Release version 0.61.2

chore(deps): bump black from 25.12.0 to 26.1.0 in the python-packages group

CHANGES.rst

@@ -1,9 +1,45 @@
 Changelog
 =========
 
-0.61.1 (2026-01-13)
+0.61.2 (2026-01-19)
 -------------------
 ------------------------
+
+Fix
+~~~
+- Skip security advisories for private repos unless explicitly
+  requested. [Lukas Bestle]
+- Handle 404 errors on security advisories. [Lukas Bestle]
+
+Other
+~~~~~
+- Chore(deps): bump black in the python-packages group.
+  [dependabot[bot]]
+
+  Bumps the python-packages group with 1 update: [black](https://github.com/psf/black).
+
+
+  Updates `black` from 25.12.0 to 26.1.0
+  - [Release notes](https://github.com/psf/black/releases)
+  - [Changelog](https://github.com/psf/black/blob/main/CHANGES.md)
+  - [Commits](https://github.com/psf/black/compare/25.12.0...26.1.0)
+
+  ---
+  updated-dependencies:
+  - dependency-name: black
+    dependency-version: 26.1.0
+    dependency-type: direct:production
+    update-type: version-update:semver-major
+    dependency-group: python-packages
+  ...
+- Docs: Explain security advisories in README. [Lukas Bestle]
+- Feat: Only make security advisory dir if successful. [Lukas Bestle]
+
+  Avoids empty directories for private repos
+
+
+0.61.1 (2026-01-13)
+-------------------
 - Refactor test fixtures to use shared create_args helper. [Rodos]
 
   Uses the real parse_args() function to get CLI defaults, so when

README.rst

@@ -284,6 +284,17 @@ The tool automatically extracts file extensions from HTTP headers to ensure file
 **Fine-grained token limitation:** Due to a GitHub platform limitation, fine-grained personal access tokens (``github_pat_...``) cannot download attachments from private repositories directly. This affects both ``/assets/`` (images) and ``/files/`` (documents) URLs. The tool implements a workaround for image attachments using GitHub's Markdown API, which converts URLs to temporary JWT-signed URLs that can be downloaded. However, this workaround only works for images - document attachments (PDFs, text files, etc.) will fail with 404 errors when using fine-grained tokens on private repos. For full attachment support on private repositories, use a classic token (``-t``) instead of a fine-grained token (``-f``). See `#477 <https://github.com/josegonzalez/python-github-backup/issues/477>`_ for details.
 
 
+About security advisories
+-------------------------
+
+GitHub security advisories are only available in public repositories. GitHub does not provide the respective API endpoint for private repositories.
+
+Therefore the logic is implemented as follows:
+- Security advisories are included in the `--all` option.
+- If only the `--all` option was provided, backups of security advisories are skipped for private repositories.
+- If the `--security-advisories` option is provided (on its own or in addition to `--all`), a backup of security advisories is attempted for all repositories, with graceful handling if the GitHub API doesn't return any.
+
+
 Run in Docker container
 -----------------------
 

github_backup/__init__.py

@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = "0.61.1"
+__version__ = "0.61.2"

github_backup/github_backup.py

@@ -1814,7 +1814,7 @@ def backup_repositories(args, output_directory, repositories):
             if args.include_milestones or args.include_everything:
                 backup_milestones(args, repo_cwd, repository, repos_template)
 
-            if args.include_security_advisories or args.include_everything:
+            if args.include_security_advisories or (args.include_everything and not repository["Private"]):
                 backup_security_advisories(args, repo_cwd, repository, repos_template)
 
             if args.include_labels or args.include_everything:
@@ -2039,13 +2039,20 @@ 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"]
     )
 
-    _advisories = retrieve_data(args, template)
+    try:
+        _advisories = retrieve_data(args, template)
+    except Exception as e:
+        if "404" in str(e):
+            logger.info("Security advisories are not available for this repository, skipping")
+            return
+        raise
+
+    mkdir_p(repo_cwd, advisory_cwd)
 
     advisories = {}
     for advisory in _advisories:

release-requirements.txt

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Linting & Formatting
 autopep8==2.3.2
-black==25.12.0
+black==26.1.0
 flake8==7.3.0
 
 # Testing