Gitea Auto 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 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

1. Use the following command to install all dependencies.

sudo pip install requests packaging

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!