From c6fa8c76955e881cbcc5fa9b9cf301e114fdcea7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Lukas Bestle <mail@lukasbestle.com>
Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2026 21:02:51 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] feat: Only make security advisory dir if successful

Avoids empty directories for private repos
---
 github_backup/github_backup.py | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/github_backup/github_backup.py b/github_backup/github_backup.py
index 9d96f3b..fdc18f9 100644
--- a/github_backup/github_backup.py
+++ b/github_backup/github_backup.py
@@ -2039,7 +2039,6 @@ def backup_security_advisories(args, repo_cwd, repository, repos_template):
         return
 
     logger.info("Retrieving {0} security advisories".format(repository["full_name"]))
-    mkdir_p(repo_cwd, advisory_cwd)
 
     template = "{0}/{1}/security-advisories".format(
         repos_template, repository["full_name"]
@@ -2053,6 +2052,8 @@ def backup_security_advisories(args, repo_cwd, repository, repos_template):
             return
         raise
 
+    mkdir_p(repo_cwd, advisory_cwd)
+
     advisories = {}
     for advisory in _advisories:
         advisories[advisory["ghsa_id"]] = advisory