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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+# set dotglob so that bash treats hidden files/folders starting with . correctly when copying them (ex. .themes from mainsail)
+shopt -s dotglob
+
+# Set parent directory path
+parent_path=$(
+    cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")"
+    pwd -P
+)
+
+# Initialize variables from .env file
+source "$parent_path"/.env
+source "$parent_path"/utils/utils.func
+
+# Check if .env is v1 version
+if [[ ! -v backupPaths ]]; then
+    echo ".env file is not using version 2 config, upgrading to V2"
+    if bash $parent_path/utils/v1convert.sh; then
+        echo "Upgrade complete restarting script.sh"
+        sleep 2.5
+        exec "$parent_path/script.sh" "$@"
+    fi
+fi
+
+# Debug output: .env file with hidden token
+begin_debug_line
+while IFS= read -r line; do
+    if [[ $line == github_token=* ]]; then
+        echo "github_token=****************"
+    else
+        echo "$line"
+    fi
+done < $HOME/klipper-backup/.env
+end_debug_line
+
+# Check if backup folder exists, create one if it does not
+if [ ! -d "$backup_path" ]; then
+    mkdir -p "$backup_path"
+fi
+
+cd "$backup_path"
+
+# Debug output: $HOME
+begin_debug_line && echo -e "\$HOME: $HOME" && end_debug_line
+
+# Debug output: $backup_path - (current) path and content
+begin_debug_line && echo -e "\$backup_path: $PWD" && echo -e "\nContent of \$backup_path:" && echo -ne "$(ls -la $backup_path)\n" && end_debug_line
+
+# Debug output: $backup_path/.git/config content
+
+begin_debug_line
+echo -e "\$backup_path/.git/config:\n"
+while IFS= read -r line; do
+    if [[ $line == *"url ="*@* ]]; then
+        masked_line=$(echo "$line" | sed -E 's/(url = https:\/\/)[^@]*(@.*)/\1********\2/')
+        echo "$masked_line"
+    else
+        echo "$line"
+    fi
+done < "$backup_path/.git/config"
+end_debug_line
+
+# Check if .git exists else init git repo
+if [ ! -d ".git" ]; then
+    mkdir .git
+    echo "[init]
+    defaultBranch = "$branch_name"" >>.git/config #Add desired branch name to config before init
+    git init
+# Check if the current checked out branch matches the branch name given in .env if not branch listed in .env
+elif [[ $(git symbolic-ref --short -q HEAD) != "$branch_name" ]]; then
+    echo -e "Branch: $branch_name in .env does not match the currently checked out branch of: $(git symbolic-ref --short -q HEAD)."
+    # Create branch if it does not exist
+    if git show-ref --quiet --verify "refs/heads/$branch_name"; then
+        git checkout "$branch_name" >/dev/null
+    else
+        git checkout -b "$branch_name" >/dev/null
+    fi
+fi
+
+# Check if username is defined in .env
+if [[ "$commit_username" != "" ]]; then
+    git config user.name "$commit_username"
+else
+    git config user.name "$(whoami)"
+    sed -i "s/^commit_username=.*/commit_username=\"$(whoami)\"/" "$parent_path"/.env
+fi
+
+# Check if email is defined in .env
+if [[ "$commit_email" != "" ]]; then
+    git config user.email "$commit_email"
+else
+    unique_id=$(date +%s%N | md5sum | head -c 7)
+    user_email=$(whoami)@$(hostname --short)-$unique_id
+    git config user.email "$user_email"
+    sed -i "s/^commit_email=.*/commit_email=\"$user_email\"/" "$parent_path"/.env
+fi
+
+# Check if remote origin already exists and create if one does not
+if [ -z "$(git remote get-url origin 2>/dev/null)" ]; then
+    git remote add origin "$full_git_url"
+fi
+
+# Check if remote origin changed and update when it is
+if [[ "$full_git_url" != $(git remote get-url origin) ]]; then
+    git remote set-url origin "$full_git_url"
+fi
+
+# Check if branch exists on remote (newly created repos will not yet have a remote) and pull any new changes
+if git ls-remote --exit-code --heads origin $branch_name >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+    git pull origin "$branch_name"
+    # Delete the pulled files so that the directory is empty again before copying the new backup
+    # The pull is only needed so that the repository nows its on latest and does not require rebases or merges
+    find "$backup_path" -maxdepth 1 -mindepth 1 ! -name '.git' ! -name 'README.md' -exec rm -rf {} \;
+fi
+
+cd "$HOME"
+# Iterate through backupPaths array and copy files to the backup folder while ignoring symbolic links
+for path in "${backupPaths[@]}"; do
+    fullPath="$HOME/$path"
+    if [[ -d "$fullPath" && ! -f "$fullPath" ]]; then
+        # Check if the directory path ends with only a '/'
+        if [[ "$path" =~ /$ ]]; then
+            # If it ends with '/', replace it with '/*'
+            backupPaths[$i]="$path*"
+        elif [[ -d "$path" ]]; then
+            # If it's a directory without '/', add '/*' at the end
+            backupPaths[$i]="$path/*"
+        fi
+    fi
+
+    if compgen -G "$fullPath" >/dev/null; then
+        # Iterate over every file in the path
+        for file in $path; do
+            # Skip if file is symbolic link
+            if [ -h "$file" ]; then
+                echo "Skipping symbolic link: $file"
+            else
+                file=$(readlink -e "$file") # Get absolute path before copy (Allows usage of .. in filepath eg. ../../etc/fstab resovles to /etc/fstab )
+                rsync -Rr "${file##"$HOME"/}" "$backup_path"
+            fi
+        done
+    fi
+done
+
+# Debug output: $backup_path content after running rsync
+begin_debug_line && echo -e "Content of \$backup_path after rsync:" && echo -ne "$(ls -la $backup_path)\n" && end_debug_line
+
+cp "$parent_path"/.gitignore "$backup_path/.gitignore"
+
+# utilize gits native exclusion file .gitignore to add files that should not be uploaded to remote.
+# Loop through exclude array and add each element to the end of .gitignore
+for i in ${exclude[@]}; do
+    # add new line to end of .gitignore if there is not one
+    [[ $(tail -c1 "$backup_path/.gitignore" | wc -l) -eq 0 ]] && echo "" >>"$backup_path/.gitignore"
+    echo $i >>"$backup_path/.gitignore"
+done
+
+# Individual commit message, if no parameter is set, use the current timestamp as commit message
+if ! $commit_message_used; then
+    commit_message="New backup from $(date +"%x - %X")"
+fi
+
+cd "$backup_path"
+# Create and add Readme to backup folder if it doesn't already exist
+if ! [ -f "README.md" ]; then
+    echo -e "# Klipper-Backup 💾 \nKlipper backup script for manual or automated GitHub backups \n\nThis backup is provided by [Klipper-Backup](https://github.com/Staubgeborener/klipper-backup)." >"$backup_path/README.md"
+fi
+# Untrack all files so that any new excluded files are correctly ignored and deleted from remote
+git rm -r --cached . >/dev/null 2>&1
+git add .
+git commit -m "$commit_message"
+# Check if HEAD still matches remote (Means there are no updates to push) and create a empty commit just informing that there are no new updates to push
+if $allow_empty_commits && [[ $(git rev-parse HEAD) == $(git ls-remote $(git rev-parse --abbrev-ref @{u} 2>/dev/null | sed 's/\// /g') | cut -f1) ]]; then
+    git commit --allow-empty -m "$commit_message - No new changes pushed"
+fi
+git push -u origin "$branch_name"
+
+# Remove files except .git folder after backup so that any file deletions can be logged on next backup
+find "$backup_path" -maxdepth 1 -mindepth 1 ! -name '.git' ! -name 'README.md' -exec rm -rf {} \;