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Home Assistant Config Version Control with git

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Create SSH Key

/config ssh-keygen -t rsa -b 4096 -C "HomeAssistant"
Generating public/private rsa key pair.
Enter file in which to save the key (/root/.ssh/id_rsa): /config/.ssh/id_rsa
Enter passphrase (empty for no passphrase):
Enter same passphrase again:
Your identification has been saved in /config/.ssh/id_rsa
Your public key has been saved in /config/.ssh/id_rsa.pub

Setup Github

  1. create repo
  2. add ssh key

Setup Git on ha

/config/.gitignore

/.cloud/
!/.storage/
/.ssh/
/secrets.yaml
*.log*
*.db*
**/*.pyc

git config --global user.name josh
git config --global user.email [email protected]

Setup Git Repository

/config git init --initial-branch=main
Initialized empty Git repository in /config/.git/
/config git:(main) git add -A
/config git:(main) git commit -m "Initial commit"
/config git:(main) git remote add origin [email protected]:josh-sanders/ha-config.git
/config git:(main) git config core.sshCommand "ssh -i /config/.ssh/id_rsa -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no -F /dev/null"

Create automation

  1. bash script

    /config/shell/git-push-config.sh

    # Change directory to /config
cd /config
 
# Git add all the files
git add -A
 
# Commit a message to the change - also add date and time.
git commit -m "Config files on `date +'%d-%m-%Y %H:%M:%S'`"
 
# Push the changes to Github
git push -u origin main

  2. Make the script executable and test

    /config git:(main) chmod +x /config/shell/git-push-config.sh
/config git:(main) /config/shell/git-push-config.sh

  3. Automation

    configuration.yaml

    shell_command:
  git_push_config: /config/shell/git-push-config.sh

    automations.yaml

    ---
- alias: Push HA Config to Github
  description: Push any changes made to Home Assistant config to Github
  trigger:
    - platform: time_pattern
      hours: "1"
  condition: []
  action:
    - service: shell_command.git_push_config
  mode: single

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