Gitea Mirror Manager

This script uses Gitea's API to manage remote push mirrors for local repositories.

I recently installed Gitea and like to keep my dotfiles and some other projects synced between local, GitHub and GitLab.

After realizing that GitHub and GitLab's API Keys expire and I would have to update every mirror on a regular basis, someone mentioned that automating this may be a good idea.

Herein lies my attempt.

Usage

The script uses Python's builtin modules so no external dependencies are required.

I organize my repositories in Organizations (Gitea, GitHub) and Groups (GitLab) and this script manages the mirrors using that layout.

Create API keys in Gitea, GitHub and GitLab - or wherever you want to push to.

Copy settings.json.example to settings.json and edit it accordingly.

Add any repositories you do not want to sync to the gitea_ignore_sync section.

What it doesn't do

It may or may not work without Organization/Group repository structure.

It doesn't check if a mirror exists - It will delete any existing push mirrors and re-create them.

It doesn't check if the remote repository exists - It will create the remote mirrors but GitHub will have errors in the Web UI and GitLab will create a private repository if it does not exist.

It doesn't verify your API keys for GitHub or GitLab.

It doesn't check ignore repository group/orginazation. Currently, it just uses the repository name to ignore.

It doesn't handle Exceptions like it probably should.

These features may or may not be added in the future - time permitting.

Any pull requests improving the code and/or performance are welcomed.

What it does do

Exactly what I needed it to -- update GitHub/GitLab API keys on my Gitea push mirrors :)

Links

• https://docs.gitea.com/next/usage/repo-mirror
• https://try.gitea.io/api/swagger
• https://docs.gitea.com/development/api-usage
• https://docs.python.org/3/library/urllib.request.html#module-urllib.request
• https://docs.python.org/3/howto/urllib2.html