Mirror Repository Action

Mirror Git Repository to Remote Host.

• Inputs
• Support
• Contributing
• Development

Inputs

input	required	default	description
url	Not w/ host	-	* Full URL to Mirror, overrides: host/owner/repo
host	Not w/ url	-	* Full Host to Mirror, example: https://codeberg.org
owner	No	Repo Owner	* Repository Owner of Mirror (if different from source)
repo	No	Repo Name	* Repository Name of Mirror (if different from source)
create	No	-	* Set to true to attempt to Create the Mirror Repo
username	No	Repo Owner	Username for Authentication to Mirror
password	Yes	-	Token or Password for Authentication to Mirror

url/host - You must provide either a full repository url or a host value.

owner/repo - If different from source, you must specify these values.

create - Tested with codeberg but should also work with gitea/forgejo. Do not set or leave empty to disable.

1. Create a Token for Mirror to use as a Password for Pushing Commits, or Creating Repositories.

   • Codeberg/Gitea/Forgejo go here: https://codeberg.org/user/settings/applications
   • Select Permissions: write:organization write:repository write:user

2. Create Remote Repository to Mirror, or set create to true, for example: https://codeberg.org

3. Go to the settings for your source repository on GitHub and add the CODEBERG_TOKEN secret.

   • For organizations, you can add the token one time at the Organization level.

4. Add the following file to source repository on GitHub: .github/workflows/mirror.yaml

   • The owner is automatically set to the GitHub Organization or Username if personal. Set to override.
   • The repo is automatically set to the GitHub Repository Name. This should only be set to rename repo.
   • For Codeberg, use the host below and set the username to your Codeberg username.

The below yaml is available in this file: .github/workflows/mirror.yaml

name: 'Mirror'

on:
  workflow_dispatch:
  release:
    types: ['published']
  push:
    branches: ['**']
    tags: ['**']

jobs:
  mirror:
    name: 'Mirror'
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    timeout-minutes: 5

    steps:
      - name: 'Checkout'
        uses: actions/checkout@v4
        with:
          fetch-depth: 0

      - name: 'Mirror to Codeberg'
        uses: cssnr/mirror-repository-action@master
        with:
          #url: https://codeberg.org/cssnr/mirror-repository-action
          host: https://codeberg.org
          #owner: cssnr
          #repo: mirror-repository-action
          create: true
          username: shaner
          password: ${{ secrets.CODEBERG_TOKEN }}

Important

Checkout with: fetch-depth: 0 is necessary!

Support

For general help or to request a feature, see:

• Q&A Discussion: https://github.com/cssnr/mirror-repository-action/discussions/categories/q-a
• Request a Feature: https://github.com/cssnr/mirror-repository-action/discussions/categories/feature-requests

If you are experiencing an issue/bug or getting unexpected results, you can:

• Report an Issue: https://github.com/cssnr/mirror-repository-action/issues
• Chat with us on Discord: https://discord.gg/wXy6m2X8wY
• Provide General Feedback: https://cssnr.github.io/feedback/

Contributing

Currently, the best way to contribute to this project is to star this project on GitHub.

Additionally, you can support other GitHub Actions I have published:

• VirusTotal Action
• Update Version Tags Action
• Update JSON Value Action
• Parse Issue Form Action
• Mirror Repository Action
• Portainer Stack Deploy
• Mozilla Addon Update Action

For a full list of current projects to support visit: https://cssnr.github.io/

Development

1. Install act: https://nektosact.com/installation/index.html
2. List Workflows: act -l
3. Run a Workflow: act -j test

If you need files from .gitignore use: --use-gitignore=false

For advanced using with things like secrets, variables and context see: https://nektosact.com/usage/index.html

You should also review the options from act --help

Note, the .env, .secrets and .vars files are automatically sourced with no extra options. To source event.json you need to run act with act -e event.json