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+# git-autosave
+
+Autosave for Git! `git-autosave` will push your changes to a custom ref on the `origin` remote whenever you make changes. This ref is not a branch, and it especially is not on the current branch. It will not appear in Codeberg or GitHub, but it will still be accessible to `git-autosave`.
+
+## Build/Installation
+
+If you have Cargo installed, you can install `git-autosave` from source.
+
+```
+$ cargo install --git https://codeberg.org/botahamec/git-autosave.git
+```
+
+## Usage
+
+To initialize a repository with `git-autosave`, run `git init-autosave`
+
+```
+$ git init-autosave
+Initialized autosave for repository: b0723f0e-df02-47dc-aac9-a5653f6a3a89
+```
+
+This ID is unique to your instance of the repository. If you clone the repository to another device or directory, then you'll need to run `git init-autosave` again.
+
+To run a manual autosave, run `git autosave`.
+
+To restore from an autosave on another device, run `git restore-autosave`. This will pick an autosave automatically if there is only one option from another device for the same user. If you'd like more options, use `--all-branches`, `--all-users` and `--all-devices`. You can use `git diff-autosave` to preview an autosave before restoring it.
+
+To undo a `restore-autosave` operation, use `git undo-restore-autosave`.
+
+### Background save
+
+**Important:** In order to allow `git-autosave` to automatically push to the remote over SSH, you'll need to have your SSH password saved either in your gnome-keyring or kdewallet or equivalent.
+
+The `scripts` subdirectory of this repository contains configurations for both systemd and runit which will run `git autosave-daemon` in the background.
+
+For systemd (most Linux systems), copy `scripts/git-autosave.service` into `~/.config/systemd/user/git-autosave.service`.