Command Line
Usage
gitea [global options] command [command or global options] [arguments...]
Global options
All global options can be placed at the command level.
--help
,-h
: Show help text and exit. Optional.--version
,-v
: Show version and exit. Optional. (example:Gitea version 1.1.0+218-g7b907ed built with: bindata, sqlite
).--work-path path
,-w path
: Gitea’s work path. Optional. (default: the binary’s path or$GITEA_WORK_DIR
)--custom-path path
,-C path
: Gitea’s custom folder path. Optional. (default:WorkPath
/custom or$GITEA_CUSTOM
).--config path
,-c path
: Gitea configuration file path. Optional. (default:CustomPath
/conf/app.ini).
NB: The defaults custom-path, config and work-path can also be changed at build time (if preferred).
Commands
web
Starts the server:
- Options:
--port number
,-p number
: Port number. Optional. (default: 3000). Overrides configuration file.--install-port number
: Port number to run the install page on. Optional. (default: 3000). Overrides configuration file.--pid path
,-P path
: Pidfile path. Optional.--quiet
,-q
: Only emit Fatal logs on the console for logs emitted before logging set up.--verbose
: Emit tracing logs on the console for logs emitted before logging is set-up.
- Examples:
gitea web
gitea web --port 80
gitea web --config /etc/gitea.ini --pid /some/custom/gitea.pid
- Notes:
- Gitea should not be run as root. To bind to a port below 1024, you can use setcap on Linux:
sudo setcap 'cap_net_bind_service=+ep' /path/to/gitea
. This will need to be redone every time you update Gitea.
- Gitea should not be run as root. To bind to a port below 1024, you can use setcap on Linux:
admin
Admin operations:
- Commands:
user
:list
:- Options:
--admin
: List only admin users. Optional.
- Description: lists all users that exist
- Examples:
gitea admin user list
- Options:
delete
:- Options:
--email
: Email of the user to be deleted.--username
: Username of user to be deleted.--id
: ID of user to be deleted.- One of
--id
,--username
or--email
is required. If more than one is provided then all have to match.
- Examples:
gitea admin user delete --id 1
- Options:
create
:- Options:
--name value
: Username. Required. As of Gitea 1.9.0, use the--username
flag instead.--username value
: Username. Required. New in Gitea 1.9.0.--password value
: Password. Required.--email value
: Email. Required.--admin
: If provided, this makes the user an admin. Optional.--access-token
: If provided, an access token will be created for the user. Optional. (default: false).--must-change-password
: If provided, the created user will be required to choose a newer password after the initial login. Optional. (default: true).--random-password
: If provided, a randomly generated password will be used as the password of the created user. The value of--password
will be discarded. Optional.--random-password-length
: If provided, it will be used to configure the length of the randomly generated password. Optional. (default: 12)
- Examples:
gitea admin user create --username myname --password asecurepassword --email me@example.com
- Options:
change-password
:- Options:
--username value
,-u value
: Username. Required.--password value
,-p value
: New password. Required.
- Examples:
gitea admin user change-password --username myname --password asecurepassword
- Options:
must-change-password
:- Args:
[username...]
: Users that must change their passwords
- Options:
--all
,-A
: Force a password change for all users--exclude username
,-e username
: Exclude the given user. Can be set multiple times.--unset
: Revoke forced password change for the given users
- Args:
generate-access-token
:- Options:
--username value
,-u value
: Username. Required.--token-name value
,-t value
: Token name. Required.--scopes value
: Comma-separated list of scopes. Scopes follow the format[read|write]:<block>
orall
where<block>
is one of the available visual groups you can see when opening the API page showing the available routes (for examplerepo
).
- Examples:
gitea admin user generate-access-token --username myname --token-name mytoken
gitea admin user generate-access-token --help
- Options:
regenerate
- Options:
hooks
: Regenerate Git Hooks for all repositorieskeys
: Regenerate authorized_keys file
- Examples:
gitea admin regenerate hooks
gitea admin regenerate keys
- Options:
auth
:list
:- Description: lists all external authentication sources that exist
- Examples:
gitea admin auth list
delete
:- Options:
--id
: ID of source to be deleted. Required.
- Examples:
gitea admin auth delete --id 1
- Options:
add-oauth
:- Options:
--name
: Application Name.--provider
: OAuth2 Provider.--key
: Client ID (Key).--secret
: Client Secret.--auto-discover-url
: OpenID Connect Auto Discovery URL (only required when using OpenID Connect as provider).--use-custom-urls
: Use custom URLs for GitLab/GitHub OAuth endpoints.--custom-tenant-id
: Use custom Tenant ID for OAuth endpoints.--custom-auth-url
: Use a custom Authorization URL (option for GitLab/GitHub).--custom-token-url
: Use a custom Token URL (option for GitLab/GitHub).--custom-profile-url
: Use a custom Profile URL (option for GitLab/GitHub).--custom-email-url
: Use a custom Email URL (option for GitHub).--icon-url
: Custom icon URL for OAuth2 login source.--skip-local-2fa
: Allow source to override local 2FA. (Optional)--scopes
: Additional scopes to request for this OAuth2 source. (Optional)--required-claim-name
: Claim name that has to be set to allow users to login with this source. (Optional)--required-claim-value
: Claim value that has to be set to allow users to login with this source. (Optional)--group-claim-name
: Claim name providing group names for this source. (Optional)--admin-group
: Group Claim value for administrator users. (Optional)--restricted-group
: Group Claim value for restricted users. (Optional)--group-team-map
: JSON mapping between groups and org teams. (Optional)--group-team-map-removal
: Activate automatic team membership removal depending on groups. (Optional)
- Examples:
gitea admin auth add-oauth --name external-github --provider github --key OBTAIN_FROM_SOURCE --secret OBTAIN_FROM_SOURCE
- Options:
update-oauth
:- Options:
--id
: ID of source to be updated. Required.--name
: Application Name.--provider
: OAuth2 Provider.--key
: Client ID (Key).--secret
: Client Secret.--auto-discover-url
: OpenID Connect Auto Discovery URL (only required when using OpenID Connect as provider).--use-custom-urls
: Use custom URLs for GitLab/GitHub OAuth endpoints.--custom-tenant-id
: Use custom Tenant ID for OAuth endpoints.--custom-auth-url
: Use a custom Authorization URL (option for GitLab/GitHub).--custom-token-url
: Use a custom Token URL (option for GitLab/GitHub).--custom-profile-url
: Use a custom Profile URL (option for GitLab/GitHub).--custom-email-url
: Use a custom Email URL (option for GitHub).--icon-url
: Custom icon URL for OAuth2 login source.--skip-local-2fa
: Allow source to override local 2FA. (Optional)--scopes
: Additional scopes to request for this OAuth2 source.--required-claim-name
: Claim name that has to be set to allow users to login with this source. (Optional)--required-claim-value
: Claim value that has to be set to allow users to login with this source. (Optional)--group-claim-name
: Claim name providing group names for this source. (Optional)--admin-group
: Group Claim value for administrator users. (Optional)--restricted-group
: Group Claim value for restricted users. (Optional)
- Examples:
gitea admin auth update-oauth --id 1 --name external-github-updated
- Options:
add-smtp
:- Options:
--name
: Application Name. Required.--auth-type
: SMTP Authentication Type (PLAIN/LOGIN/CRAM-MD5). Default to PLAIN.--host
: SMTP host. Required.--port
: SMTP port. Required.--force-smtps
: SMTPS is always used on port 465. Set this to force SMTPS on other ports.--skip-verify
: Skip TLS verify.--helo-hostname
: Hostname sent with HELO. Leave blank to send current hostname.--disable-helo
: Disable SMTP helo.--allowed-domains
: Leave empty to allow all domains. Separate multiple domains with a comma (‘,’).--skip-local-2fa
: Skip 2FA to log on.--active
: This Authentication Source is Activated. Remarks:--force-smtps
,--skip-verify
,--disable-helo
,--skip-loca-2fs
and--active
options can be used in form:--option
,--option=true
to enable--option=false
to disable If those options are not specified value would not be changed inupdate-smtp
or would use defaultfalse
value inadd-smtp
- Examples:
gitea admin auth add-smtp --name ldap --host smtp.mydomain.org --port 587 --skip-verify --active
- Options:
update-smtp
:- Options:
--id
: ID of source to be updated. Required.- other options are shared with
add-smtp
- Examples:
gitea admin auth update-smtp --id 1 --host smtp.mydomain.org --port 587 --skip-verify=false
gitea admin auth update-smtp --id 1 --active=false
- Options:
add-ldap
: Add new LDAP (via Bind DN) authentication source- Options:
--name value
: Authentication name. Required.--not-active
: Deactivate the authentication source.--security-protocol value
: Security protocol name. Required.--skip-tls-verify
: Disable TLS verification.--host value
: The address where the LDAP server can be reached. Required.--port value
: The port to use when connecting to the LDAP server. Required.--user-search-base value
: The LDAP base at which user accounts will be searched for. Required.--user-filter value
: An LDAP filter declaring how to find the user record that is attempting to authenticate. Required.--admin-filter value
: An LDAP filter specifying if a user should be given administrator privileges.--restricted-filter value
: An LDAP filter specifying if a user should be given restricted status.--username-attribute value
: The attribute of the user’s LDAP record containing the user name.--firstname-attribute value
: The attribute of the user’s LDAP record containing the user’s first name.--surname-attribute value
: The attribute of the user’s LDAP record containing the user’s surname.--email-attribute value
: The attribute of the user’s LDAP record containing the user’s email address. Required.--public-ssh-key-attribute value
: The attribute of the user’s LDAP record containing the user’s public ssh key.--avatar-attribute value
: The attribute of the user’s LDAP record containing the user’s avatar.--bind-dn value
: The DN to bind to the LDAP server with when searching for the user.--bind-password value
: The password for the Bind DN, if any.--attributes-in-bind
: Fetch attributes in bind DN context.--synchronize-users
: Enable user synchronization.--page-size value
: Search page size.
- Examples:
gitea admin auth add-ldap --name ldap --security-protocol unencrypted --host mydomain.org --port 389 --user-search-base "ou=Users,dc=mydomain,dc=org" --user-filter "(&(objectClass=posixAccount)(|(uid=%[1]s)(mail=%[1]s)))" --email-attribute mail
- Options:
update-ldap
: Update existing LDAP (via Bind DN) authentication source- Options:
--id value
: ID of authentication source. Required.--name value
: Authentication name.--not-active
: Deactivate the authentication source.--security-protocol value
: Security protocol name.--skip-tls-verify
: Disable TLS verification.--host value
: The address where the LDAP server can be reached.--port value
: The port to use when connecting to the LDAP server.--user-search-base value
: The LDAP base at which user accounts will be searched for.--user-filter value
: An LDAP filter declaring how to find the user record that is attempting to authenticate.--admin-filter value
: An LDAP filter specifying if a user should be given administrator privileges.--restricted-filter value
: An LDAP filter specifying if a user should be given restricted status.--username-attribute value
: The attribute of the user’s LDAP record containing the user name.--firstname-attribute value
: The attribute of the user’s LDAP record containing the user’s first name.--surname-attribute value
: The attribute of the user’s LDAP record containing the user’s surname.--email-attribute value
: The attribute of the user’s LDAP record containing the user’s email address.--public-ssh-key-attribute value
: The attribute of the user’s LDAP record containing the user’s public ssh key.--avatar-attribute value
: The attribute of the user’s LDAP record containing the user’s avatar.--bind-dn value
: The DN to bind to the LDAP server with when searching for the user.--bind-password value
: The password for the Bind DN, if any.--attributes-in-bind
: Fetch attributes in bind DN context.--synchronize-users
: Enable user synchronization.--page-size value
: Search page size.
- Examples:
gitea admin auth update-ldap --id 1 --name "my ldap auth source"
gitea admin auth update-ldap --id 1 --username-attribute uid --firstname-attribute givenName --surname-attribute sn
- Options:
add-ldap-simple
: Add new LDAP (simple auth) authentication source- Options:
--name value
: Authentication name. Required.--not-active
: Deactivate the authentication source.--security-protocol value
: Security protocol name. Required.--skip-tls-verify
: Disable TLS verification.--host value
: The address where the LDAP server can be reached. Required.--port value
: The port to use when connecting to the LDAP server. Required.--user-search-base value
: The LDAP base at which user accounts will be searched for.--user-filter value
: An LDAP filter declaring how to find the user record that is attempting to authenticate. Required.--admin-filter value
: An LDAP filter specifying if a user should be given administrator privileges.--restricted-filter value
: An LDAP filter specifying if a user should be given restricted status.--username-attribute value
: The attribute of the user’s LDAP record containing the user name.--firstname-attribute value
: The attribute of the user’s LDAP record containing the user’s first name.--surname-attribute value
: The attribute of the user’s LDAP record containing the user’s surname.--email-attribute value
: The attribute of the user’s LDAP record containing the user’s email address. Required.--public-ssh-key-attribute value
: The attribute of the user’s LDAP record containing the user’s public ssh key.--avatar-attribute value
: The attribute of the user’s LDAP record containing the user’s avatar.--user-dn value
: The user’s DN. Required.
- Examples:
gitea admin auth add-ldap-simple --name ldap --security-protocol unencrypted --host mydomain.org --port 389 --user-dn "cn=%s,ou=Users,dc=mydomain,dc=org" --user-filter "(&(objectClass=posixAccount)(cn=%s))" --email-attribute mail
- Options:
update-ldap-simple
: Update existing LDAP (simple auth) authentication source- Options:
--id value
: ID of authentication source. Required.--name value
: Authentication name.--not-active
: Deactivate the authentication source.--security-protocol value
: Security protocol name.--skip-tls-verify
: Disable TLS verification.--host value
: The address where the LDAP server can be reached.--port value
: The port to use when connecting to the LDAP server.--user-search-base value
: The LDAP base at which user accounts will be searched for.--user-filter value
: An LDAP filter declaring how to find the user record that is attempting to authenticate.--admin-filter value
: An LDAP filter specifying if a user should be given administrator privileges.--restricted-filter value
: An LDAP filter specifying if a user should be given restricted status.--username-attribute value
: The attribute of the user’s LDAP record containing the user name.--firstname-attribute value
: The attribute of the user’s LDAP record containing the user’s first name.--surname-attribute value
: The attribute of the user’s LDAP record containing the user’s surname.--email-attribute value
: The attribute of the user’s LDAP record containing the user’s email address.--public-ssh-key-attribute value
: The attribute of the user’s LDAP record containing the user’s public ssh key.--avatar-attribute value
: The attribute of the user’s LDAP record containing the user’s avatar.--user-dn value
: The user’s DN.
- Examples:
gitea admin auth update-ldap-simple --id 1 --name "my ldap auth source"
gitea admin auth update-ldap-simple --id 1 --username-attribute uid --firstname-attribute givenName --surname-attribute sn
- Options:
cert
Generates a self-signed SSL certificate. Outputs to cert.pem
and key.pem
in the current directory and will overwrite any existing files.
- Options:
--host value
: Comma separated hostnames and ips which this certificate is valid for. Wildcards are supported. Required.--ecdsa-curve value
: ECDSA curve to use to generate a key. Optional. Valid options are P224, P256, P384, P521.--rsa-bits value
: Size of RSA key to generate. Optional. Ignored if —ecdsa-curve is set. (default: 3072).--start-date value
: Creation date. Optional. (format:Jan 1 15:04:05 2011
).--duration value
: Duration which the certificate is valid for. Optional. (default: 8760h0m0s)--ca
: If provided, this cert generates it’s own certificate authority. Optional.
- Examples:
gitea cert --host git.example.com,example.com,www.example.com --ca
dump
Dumps all files and databases into a zip file. Outputs into a file like gitea-dump-1482906742.zip
in the current directory.
- Options:
--file name
,-f name
: Name of the dump file with will be created. Optional. (default: gitea-dump-[timestamp].zip).--tempdir path
,-t path
: Path to the temporary directory used. Optional. (default: /tmp).--skip-repository
,-R
: Skip the repository dumping. Optional.--skip-custom-dir
: Skip dumping of the custom dir. Optional.--skip-lfs-data
: Skip dumping of LFS data. Optional.--skip-attachment-data
: Skip dumping of attachment data. Optional.--skip-package-data
: Skip dumping of package data. Optional.--skip-log
: Skip dumping of log data. Optional.--database
,-d
: Specify the database SQL syntax. Optional (supported arguments: sqlite3, mysql, mssql, postgres).--verbose
,-V
: If provided, shows additional details. Optional.--type
: Set the dump output format. Optional. (formats: zip, tar, tar.sz, tar.gz, tar.xz, tar.bz2, tar.br, tar.lz4, tar.zst default: zip).
- Examples:
gitea dump
gitea dump --verbose
generate
Generates random values and tokens for usage in configuration file. Useful for generating values for automatic deployments.
- Commands:
secret
:- Options:
INTERNAL_TOKEN
: Token used for an internal API call authentication.JWT_SECRET
: LFS & OAUTH2 JWT authentication secret (LFS_JWT_SECRET is aliased to this option for backwards compatibility).SECRET_KEY
: Global secret key.
- Examples:
gitea generate secret INTERNAL_TOKEN
gitea generate secret JWT_SECRET
gitea generate secret SECRET_KEY
- Options:
keys
Provides an SSHD AuthorizedKeysCommand. Needs to be configured in the sshd config file:
...
# The value of -e and the AuthorizedKeysCommandUser should match the
# username running Gitea
AuthorizedKeysCommandUser git
AuthorizedKeysCommand /path/to/gitea keys -e git -u %u -t %t -k %k
The command will return the appropriate authorized_keys line for the provided key. You should also set the value SSH_CREATE_AUTHORIZED_KEYS_FILE=false
in the [server]
section of app.ini
.
NB: opensshd requires the Gitea program to be owned by root and not writable by group or others. The program must be specified by an absolute path. NB: Gitea must be running for this command to succeed.
migrate
Migrates the database. This command can be used to run other commands before starting the server for the first time. This command is idempotent.
doctor check
Diagnose and potentially fix problems with the current Gitea instance. Several checks are run by default, but additional ones can be run:
gitea doctor check --list
- will list all the available checksgitea doctor check --all
- will run all available checksgitea doctor check --default
- will run the default checksgitea doctor check --run [check(s),]...
- will run the named checks
Some problems can be automatically fixed by passing the --fix
option. Extra logging can be set with --log-file=...
.
doctor recreate-table
Sometimes when there are migrations the old columns and default values may be left unchanged in the database schema. This may lead to warning such as:
2020/08/02 11:32:29 ...rm/session_schema.go:360:Sync() [W] Table user Column keep_activity_private db default is , struct default is 0
You can cause Gitea to recreate these tables and copy the old data into the new table with the defaults set appropriately by using:
gitea doctor recreate-table user
You can ask Gitea to recreate multiple tables using:
gitea doctor recreate-table table1 table2 ...
And if you would like Gitea to recreate all tables simply call:
gitea doctor recreate-table
It is highly recommended to back-up your database before running these commands.
doctor convert
Converts a MySQL database from utf8 to utf8mb4 or a MSSQL database from varchar to nvarchar.
manager
Manage running server operations:
- Commands:
shutdown
: Gracefully shutdown the running processrestart
: Gracefully restart the running process - (not implemented for windows servers)flush-queues
: Flush queues in the running process- Options:
--timeout value
: Timeout for the flushing process (default: 1m0s)--non-blocking
: Set to true to not wait for flush to complete before returning
- Options:
logging
: Adjust logging commands- Commands:
pause
: Pause logging- Notes:
- The logging level will be raised to INFO temporarily if it is below this level.
- Gitea will buffer logs up to a certain point and will drop them after that point.
- Notes:
resume
: Resume loggingrelease-and-reopen
: Cause Gitea to release and re-open files and connections used for logging (Equivalent to sending SIGUSR1 to Gitea.)remove name
: Remove the named logger- Options:
--group group
,-g group
: Set the group to remove the sublogger from. (defaults todefault
)
- Options:
add
: Add a logger- Commands:
console
: Add a console logger- Options:
--group value
,-g value
: Group to add logger to - will default to “default”--name value
,-n value
: Name of the new logger - will default to mode--level value
,-l value
: Logging level for the new logger--stacktrace-level value
,-L value
: Stacktrace logging level--flags value
,-F value
: Flags for the logger--expression value
,-e value
: Matching expression for the logger--prefix value
,-p value
: Prefix for the logger--color
: Use color in the logs--stderr
: Output console logs to stderr - only relevant for console
- Options:
file
: Add a file logger- Options:
--group value
,-g value
: Group to add logger to - will default to “default”--name value
,-n value
: Name of the new logger - will default to mode--level value
,-l value
: Logging level for the new logger--stacktrace-level value
,-L value
: Stacktrace logging level--flags value
,-F value
: Flags for the logger--expression value
,-e value
: Matching expression for the logger--prefix value
,-p value
: Prefix for the logger--color
: Use color in the logs--filename value
,-f value
: Filename for the logger ---rotate
,-r
: Rotate logs--max-size value
,-s value
: Maximum size in bytes before rotation--daily
,-d
: Rotate logs daily--max-days value
,-D value
: Maximum number of daily logs to keep--compress
,-z
: Compress rotated logs--compression-level value
,-Z value
: Compression level to use
- Options:
conn
: Add a network connection logger- Options:
--group value
,-g value
: Group to add logger to - will default to “default”--name value
,-n value
: Name of the new logger - will default to mode--level value
,-l value
: Logging level for the new logger--stacktrace-level value
,-L value
: Stacktrace logging level--flags value
,-F value
: Flags for the logger--expression value
,-e value
: Matching expression for the logger--prefix value
,-p value
: Prefix for the logger--color
: Use color in the logs--reconnect-on-message
,-R
: Reconnect to host for every message--reconnect
,-r
: Reconnect to host when connection is dropped--protocol value
,-P value
: Set protocol to use: tcp, unix, or udp (defaults to tcp)--address value
,-a value
: Host address and port to connect to (defaults to :7020)
- Options:
smtp
: Add an SMTP logger- Options:
--group value
,-g value
: Group to add logger to - will default to “default”--name value
,-n value
: Name of the new logger - will default to mode--level value
,-l value
: Logging level for the new logger--stacktrace-level value
,-L value
: Stacktrace logging level--flags value
,-F value
: Flags for the logger--expression value
,-e value
: Matching expression for the logger--prefix value
,-p value
: Prefix for the logger--color
: Use color in the logs--username value
,-u value
: Mail server username--password value
,-P value
: Mail server password--host value
,-H value
: Mail server host (defaults to: 127.0.0.1:25)--send-to value
,-s value
: Email address(es) to send to--subject value
,-S value
: Subject header of sent emails
- Options:
- Commands:
- Commands:
processes
: Display Gitea processes and goroutine information- Options:
--flat
: Show processes as flat table rather than as tree--no-system
: Do not show system processes--stacktraces
: Show stacktraces for goroutines associated with processes--json
: Output as json--cancel PID
: Send cancel to process with PID. (Only for non-system processes.)
- Options:
dump-repo
Dump-repo dumps repository data from Git/GitHub/Gitea/GitLab:
- Options:
--git_service service
: Git service, it could begit
,github
,gitea
,gitlab
, If clone_addr could be recognized, this could be ignored.--repo_dir dir
,-r dir
: Repository dir path to store the data--clone_addr addr
: The URL will be clone, currently could be a git/github/gitea/gitlab http/https URL. i.e. https://github.com/lunny/tango.git--auth_username lunny
: The username to visit the clone_addr--auth_password <password>
: The password to visit the clone_addr--auth_token <token>
: The personal token to visit the clone_addr--owner_name lunny
: The data will be stored on a directory with owner name if not empty--repo_name tango
: The data will be stored on a directory with repository name if not empty--units <units>
: Which items will be migrated, one or more units should be separated as comma. wiki, issues, labels, releases, release_assets, milestones, pull_requests, comments are allowed. Empty means all units.
restore-repo
Restore-repo restore repository data from disk dir:
- Options:
--repo_dir dir
,-r dir
: Repository dir path to restore from--owner_name lunny
: Restore destination owner name--repo_name tango
: Restore destination repository name--units <units>
: Which items will be restored, one or more units should be separated as comma. wiki, issues, labels, releases, release_assets, milestones, pull_requests, comments are allowed. Empty means all units.
actions generate-runner-token
Generate a new token for a runner to use to register with the server
- Options:
--scope {owner}[/{repo}]
,-s {owner}[/{repo}]
: To limit the scope of the runner, no scope means the runner can be used for all repos, but you can also limit it to a specific repo or owner
To register a global runner:
gitea actions generate-runner-token
To register a runner for a specific organization, in this case org
:
gitea actions generate-runner-token -s org
To register a runner for a specific repo, in this case username/test-repo
:
gitea actions generate-runner-token -s username/test-repo