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+import { Provider, type Versions } from "../provider.ts";
+import { bold, brightBlue } from "@std/fmt/colors";
+
+export interface GiteaProviderOptions {
+  registryUrl: string;
+  repository: string;
+  branches?: boolean;
+  token?: string;
+}
+
+export interface GiteaVersions extends Versions {
+  tags: Array<string>;
+  branches: Array<string>;
+}
+
+export class GiteaProvider extends Provider {
+  name = "gitea";
+  private readonly registryUrl: string;
+  private readonly repositoryName: string;
+  private readonly listBranches?: boolean;
+  private readonly giteaToken?: string;
+
+  constructor({ registryUrl, repository, branches = true, token }: GiteaProviderOptions) {
+    super();
+    this.registryUrl = registryUrl
+    this.repositoryName = repository;
+    this.listBranches = branches;
+    this.giteaToken = token;
+  }
+
+  async getVersions(
+    _name: string,
+  ): Promise<GiteaVersions> {
+    //!TODO
+    const [tags, branches] = await Promise.all([
+      this.gitFetch<GiteaRepoTag[]>("tags"),
+      this.gitFetch<GiteaRepoBranch[]>("branches"),
+    ]);
+
+    const tagNames = tags.map(tag => tag.name).toReversed()
+
+    const branchNames = branches
+      .sort((a, b) =>
+        (a.protected === b.protected) ? 0 : (a.protected ? 1 : -1)
+      )
+      .map((tag) =>
+        tag.protected ? `${tag.name} (${bold("Protected")})` : tag.name
+      )
+      .reverse();
+
+    return {
+      versions: [
+        ...tagNames,
+        ...branchNames,
+      ],
+      latest: tagNames[0],
+      tags: tagNames,
+      branches: branchNames,
+    };
+  }
+
+  getRepositoryUrl(_name: string): string {
+    return new URL(this.repositoryName, this.registryUrl).href;
+  }
+
+  getRegistryUrl(_name: string, version: string): string {
+    return new URL(`${this.repositoryName}/src/tag/${version}`, this.registryUrl).href;
+  }
+
+  async listVersions(name: string, currentVersion?: string): Promise<void> {
+    //!TODO
+    const { tags, branches } = await this.getVersions(name);
+    const showBranches: boolean = !!this.listBranches && branches.length > 0;
+    const indent = showBranches ? 2 : 0;
+    if (showBranches) {
+      console.log("\n" + " ".repeat(indent) + bold(brightBlue("Tags:\n")));
+    }
+    super.printVersions(tags, currentVersion, { indent });
+    if (showBranches) {
+      console.log("\n" + " ".repeat(indent) + bold(brightBlue("Branches:\n")));
+      super.printVersions(branches, currentVersion, { maxCols: 5, indent });
+      console.log();
+    }
+  }
+
+  private getApiUrl(endpoint: string): string {
+    return new URL(`api/v1/repos/${this.repositoryName}/${endpoint}`, this.registryUrl).href;
+  }
+
+  private async gitFetch<T>(endpoint: string): Promise<T> {
+    const headers = new Headers({ "Content-Type": "application/json" });
+    if (this.giteaToken) {
+      headers.set(
+        "Authorization",
+        this.giteaToken ? `token ${this.giteaToken}` : "",
+      );
+    }
+    const response = await fetch(
+      this.getApiUrl(endpoint),
+      {
+        method: "GET",
+        cache: "default",
+        headers,
+      },
+    );
+
+    if (!response.status) {
+      throw new Error(
+        "couldn't fetch versions - try again after sometime",
+      );
+    }
+
+    const data: GiteaResponse & T = await response.json();
+
+    //!TODO check error message
+    if (
+      typeof data === "object" && "message" in data &&
+      "documentation_url" in data
+    ) {
+      throw new Error(data.message + " " + data.documentation_url);
+    }
+
+    return data;
+  }
+}
+
+interface GiteaResponse {
+  //!TODO check response format
+  message: string;
+  // deno-lint-ignore camelcase
+  documentation_url: string;
+}
+
+interface GiteaRepoTag {
+    //!TODO improve types
+    name: string
+    message: string
+    id: string //sha1 (commit.sha)
+    commit: {
+        url: string //url
+        sha: string //sha1
+        created: string //ISO
+    }
+    zipball_url: string //url
+    tarball_url: string //url
+}
+
+interface GiteaRepoBranch {   
+    commit: {
+        author:	{    
+            email:  string
+            name: string
+            username: string
+            committer: {
+                email: string
+                name: string
+                username: string
+            }
+            id: string //commit sha1
+            url: string //url
+            timestamp: string //ISO
+            message: string
+            added: string[] | null
+            modified: string[] | null
+            removed: string[] | null
+            verification: {
+                payload: string
+                reason: string
+                signature: string
+                verified: boolean
+                signer: {
+                    email: string
+                    name: string
+                    username: string
+                } | null
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    effective_branch_protection_name: string
+    enable_status_check: boolean
+    name: string
+    protected: boolean
+    required_approvals: number
+    status_check_contexts: string[]
+    user_can_merge: boolean
+    user_can_push: boolean
+}
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