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Onboarding a repository

How a DevOps professional makes a TirSystem repository use the shared Sync GitHub mirror metadata workflow, and which runners it needs. Only this workflow exists today; the quality-check and release workflows are planned (see the Project Plan).

What has been verified

Item Status
Gitea version 1.27.3
.gitea/scoped_workflows/sync-github-metadata.yml runs in this repository Verified: run 16, workflow_dispatch, succeeded
The same workflow applies to other repositories automatically Not verified. Confirm how scoped workflows are delivered on the instance (admin or organization settings) before relying on it.

Until delivery is verified, onboard a repository by copying the workflow (below).

Steps

  1. Check the prerequisites in the repository: Actions are enabled, and a runner with the label ubuntu-latest and python3 is online (see Runners).
  2. Configure one GitHub push mirror in the repository settings (Settings, Repository, Mirror settings, Push mirror). The workflow fails when there are several GitHub mirrors. With none, it succeeds without syncing anything.
  3. Add the two secrets in the repository (or organization) settings, using the scopes in credentials.md:
    • TOKEN_FOR_GITEA
    • CREDENTIALS_FOR_GITHUB (JSON with GITHUB_PAT)
  4. Deliver the workflow:
    • If scoped workflows apply to the repository: nothing to copy.
    • Otherwise: copy .gitea/scoped_workflows/sync-github-metadata.yml from this repository to .gitea/workflows/ in the target repository. Pin the copy to a reviewed version of this repository and re-copy when it changes.
  5. Set a description and topics on the Gitea repository, so there is something to sync.
  6. Run it once manually: Actions, Sync GitHub mirror metadata, Run workflow. The log must end with Synced description and topics to <owner>/<repo>. and the GitHub repository must show the same description and topics.
  7. If it fails, use troubleshooting.md.

Runners

Item Value
Label the workflow uses ubuntu-latest
Labels offered by the runner on this instance ubuntu-latest, ubuntu-24.04, ubuntu-22.04
Tools the workflow needs python3 (standard library only), outbound HTTPS to the Gitea API and api.github.com
Needed for actions/checkout (used by the validation workflow) git and Node.js, normally in the runner image

Check that a suitable runner is online (needs permission to view runners):

curl -s -H "Authorization: token $GITEA_TOKEN" \
  https://git.tirsystem.com/api/v1/repos/<owner>/<repo>/actions/runners

For runners shared by the whole instance, an administrator uses /api/v1/admin/actions/runners. At the time of writing the repository and organization lists are empty and one instance-level runner (36cd20104923) is online.

Offline or incompatible runner

Symptom Likely cause Action
Run stays waiting No online runner has the label in runs-on Start the runner, or register one with the label
Job fails at the start with a missing command Runner image lacks python3, git or Node.js Use an image that has them
Job cannot reach the API Runner has no outbound HTTPS Fix runner network or proxy settings