gyb
brew install gyb
v1.95
Apache-2.0
CLI for backing up and restoring Gmail messages
34
30-day installs · #5533
84
90-day · #5961
538
365-day · #4959
3.1k
★ GitHub stars · updated 2mo ago
Runtime dependencies
Links
- https://github.com/GAM-team/got-your-back/
- GitHub: GAM-team/got-your-back
- Brew formula source: Formula/g/gyb.rb
Caveats
Default config_folder: $HOMEBREW_PREFIX/etc/gyb
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