GitHub to Forgejo Mirror Tool

A robust Go command-line tool for automatically mirroring GitHub repositories to Forgejo with advanced features.

🚀 Features

• Batch Migration: Migrate all repositories at once
• Smart Filtering: Include/exclude repos, handle forks and private repos
• Concurrent Processing: Configurable parallel migrations
• Dry Run Mode: Test migrations without making changes
• Mirror Sync: Keep existing mirrors updated
• Recreate Mode: Delete and recreate existing repositories for fresh migration
• Cleanup: Remove orphaned mirrors
• Progress Tracking: Real-time status updates
• Flexible Config: Environment variables or command-line flags

🔧 Configuration

Required Environment Variables

export GITHUB_TOKEN="ghp_xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx"
export GITHUB_USER="your-github-username"
export FORGEJO_URL="https://git.hra42.com"
export FORGEJO_TOKEN="your-forgejo-access-token"
export FORGEJO_USER="your-forgejo-username"

Optional Environment Variables

export FORGEJO_ORG="your-organization"           # Target organization instead of user
export MIRROR_INTERVAL="10m"                     # Mirror sync interval (e.g., '10m', '1h', '24h')
export INCLUDE_PRIVATE="true"                    # Include private repositories
export INCLUDE_FORKS="true"                      # Include forked repositories
export RECREATE_REPOS="true"                     # Delete and recreate existing repositories
export ONLY_REPOS="repo1,repo2,repo3"           # Only migrate specific repos
export EXCLUDE_REPOS="test-repo,old-repo"       # Exclude specific repos

🎯 Usage Examples

Basic Migration

# Migrate all public repositories
./github-forgejo-mirror

# Include private repositories (requires GitHub token with 'repo' scope)
./github-forgejo-mirror --include-private

# Include forks as well
./github-forgejo-mirror --include-private --include-forks

Note: When migrating repositories, the tool automatically configures pull mirrors with authentication:

• Username: Your GitHub username (from GITHUB_USER or --github-user)
• Password/Token: Your GitHub personal access token (from GITHUB_TOKEN or --github-token) This ensures that Forgejo can automatically pull updates from GitHub, even for private repositories.

Advanced Usage

# Dry run to see what would be migrated
./github-forgejo-mirror --dry-run --verbose

# Migrate only specific repositories
./github-forgejo-mirror --only="important-repo,another-repo"

# Exclude specific repositories
./github-forgejo-mirror --exclude="test-repo,old-stuff" --include-private

# Migrate to organization instead of user
./github-forgejo-mirror --organization="my-org" --include-private

# Fast migration with more concurrent workers
./github-forgejo-mirror --concurrent=10 --include-private

# Migration with cleanup of orphaned mirrors
./github-forgejo-mirror --cleanup --include-private

# Recreate existing repositories (delete and re-migrate)
./github-forgejo-mirror --recreate --include-private

# Set custom mirror sync interval (default is Forgejo's default)
./github-forgejo-mirror --mirror-interval="30m" --include-private

# Use hourly sync for less critical repos
./github-forgejo-mirror --mirror-interval="1h" --include-private

# Daily sync for archived or stable repos
./github-forgejo-mirror --mirror-interval="24h" --include-private

Command-line Flags

Usage of ./github-forgejo-mirror:
  -github-token string       GitHub personal access token
  -github-user string        GitHub username
  -forgejo-url string        Forgejo instance URL
  -forgejo-token string      Forgejo access token
  -forgejo-user string       Forgejo username
  -organization string       Forgejo organization (optional)
  -mirror-interval string    Mirror sync interval (e.g., '10m', '1h', '24h')
  -include-private           Include private repositories
  -include-forks             Include forked repositories
  -dry-run                   Show what would be done without making changes
  -cleanup                   Remove mirrors that no longer exist on GitHub
  -recreate                  Delete and recreate existing repositories
  -concurrent int            Number of concurrent migrations (default 3)
  -verbose                   Enable verbose logging
  -only string               Comma-separated list of repos to migrate
  -exclude string            Comma-separated list of repos to exclude
  -version                   Show version and exit

🛠️ Development Setup

# Clone and setup
git clone <your-repo>
cd github-forgejo-mirror

# Install dependencies
go mod tidy

# Run tests (if you add them)
go test ./...

# Build for different platforms
GOOS=linux GOARCH=amd64 go build -o github-forgejo-mirror-linux-amd64 .
GOOS=windows GOARCH=amd64 go build -o github-forgejo-mirror-windows-amd64.exe .
GOOS=darwin GOARCH=amd64 go build -o github-forgejo-mirror-darwin-amd64 .

🔐 Token Setup

GitHub Personal Access Token

1. Go to GitHub Settings → Developer settings → Personal access tokens
2. Generate new token (classic)
3. Select scopes:
   • repo (for private repositories)
   • public_repo (for public repositories)
   • read:org (if migrating organization repos)

Important: This token is used for two purposes:

• Fetching repository information from GitHub API
• Authentication for pull mirrors - Forgejo will use this token to authenticate with GitHub and automatically pull changes

Forgejo Access Token

1. Login to your Forgejo instance
2. Go to Settings → Applications
3. Generate new token
4. Select permissions: repository (read/write), organization (if using orgs)

📋 Migration Features

What gets migrated:

• ✅ Repository code and history
• ✅ Branches and tags
• ✅ Issues (if supported by Forgejo)
• ✅ Pull requests (if supported)
• ✅ Releases
• ✅ Wiki (if present)
• ✅ Milestones and labels
• ✅ Repository settings (private/public)

Mirror Features:

• 🔄 Automatic periodic sync from GitHub
• 🔄 Manual sync trigger via API
• 🔄 Keeps repositories in sync with upstream
• 🔐 Authenticated pulling using GitHub token and username
• 🔐 Supports both public and private repository mirroring
• ⏰ Configurable sync intervals (10m, 30m, 1h, 24h, etc.)

🚨 Error Handling

The tool includes comprehensive error handling for:

• Network timeouts and retries
• API rate limiting
• Authentication failures
• Repository conflicts
• Invalid configurations

📊 Output Example

🚀 GitHub to Forgejo Mirror Tool v1.0.0
   Source: [email protected]
   Target: https://git.hra42.com

📡 Fetching GitHub repositories...
   Found 42 repositories on GitHub

🔄 Starting migration...
✅ Successfully migrated: awesome-project
✅ Successfully migrated: cool-library
⚠️  Repository already exists: old-mirror
✅ Successfully migrated: new-tool

📊 Migration Summary:
   Total repos: 42
   Migrated: 38
   Skipped: 3
   Failed: 1
   Duration: 2m34s

🎉 Migration completed successfully!

🤝 Contributing

1. Fork the repository
2. Create feature branch
3. Add tests for new features
4. Submit pull request