I have a few files that I want to push to a remote repository just before shutdown. It could be many use cases, but mine is, I want my dotfiles synced to mbtamuli/dotfiles. Well, the approach is simple setup a small script to do git push have a systemd service What? You thought there’d be a ton of steps? Sorry to dissapoint. 😁 profit! 😎 Create another file and do whatever you need /usr/local/bin/backup_work.sh #!/bin/bash cd /path/to/git/repo git add . git commit -m "Daily Backup" git push origin master Add executable permissions chmod +x /usr/local/bin/backup_work.sh Create a file at /etc/systemd/system/backup-work.service. Change the user and group! [Unit] Description=Backup files to git repo DefaultDependencies=no Before=shutdown.target reboot.target halt.target [Service] Type=oneshot User=mbtamuli Group=mbtamuli ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/backup_work.sh [Install] WantedBy=halt.target reboot.target shutdown.target