gsb

Game Save Backups

A tool for managing incremental backups of your save states using Git!

In a Nutshell

Does Steam keep corrupting your cloud saves?

Does it take too long to create or restore a Minecraft backup?

Do you want to rewind your game five hours and explore what might have been if only you'd punched that NPC in the face?

If that sounds like you, then GSB is here to help! This is a lightweight wrapper around the Git version control system that's optimized for game saves. Features (will) include:

• automated incremental backups
• painless savegame restores
• easy history navigation
• revision history compression and cleaning
• support for branches
• workflows for implementing 3-2-1 backups
• full compatibility with Git and other git-based tools...
• ... all without ever needing to know a thing about Git

Installation

The gsb package is written for Python 3.11 or newer but otherwise should run on any operating system and architecture.

The easiest way to install it is via pipx:

$ pipx install gsb

For more help (including instructions for installing an up-to-date version of Python), check out the Installation Guide.

Usage

The recommended way to interact with GSB is via its command-line interface. Once you've installed the package, run the following command to get an overview of the available actions:

$ gsb --help

and use:

$ gsb <verb> --help

(e.g. gsb backup --help)

for further details on running each of those commands.

Full documentation, including tutorials, examples and full CLI docs, can be found here.

Contributing

If you're interested in helping develop this project, have a look at the repo backlog, then read through the contributor's guide.

License

This project—the executable, source code and all documentation—are published under the GNU Public License v3 unless otherwise stated, and any contributions to or derivatives of this project must be licensed under compatible terms.