From 1d6d474408968f728b11aa50c55ec9bb7ddf068e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Rodos <rodos@haywood.org>
Date: Sun, 7 Dec 2025 21:50:49 +1100
Subject: [PATCH] fix: improve error messages for inaccessible repos and empty
 wikis

---
 github_backup/github_backup.py | 11 +++++++----
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/github_backup/github_backup.py b/github_backup/github_backup.py
index bbacdae..0282809 100644
--- a/github_backup/github_backup.py
+++ b/github_backup/github_backup.py
@@ -2041,11 +2041,14 @@ def fetch_repository(
         "git ls-remote " + remote_url, stdout=FNULL, stderr=FNULL, shell=True
     )
     if initialized == 128:
-        logger.info(
-            "Skipping {0} ({1}) since it's not initialized".format(
-                name, masked_remote_url
+        if ".wiki.git" in remote_url:
+            logger.info(
+                "Skipping {0} wiki (wiki is enabled but has no content)".format(name)
+            )
+        else:
+            logger.info(
+                "Skipping {0} (repository not accessible - may be empty, private, or credentials invalid)".format(name)
             )
-        )
         return
 
     if clone_exists: