Gitea Remote Updater

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 via Gitea API
• Get latest Relase via GitHub API
• Check if there is a newer Version
• If true
  • Download new version, overwrite old version

General Information

License: GNU General Public License

Author: Christoph Daniel Miksche (m5e.de)

Uses python version 3

Installation

1. Use the following command to install all dependencies.

sudo pip install requests

2. Then clone the git repository.

3. After that, please change the variables in the settings.py file.

4. Enter the command python updater.py in your commandline.

5. 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

Thank you for your support!