Portal:Toolforge/Admin/Striker/FAQ

Frequently (un)asked questions about using the Toolforge admin console.

Configure Diffusion to mirror a GitHub repo

This information is outdated. Striker no longer creates Diffusion repositories as primary git hosting. Instead Diffusion repositories are made as a side effect of creating GitLab repositories. This makes the technique documented here obsolete.

1. Create Diffusion repository using toolsadmin.wikimedia.org
2. Go to new repository on Phabricator by following the "browse repository on Phabricator" link
3. Click "Manage Repository" button
4. Click "URIs" section in left column
5. Click "New URI" button
   • URI: enter the https URL to your "https://github.com/{OWNER}/{REPO}.git"
   • I/O Type: "Observe: Copy from a remote."
   • Display Type: "Visible: Show as a clone URI."
6. Click "Create Repository URI" button

Note: Currently only GitHub (and Gerrit) repositories are supported for mirroring, see phab:T143969 for discussion about adding more hosts.

Mirror a Diffusion repo to GitHub

1. Create a repo on GitHub
2. Grant a push bot write permissions to the GitHub repo.
   • This will be easiest if the repo is in the wikimedia or toolforge organization. You should not store credentials for your personal GitHub account in Phabricator.
   • If the repo is in the toolforge organization, go to the "Settings" > "Collaborators & teams" tab and add the "Push bots" team with write permissions. This will grant the Toolforge push bot user push access.
   • If the repo is in the wikimedia organization, the Phabricator bot user will automatically have push access.
3. Go to the repository on Phabricator
4. Click the "Actions" > "Manage Repository" menu item
5. Click "URIs" section in left column
6. Click "New URI" button
   • URI: enter the https URL to your "https://github.com/{OWNER}/{REPO}.git"
   • I/O Type: "Mirror: Push a copy to a remote."
   • Display Type: "Visible: Show as a clone URI." or "Hidden: Do not show a clone URI."
7. Click "Create Repository URI" button
8. Click "Set Credential" menu item
9. Choose the credentials for a push bot that can write to your GitHub repo
   • toolforge org: "K33 GitHub - toolforge-push - password (2020-01-22)"
   • wikimedia org: "K32 wmfphab github token"