document that nothing is saved by default

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2026-04-25 07:07:24 +00:00
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@@ -327,6 +327,11 @@ All is not everything
The ``--all`` argument does not include: downloading attachments from issue and pull request comments (``--attachments``), cloning private repos (``-P, --private``), cloning forks (``-F, --fork``), cloning starred repositories (``--all-starred``), ``--pull-details``, cloning LFS repositories (``--lfs``), cloning gists (``--gists``) or cloning starred gist repos (``--starred-gists``). See examples for more.
Saves nothing if no arguments are passed
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At least one argument like ``--all`` or ``--repositories`` is needed for github-backup to actually save data. Without relevant arguments, github-backup fetches some data from GitHub but doesn't put any of it into files.
Starred repository size
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