnips.sh -t ABCDEF1234 -d ../snippets/ -p
+#
+#  5. Review the above changes and `git push` the results when ready
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
+
+_VERSION="0.0.3"
+_NAME=$(basename "${0}")
+
+# usage
+function usage() {
+  echo "${_NAME} version ${_VERSION}"
+  echo
+  echo "Usage: ${_NAME} [OPTIONS...]"
+  echo
+  echo " Options:"
+  echo "  -d <dir>     Git project directory   (default: ./)"
+  echo "  -t <string>  GitLab token            (read_api)"
+  echo "  -i <file>    Markdown index file     (default: INDEX.md)"
+  echo "  -s <file>    Snippets JSON file      (default: snippets.json)"
+  echo "  -p           Prune removed snippets  (git rm -r)"
+  echo "  -q           Suppress output         (quiet)"
+  echo "  -V           Version of program"
+  echo "  -h           This help text"
+  echo
+}
+
+# defaults
+declare _GITDIR="./"
+declare _TOKEN=""
+declare _MDIDX="INDEX.md"
+declare _SNJSON="snippets.json"
+declare _PRUNE=0
+declare _VERBOSE=1
+
+# user input
+while getopts "d:t:i:s:pqVh" opt; do
+  case "$opt" in
+    d)
+      _GITDIR="${OPTARG}" ;;
+    t)
+      _TOKEN="${OPTARG}" ;;
+    i)
+      _MDIDX="${OPTARG}" ;;
+    s)
+      _SNJSON="${OPTARG}" ;;
+    p)
+      _PRUNE=1 ;;
+    q)
+      _VERBOSE=0 ;;
+    V)
+      echo "${_NAME} version ${_VERSION}"
+      exit 0 ;;
+    h)
+      usage
+      exit 0 ;;
+    *)
+      echo "Unrecognized option: $OPTARG (Run '$_NAME -h' for help)"
+      exit 1 ;;
+  esac
+done
+shift $((OPTIND-1))
+
+# handy for verbose/quiet
+function noise {
+  local _MSG="$*"
+  if [[ ${_VERBOSE} -eq 1 ]]; then
+    echo "${_MSG}"
+  fi
+}
+
+# loop for checking apps
+function checkapp() {
+  local _XAPPX="$1"
+  if [[ -z "$(command -v ${_XAPPX} 2>/dev/null)" ]]; then
+    noise "Application ${_XAPPX} not found, exiting."
+    exit 99
+  fi
+}
+
+# loop for checking directories
+function checkdir() {
+  local _XDIRX="$1"
+  if [[ ! -d "${_XDIRX}" ]]; then
+    noise "Directory ${_XDIRX} not found, exiting."
+    exit 98
+  fi
+  if [[ ! -w "${_XDIRX}" ]]; then
+    noise "Directory ${_XDIRX} not writable, exiting."
+    exit 97
+  fi
+  _GDIRG="${_XDIRX%/}/.git"
+  if [[ ! -d "${_GDIRG}" ]]; then
+    noise "Directory ${_XDIRX} is not a git project, exiting."
+    exit 96
+  fi
+}
+
+# ensure we can run properly
+function preflight() {
+  # apps
+  checkapp curl
+  checkapp jq
+  # dirs
+  checkdir "${_GITDIR}"
+  # token
+  if [[ -z "${_TOKEN}" ]]; then
+    noise "Token length zero; valid token required, exiting."
+    exit 9
+  fi
+}
+
+# this could exit
+preflight
+
+# prep for work
+noise "Using ${_GITDIR} as git repository"
+pushd "${_GITDIR}" >/dev/null
+
+# fetch latest index
+noise "Fetching latest snippet index"
+curl --silent --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: ${_TOKEN}" \
+  "https://gitlab.com/api/v4/snippets?per_page=65534" \
+  | jq > "${_SNJSON}"
+
+git add "${_SNJSON}"
+git commit -q -m "snippet list update" "${_SNJSON}"
+
+# generate list of IDs
+noise "Extracting list of snippets with jq"
+# create an array string [1234]="title" for each item...
+IDLIST=$(jq -r '.[] | "[\(.id)]=\"\(.title)\""' "${_SNJSON}")
+# ...adding () around it creates a natural array input string
+declare -A IDARRAY=$(echo "(${IDLIST})")
+
+# human friendly index
+# - 'git subtree' needs a clean working directory
+_TMPIDX=$(mktemp)
+echo -e "# Snippet Index\n" > "${_TMPIDX}"
+
+# loop the IDs and either update or add
+IDSORTED=$(echo "${!IDARRAY[@]}" | tr ' ' '\n' | sort -n | tr '\n' ' ')
+# do not quote IDSORTED below
+for id in ${IDSORTED}; do
+  if [[ -d "./${id}" ]]; then
+    noise "Updating snippet ${id}"
+    git subtree pull -q -P "${id}" -m "Updating ${id}" \
+      "git@gitlab.com:snippets/${id}.git" HEAD
+  else
+    noise "Adding snippet ${id}"
+    git subtree add -q -P "${id}" -m "Adding ${id}" \
+      "git@gitlab.com:snippets/${id}.git" HEAD
+  fi
+  echo " * [${id}](${id}) ${IDARRAY[$id]}" >> "${_TMPIDX}"
+  # be nice to gitlab
+  sleep 1
+done
+
+# commit the updated Markdown index
+noise "Building ${_MDIDX}"
+mv -f "${_TMPIDX}" "${_MDIDX}"
+git add "${_MDIDX}"
+git commit -q -m "markdown index update" "${_MDIDX}"
+
+# prune stale items
+if [[ ${_PRUNE} -eq 1 ]]; then
+  noise "Pruning stale snippets"
+  _RGX='^[0-9]+$'
+  # this gives a list of top level dirs without "./" or any hidden subdirs
+  _LDIRS=$(find ./ -mindepth 1 -maxdepth 1 -type d -not -path '*/\.*' -printf '%P\n')
+  for dir in ${_LDIRS}; do
+    if [[ ! ${dir} =~ ${_RGX} ]]; then
+      # directory is not a number
+      noise "Directory ${dir} is NaN, skipping"
+      continue
+    fi
+    if [[ ! ${IDARRAY[$dir]+_} ]]; then
+      # if dir is not an array key, remove it
+      noise "Pruning ${dir} not in snippet index"
+      git rm -r ${dir}
+      git commit -q -m "Removing ${dir}" ${dir}
+    fi
+  done
+fi
+
+# back to where we started
+popd >/dev/null
+noise "Done - review results and push updates to origin as appropriate"