feat: add upstream release checker workflow

Runs weekly (Monday 8am) and on manual dispatch.
Creates an issue when a new official Gitea release is available
with merge instructions and release notes excerpt.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Jonathan Miller
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# Copyright (C) 2026 Moko Consulting <hello@mokoconsulting.tech>
# SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
# Checks for new official Gitea releases and creates an issue when updates are available
name: Check Upstream Gitea Release
on:
schedule:
- cron: '0 8 * * 1' # Every Monday at 8am
workflow_dispatch:
permissions:
contents: read
issues: write
jobs:
check-upstream:
name: Check for New Gitea Release
runs-on: ubuntu-latest
steps:
- name: Get Latest Upstream Release
id: upstream
run: |
LATEST=$(curl -sf https://api.github.com/repos/go-gitea/gitea/releases/latest | jq -r '.tag_name')
echo "version=${LATEST}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
echo "Latest upstream: ${LATEST}"
- name: Get Our Current Version
id: current
run: |
# Our branch is based on v1.25.5
CURRENT="v1.25.5"
echo "version=${CURRENT}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
echo "Current base: ${CURRENT}"
- name: Compare Versions
id: compare
run: |
UPSTREAM="${{ steps.upstream.outputs.version }}"
CURRENT="${{ steps.current.outputs.version }}"
if [ "$UPSTREAM" != "$CURRENT" ]; then
echo "needs_update=true" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
echo "New release available: ${UPSTREAM} (we're on ${CURRENT})"
else
echo "needs_update=false" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
echo "Up to date"
fi
- name: Get Release Notes
id: notes
if: steps.compare.outputs.needs_update == 'true'
run: |
NOTES=$(curl -sf https://api.github.com/repos/go-gitea/gitea/releases/latest | jq -r '.body' | head -50)
# Save to file to avoid quoting issues
echo "$NOTES" > /tmp/release_notes.md
- name: Check for Existing Issue
id: existing
if: steps.compare.outputs.needs_update == 'true'
env:
GITEA_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GA_TOKEN }}
run: |
UPSTREAM="${{ steps.upstream.outputs.version }}"
# Search for existing issue with this version
EXISTING=$(curl -sf -H "Authorization: token ${GITEA_TOKEN}" \
"${{ github.server_url }}/api/v1/repos/${{ github.repository }}/issues?state=open&type=issues&q=Upstream+release+${UPSTREAM}" \
| jq 'length')
echo "count=${EXISTING}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
- name: Create Issue
if: steps.compare.outputs.needs_update == 'true' && steps.existing.outputs.count == '0'
env:
GITEA_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GA_TOKEN }}
run: |
UPSTREAM="${{ steps.upstream.outputs.version }}"
CURRENT="${{ steps.current.outputs.version }}"
NOTES=$(cat /tmp/release_notes.md | head -40)
BODY=$(cat << EOF
## Upstream Gitea Release Available
**New version:** ${UPSTREAM}
**Our base:** ${CURRENT}
### What to do
1. Fetch upstream changes: \`git fetch upstream ${UPSTREAM}\`
2. Create merge branch: \`git checkout -b merge/${UPSTREAM} moko/1.25.5-project-api\`
3. Merge upstream: \`git merge ${UPSTREAM}\`
4. Resolve conflicts (especially in \`routers/api/v1/api.go\`)
5. Rebuild and test: \`make backend\`
6. Deploy new Docker image
### Release Notes (excerpt)
${NOTES}
### Links
- [Release page](https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/releases/tag/${UPSTREAM})
- [Changelog](https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/blob/${UPSTREAM}/CHANGELOG.md)
EOF
)
curl -sf -X POST -H "Authorization: token ${GITEA_TOKEN}" -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
"${{ github.server_url }}/api/v1/repos/${{ github.repository }}/issues" \
-d "$(jq -n --arg title "Upstream release ${UPSTREAM} available (merge needed)" --arg body "$BODY" '{title: $title, body: $body, labels: []}')"
echo "Issue created for ${UPSTREAM}"