n8n Workflow Backup to GitLab with Customer Tag Organization

This workflow provides robust version control for n8n automations by fetching workflows tagged 'backup-workflows' via the n8n API, normalizing their names, and applying customer-specific tags like [customer: NAME]. It prepares export-ready JSON matching n8n UI structure and interacts with a GitLab repository to intelligently manage files: creating new ones if absent, updating only if content differs, or skipping unchanged files. A recap log summarizes created, updated, unchanged, and total workflows processed.

Benefits include automated, reliable backups reducing manual export efforts, GitLab's version history for tracking changes and rollbacks, and customer organization for multi-client teams. It prevents data loss, enables collaboration via pull requests, and scales for hundreds of workflows without intervention.

Ideal use cases: IT/DevOps teams managing client n8n instances, agencies with tagged customer workflows, or solo automators needing Git-based versioning. Trigger manually for testing or schedule daily at 03:00; setup involves GitLab creds, repo creation, global vars (owner/project/branch/path), and tagging target workflows.