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diff --git a/content/blog/miscellaneous/mirroring-to-github.md b/content/blog/miscellaneous/mirroring-to-github.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..c6b1fb2 --- /dev/null +++ b/content/blog/miscellaneous/mirroring-to-github.md @@ -0,0 +1,27 @@ +--- +title: Mirroring a repository to github +description: How to mirror a git repository to github +date: 2021-03-30 +tags: + - git +--- + +## Introduction + +I have been running my own [git server]({{< ref "docs/adyxax.org/git.md" >}}) for more than 10 years (first with just ssh, then with [gitolite](https://gitolite.com/gitolite/index.html) and finally with [gitea](https://gitea.io/)). I manually pushed some of my work to github for better exposition and just decided to automate that mirroring. + +## How to + +It turns out it is quite simple. First you will need to generate a [github access token](https://github.com/settings/tokens). Be very carefull with it, it gives unlimited access to your whole github account. I wish I could generate token with a more limited access (to a single repository for example) but sadly this is not the case as of this writing. + +Then you create a git hook with a script that looks like the following : + +{{< highlight sh >}} +#!/usr/bin/env bash +set -eu + +git push --mirror --quiet https://adyxax:TOKEN@github.com/adyxax/www.git &> /dev/null +echo 'github updated' +{{< /highlight >}} + +Just put your token there, adjust the repository path and it will work. I am using this in `post-receive` hooks on my git server on several repositories without any issue. |