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ARUNAVO RAY ddd071f7e5 fix: prevent excessive disk usage from repo backups (#235)
* fix: prevent excessive disk usage from repo backups (#234)

Legacy configs with backupBeforeSync: true but no explicit backupStrategy
silently resolved to "always", creating full git bundles on every sync
cycle. This caused repo-backups to grow to 17GB+ for users with many
repositories.

Changes:
- Fix resolveBackupStrategy to map backupBeforeSync: true → "on-force-push"
  instead of "always", so legacy configs only backup when force-push is detected
- Fix config mapper to always set backupStrategy explicitly ("on-force-push")
  preventing the backward-compat fallback from triggering
- Lower default backupRetentionCount from 20 to 5 bundles per repo
- Add time-based retention (backupRetentionDays, default 30 days) alongside
  count-based retention, with safety net to always keep at least 1 bundle
- Add "high disk usage" warning on "Always Backup" UI option
- Update docs and tests to reflect new defaults and behavior

* fix: preserve legacy backupBeforeSync:false on UI round-trip and expose retention days

P1: mapDbToUiConfig now checks backupBeforeSync === false before
defaulting backupStrategy, preventing legacy "disabled" configs from
silently becoming "on-force-push" after any auto-save round-trip.

P3: Added "Snapshot retention days" input field to the backup settings
UI, matching the documented setting in FORCE_PUSH_PROTECTION.md.
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Gitea Mirror Documentation

This folder contains engineering and operations references for the open-source Gitea Mirror project. Each guide focuses on the parts of the system that still require bespoke explanation beyond the in-app help and the main README.md.

Available Guides

Core workflow

Reliability & recovery

Authentication

  • SSO-OIDC-SETUP.md Configure OIDC/SSO providers through the admin UI.
  • SSO_TESTING.md Recipes for local and staging SSO testing (Google, Keycloak, mock providers).

If you are looking for customer-facing playbooks, see the MDX use cases under www/src/pages/use-cases/.

Quick start for local development

git clone https://github.com/RayLabsHQ/gitea-mirror.git
cd gitea-mirror
bun run setup           # installs deps and seeds the SQLite DB
bun run dev             # starts the Astro/Bun app on http://localhost:4321

The first user you create locally becomes the administrator. All other configuration—GitHub owners, Gitea targets, scheduling, cleanup—is done through the Configuration screen in the UI.

Contributing & support