From 42d15deac40a71e7741900073cf72527158ffd85 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Justin Wills <Justin1.wills@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 6 Oct 2024 14:13:16 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Added backup-salesforce-metadata

---
 .../workflows/backup-salesforce-metadata.yml  | 28 +++++++++++++++++++
 README.md                                     | 14 +++++++++-
 2 files changed, 41 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
 create mode 100644 .github/workflows/backup-salesforce-metadata.yml

diff --git a/.github/workflows/backup-salesforce-metadata.yml b/.github/workflows/backup-salesforce-metadata.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8256c7d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/backup-salesforce-metadata.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+name: Backup Salesforce Metadata
+
+on:
+  schedule:
+    # Scheduled to run at midnight UTC every day
+    # UNCOMMENT TO ENABLE
+    # - cron: "0 0 * * *"
+
+  # Allows manual triggering from the GitHub Actions UI
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+jobs:
+  backup_metadata:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    environment: production
+    steps:
+      # Step 1: Checkout the repository
+      - name: Checkout repository
+        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+
+      # Step 2: Use local action to perform Salesforce backup and create PR
+      - name: Backup Salesforce Metadata
+        uses: jawills/sf-retrieve@v1
+        with:
+          SFDX_AUTH_URL: ${{ secrets.SFDX_AUTH_URL }}
+          SOURCE_DIR: force-app
+          BRANCH_NAME: backup
+          FORCE_PUSH: true
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index ab72992..c7e4d11 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ To add additional environments, clone the `deploy-production.yml` and `validate-
 
 We can use [SFDMU](https://github.com/forcedotcom/SFDX-Data-Move-Utility) to move data from Sandbox to Production (Or Vice-Versa).
 
-## Configuration
+### Configuration
 
 [Full Tutorial Here](https://www.1sync.co/deploy-conga-composer-production)
 
@@ -54,3 +54,15 @@ or to refresh sandbox:
 cd scripts/conga
 sh refresh-sb.sh
 ```
+
+## Backup Salesforce Metadata
+
+We can backup the salesforce metadata nighly (or on-demand) using Github Actions.
+
+Learn more by following [this]() tutorial.
+
+**TLDR:** Uncomment the following line in the file `backup-salesforce-metadata.yml`
+
+```yml
+- cron: "0 0 * * *"
+```