# Gitea Auto Update

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Script for a automatic update of gitea. Should be run locally on the gitea server. Has options for updating via new binary file or build from source.

## Procedure
* Get Gitea Version from the Gitea CLI and if that fails from the Gitea API
* Get latest Release via GitHub API
* Check if there is a newer Version
* If there is a newer Version:
    * If binary file was selected: 
        * Download new version
        * Check sha256
        * Overwrite old version
    * If build from source is active: 
        * Checkout new release branch
        * Build binary
        * Overwrite old binary
        

## General Information
License: GNU General Public License

Author: Christoph Daniel Miksche (m5e.de)

Uses python version 3

## Installation

Create a settings.ini file on your system. Example:

  ````
[Gitea]
site=https://your-gitea-instance.com/api/v1/version
apiUrl=https://api.github.com/repos/go-gitea/gitea/releases/latest
system=linux-amd64
file=/usr/local/bin/gitea
tmpDir=/tmp/
buildFromSource=
sourceDir=
logFile=update.log
  ````

Use the following command to install gitea-auto-update.

  ```
  sudo pip3 install gitea-auto-update
  ```

Enter the command `gite-auto-update --settings=/path/to/settings.ini` in your commandline.

If you want to schedule your updates, edit your /etc/crontab file.

## Tutorials

* English: http://blog.m5e.de/gitea/update/upgrade/bash/script/2018/11/26/gitea-auto-update-script.html
* German: https://blog.wronnay.net/automatische-gitea-updates/

## Contributors

 - [@Eideen](https://github.com/Eideen)

Thank you for your support!

Interested in contributing to this project? Check out the [Contribution Guidelines](CONTRIBUTING.md).