Gitstrap

This tool automates routine operations when creating new Github repository. It can create and configure Github repository from yaml configuration file. Gitstrap helps to: 1) create new repository on Github 2) sync with local directory 3) apply templates, such as README with badges, CI configs, LICENSE stuff, etc 4) configure webhooks for Github repo 5) invite collaborators

Also, it has powerfull extensions for integration with external services or with Github.

How to use

First you need to install it.

To get binary for your platform use download script:

curl -L https://raw.githubusercontent.com/g4s8/gitstrap/master/scripts/download.sh | sh

For Gentoo Linux you can merge it from my repo Layman overlay:

sudo layman -o https://raw.githubusercontent.com/g4s8-overlay/layman/master/repositories.xml -a g4s8
sudo emerge -av dev-vcs/gitstrap

On MacOS you can install it using brew tool:

brew tap g4s8/.tap https://github.com/g4s8/.tap
brew install g4s8/.tap/gitstrap

Alternatively, you can build it using go get github.com/g4s8/gitstrap

Get GitHub token

Go to settings (profile settings, developer settings, personal access token, generate new token): https://github.com/settings/tokens/new and select all repo checkboxes and delete_repo checkbox (in case you want gitstrap to be able to delete repositories). You may use this token as CLI option (gitstrap --token=ABCD123 apply) or save it in ~/.config/gitstrap/github_token.txt file.

Create new project

Create new config YAML file with gitstrap configuration:

# test.yaml
---
version: v2
github:
  # repository name
  name: test1234
  # repository description
  description: just a test repo
  # private repository (optional, public by default)
  private: true
  # webhooks
  hooks:
    - url: "https://myserver.com/hooks"
      type: form
      events:
        - push
      active: true
  # add collaborators
  collaborators:
    - rultor
extensions:
  # generate README file and upload it
  readme:
    # Readme title
    title: "Test project"
    # List of badges
    badges:
      - alt: CircleCI
        img: https://circleci.com/gh/g4s8/gitstrap.svg?style=svg
        link: https://circleci.com/gh/g4s8/gitstrap
  # Enable https://www.0pdd.com/
  0pdd:
    verbose: false

Apply this config: gitstrap apply -f test.yaml

Update the project

Later, you may decide to update this configuration, e.g. add new webhook, removed collaborators or change the description. Just edit your YAML config file and run gitstrap apply -f ./filename.yaml again.

Delete repo

To delete GitHub repository use delete command: gitstrap delete -f config.yaml.

Obtain config from existing repo

It's possible to generate yaml config from existing repo. It may be usefull if you want to use this repository as a template for new one, or you want to change some details via gitstrap tool.
Important: extensions may not recognize repository configuration, only primary config sections will be imported.
Run: gitstrap get -o yaml reponame, or redirect it to file if you want to edit it: gitstrap get -o yaml reponame > config.yaml.

Manage organization repos

To manage organization repositories, use --org=orgname option, e.g. to create new repo from example.yaml config in organization test, use gitstrap --org=test apply -f example.yaml. Make sure you have permissions to create or delete repositories in this organization.

Configuration

Current supported version is v2. Gitstrap can support v1 as well, but v1 doesn't include all features. Include this line in configuration root:

version: v2

There are two main sections of gitstrap configuration:

• github - primary GitHub configuration: name, hooks, users, etc
• extensions - additional extensions to intergrate with external services or simplify common complex routines, e.g. readme extension

GitHub configuration

GitHub primary configuration options:

• name - (required) repository name
• description - (optional) repository description
• private - (optional, default false) public repository or private
• hooks - (optional) list of webhooks
• collaborators - (optional) list of usernames of collaborators

Each webhooks has these options:

• url - (required) hook URL
• type - (required) string: form or json
• events - (required) list of events strings (or * for all), see the list of supported events
• active - (optional, true by default) use false to disable the webhook but not delete it

url paramter should be unique across all webhooks.

Webhooks example:

hooks:
  - url: "https://myserver.com/hooks"
    type: json
    events:
      - '*'
    active: true
  - url: http://www.0pdd.com/hook/github
    type: form
    events:
      - push
    active: false
  - url: https://notify.travis-ci.org
    type: form
    events:
      - create
      - delete
      - issue_comment

Collaborators example:

collaborators:
  - johndoe
  - janedoe

Extensions

Currently supported extensions: readme, 0pdd.

Readme extension generates new README.md file if doesn't exist in the repo by specified paramters:

• title - readme title, optional
• header - heading text, optional
• badges - list of badges, where each badge must include parameters:
  • alt - alternative text to display
  • img - image URL to display
  • link - link to open on click

Example:

extensions:
  readme:
    title: "Test project"
    badges:
      - alt: CircleCI
        img: https://circleci.com/gh/g4s8/gitstrap.svg?style=svg
        link: https://circleci.com/gh/g4s8/gitstrap

0pdd extension configures https://www.0pdd.com service, it creates new .pdd configuration file and upload to the repo if doesn't exist, it appends 0pdd webhook and invites 0pdd collaborator to create new tickets:

extensions:
  0pdd:
    verbose: true
    minWords: 20