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+#!/bin/bash
+# Author: Alexander Epstein https://github.com/alexanderepstein
+
+currentVersion="1.7.0"
+configuredClient=""
+private="0"
+
+## This function determines which http get tool the system has installed and returns an error if there isnt one
+getConfiguredClient()
+{
+  if  command -v curl &>/dev/null ; then
+    configuredClient="curl"
+  elif command -v wget &>/dev/null ; then
+    configuredClient="wget"
+  elif command -v fetch &>/dev/null ; then
+    configuredClient="fetch"
+  else
+    echo "Error: This tool reqires either curl, wget, or fetch to be installed."
+    return 1
+  fi
+
+}
+
+checkInternet()
+{
+  echo -e "GET http://google.com HTTP/1.0\n\n" | nc google.com 80 > /dev/null 2>&1 # query google with a get request
+  if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then #check if the output is 0, if so no errors have occured and we have connected to google successfully
+    return 0
+  else
+    echo "Error: no active internet connection" >&2 #sent to stderr
+    return 1
+  fi
+}
+
+## Allows to call the users configured client without if statements everywhere
+httpGet()
+{
+  case "$configuredClient" in
+    curl) curl -A curl -s "$@";;
+    wget) wget -qO- "$@";;
+    fetch) fetch -o "...";;
+  esac
+}
+
+
+
+
+checkInternet()
+{
+  echo -e "GET http://google.com HTTP/1.0\n\n" | nc google.com 80 > /dev/null 2>&1 # query google with a get request
+  if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then #check if the output is 0, if so no errors have occured and we have connected to google successfully
+    return 0
+  else
+    echo "Error: no active internet connection" >&2 #sent to stderr
+    return 1
+  fi
+}
+
+update()
+{
+  # Author: Alexander Epstein https://github.com/alexanderepstein
+  # Update utility version 1.2.0
+  # To test the tool enter in the defualt values that are in the examples for each variable
+  repositoryName="Bash-Snippets" #Name of repostiory to be updated ex. Sandman-Lite
+  githubUserName="alexanderepstein" #username that hosts the repostiory ex. alexanderepstein
+  nameOfInstallFile="install.sh" # change this if the installer file has a different name be sure to include file extension if there is one
+  latestVersion=$(httpGet https://api.github.com/repos/$githubUserName/$repositoryName/tags | grep -Eo '"name":.*?[^\\]",'| head -1 | grep -Eo "[0-9.]+" ) #always grabs the tag without the v option
+
+  if [[ $currentVersion == "" || $repositoryName == "" || $githubUserName == "" || $nameOfInstallFile == "" ]];then
+    echo "Error: update utility has not been configured correctly." >&2
+    exit 1
+  elif [[ $latestVersion == "" ]];then
+    echo "Error: no active internet connection" >&2
+    exit 1
+  else
+    if [[ "$latestVersion" != "$currentVersion" ]]; then
+      echo "Version $latestVersion available"
+      echo -n "Do you wish to update $repositoryName [Y/n]: "
+      read -r answer
+      if [[ "$answer" == "Y" || "$answer" == "y" ]] ;then
+        cd  ~ || { echo 'Update Failed' ; exit 1 ; }
+        if [[ -d  ~/$repositoryName ]]; then rm -r -f $repositoryName  ||  { echo "Permissions Error: try running the update as sudo"; exit 1; } ; fi
+        git clone "https://github.com/$githubUserName/$repositoryName" || { echo "Couldn't download latest version" ; exit 1; }
+        cd $repositoryName ||  { echo 'Update Failed' ; exit 1 ;}
+        git checkout "v$latestVersion" 2> /dev/null || git checkout "$latestVersion" 2> /dev/null || echo "Couldn't git checkout to stable release, updating to latest commit."
+        chmod a+x install.sh #this might be necessary in your case but wasnt in mine.
+        ./$nameOfInstallFile "update" || exit 1
+        cd ..
+        rm -r -f $repositoryName ||  { echo "Permissions Error: update succesfull but cannot delete temp files located at ~/$repositoryName delete this directory with sudo"; exit 1; }
+      else
+        exit 1
+      fi
+    else
+      echo "$repositoryName is already the latest version"
+    fi
+  fi
+
+}
+
+getBitbucketInfo()
+{
+    echo -n 'Enter your Bitbucket username: '
+    read username
+    echo -n 'Enter your Bitbucket password: '
+    read  password  # -s flag hides password text
+    echo
+}
+
+backupRepo()
+{
+  cd ~/temp/$repoName
+  if [[ $private == "1" ]];then
+    httpGet --user $username:$password https://api.bitbucket.org/1.0/repositories/ --data name=$repoName$timestamp --data is_private='true' > /dev/null
+  else
+    httpGet --user $username:$password https://api.bitbucket.org/1.0/repositories/ --data name=$repoName$timestamp > /dev/null
+  fi
+    echo "Before remote"
+    originalRepoName=$repoName
+    repoName=$(echo $repoName | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]')
+    timestamp=$(echo $timestamp | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]')
+    git remote add origin https://$username:$password@bitbucket.org/$username/$repoName$timestamp.git > /dev/null || return 1
+    echo "After remote"
+    git push -q origin --all --tags > /dev/null || return 1
+    git push -q origin --tags > /dev/null || return 1
+    echo "Successfully backedup $originalRepoName"
+    echo
+    rm -rf ~/temp
+}
+
+copyRepository()
+{
+  timestamp=$(date | tr " " _ | tr : _  )
+  mkdir ~/temp
+  cd ~/temp || { rm -r ~/temp; return 1;  }
+  cp -r $1 ~/temp || { rm -r ~/temp; return 1;  }
+  repoName=$(ls ~/temp)
+  cd $repoName || { rm -r ~/temp; return 1;  }
+  rm -rf .git && git init > /dev/null
+  git add -A . > /dev/null
+  git commit -m "Initial commit" > /dev/null
+}
+
+getConfiguredClient || exit 1
+checkInternet || exit 1
+getBitbucketInfo
+copyRepository $1 || { echo "Error: couldnt copy $originalRepoName to ~/temp/$repoName"; exit 1; }
+backupRepo  || { echo "Error: couldnt backup $originalRepoName to bitbucket"; exit 1; }