title: How to temporarily backup the current folder?
body: <p>I would like to do the following:</p>
  <ol>
  <li>Backup the current folder</li>
  <li>Run some test files</li>
  <li>Restore the backup (delete all changes from previous commands)</li>
  <li>Delete backup</li>
  </ol>
  <p>Unfortunately I do not have Git available. Otherwise I would do</p>
  <pre class="lang-sh prettyprint-override"><code>git add .
  git commit -m &quot;backup&quot;
  # run commands
  git checkout .
  </code></pre>