loading up the forgejo repo on tangled to test page performance
added ssh mirror workaround description (#26096)
related #1635 #18159
This will probably be obsolete at some point, but it should not break
anything and it may help some users
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4. Select **Add Push Mirror** to save the configuration.
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The repository pushes shortly thereafter. To force a push, select the **Synchronize Now** button.
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### Mirror an existing ssh repository
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Currently gitea supports no ssh push mirrors. You can work around this by adding a `post-receive` hook to your gitea repository that pushes manually.
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1. Make sure the user running gitea has access to the git repo you are trying to mirror to from shell.
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2. On the Webinterface at the repository settings > git hooks add a post-receive hook for the mirror. I.e.
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#!/usr/bin/env bash
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git push --mirror --quiet git@github.com:username/repository.git &>/dev/null &
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echo "GitHub mirror initiated .."
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```