Automate Your Workflow Backups to GitHub
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This workflow automates the process of backing up your n8n workflows to a GitHub repository. It intelligently detects new or updated workflows and creates a pull request for them, ensuring your valuable automation logic is always version-controlled and safe.
About This Workflow
This n8n workflow provides a robust solution for versioning your n8n automation. It connects to your n8n instance to fetch all workflows, then queries your specified GitHub repository to identify any new or modified workflow files. The workflow dynamically creates a new branch on GitHub for any detected changes, commits the updated workflows, and then initiates a pull request. This ensures that your n8n workflows are consistently backed up, providing a clear audit trail and enabling easy rollback or collaboration. By leveraging the power of GitHub for version control, you gain peace of mind knowing your automation is secure and manageable.
Key Features
- Automated Workflow Detection: Automatically identifies new and updated workflows within your n8n instance.
- GitHub Version Control: Seamlessly integrates with GitHub to store and manage your workflow versions.
- Branching and Pull Request Automation: Creates dedicated branches for changes and submits pull requests for review.
- Dynamic Branch Naming: Generates unique branch names based on the timestamp for clear organization.
- Secure Credential Management: Utilizes n8n's credential system for secure access to n8n and GitHub APIs.
How To Use
- Configure Local Variables: In the 'Define Local Variables' node, set your
github_owner,repo_name, and desiredbranch_nameformat. - Connect n8n API: Set up credentials for your n8n instance in the 'n8n' node.
- Connect GitHub API: Configure your GitHub API credentials in the 'Get all workflows on GitHub', 'Get content for each workflow', 'Create new branch via GitHub API', and 'Create new PR via GitHub API' nodes.
- Set GitHub Repository Path: In the 'Get all workflows on GitHub' node, ensure the
filePathis set to the directory where your workflows are stored (e.g., 'workflows'). - Define Workflow Content Retrieval: The 'Get content for each workflow' node will automatically use the
$json.pathto fetch the content of each workflow file. - Conditional Logic: The 'If there are any changes in workflows' node checks for new or updated workflows before proceeding with the backup process.
- Branch Creation: The 'Create new branch via GitHub API' node will create a new branch based on the
branch_namedefined. - Commit and PR: The subsequent nodes will handle committing the changes and creating a pull request in your GitHub repository.
Apps Used
Workflow JSON
{
"id": "21e1f37f-cc75-4386-aa98-05e6f1bc9292",
"name": "Automate Your Workflow Backups to GitHub",
"nodes": 13,
"category": "DevOps",
"status": "active",
"version": "1.0.0"
}Note: This is a sample preview. The full workflow JSON contains node configurations, credentials placeholders, and execution logic.
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