gitea actions

1. What is Gitea used for?
2. Where does Gitea store repositories?
3. How do I create a pull request in Gitea?
4. How do I delete a Gitea repository?
5. How do I run Gitea?
6. Is Gitea free?
7. How do I restart Gitea?
8. How do I update my Gitea?
9. How does Git LFS work?
10. How do you manage pull requests?
11. How does pull request work?
12. Why is it called a pull request?

What is Gitea used for?

Gitea is an open-source forge software package for hosting software development version control using Git as well as other collaborative features like bug tracking, wikis and code review. It supports self-hosting but also provides a free public first-party instance hosted in China on DiDi's cloud.

Where does Gitea store repositories?

Repository ( repository ) ROOT : data/gitea-repositories/: Root path for storing all repository data. It must be an absolute path. By default it is stored in a sub-directory of APP_DATA_PATH .

How do I create a pull request in Gitea?

TLDR

1. Find a project you want to contribute to.
2. Fork it.
3. Clone it to your local system.
4. Make a new branch.
5. Make your changes.
6. Push it back to your repo.
7. Click the Compare & pull request button.
8. Click Create pull request to open a new pull request.

How do I delete a Gitea repository?

Use the git remote rm <remote-name> command to remove a remote from a repository.

How do I run Gitea?

Installing Gitea

1. Log into your server via SSH.
2. Update the APT sources, upgrade the already installed software and install Git: ...
3. Add the user that will run the Gitea application: ...
4. Create the folder structure that is used by Gitea to store data: ...
5. Set the working directory of Gitea: ...

Is Gitea free?

Um gitea you have all the project tool for free. You can open projects, manage users with different privilege rules.

How do I restart Gitea?

To restart a Gitea application:

1. Open an SSH session to your account.
2. Enter $HOME/webapps/application/bin/restart, where application is the name of the application as it appears on the control panel, and press Enter.

How do I update my Gitea?

You can update to a new version of Gitea by stopping Gitea, replacing the binary at /usr/local/bin/gitea and restarting the instance. The binary file name should not be changed during the update to avoid problems in existing repositories. It is recommended you do a backup before updating your installation.

How does Git LFS work?

How to use Git-lfs ( Large File Storage ) to push large files to...

1. Step 1: Download and Install Git-lfs ( Git Large File Storage ) from here.
2. Step 2: Setup Git lfs for your user account git lfs install .
3. Step 3: If you have already tried to commit large files and got the error then you must first undo the commit, use git reset — soft HEAD~1 otherwise ignore this step.

How do you manage pull requests?

The only way to update a Pull Request is adding a new remote that has a reference to the fork of the contributor who created it. If you have permissions to write in their fork, you can push any changes to the Pull Request branch in their remote and it will be updated on the Github Pull Request Web UI automatically.

How does pull request work?

You make local code changes and then submit those changes to a remote project maintainer for review before those changes are implemented, or merged. This is called a pull request; you are requesting that someone reviews and approves your changes before they become final.

Why is it called a pull request?

When you're ready for feedback, submit a pull request. Pull requests are a feature specific to GitHub. They provide a simple, web-based way to submit your work (often called “patches”) to a project. It's called a pull request because you're asking the project to pull changes from your fork.