From 1b63c1cf811312e0593adde95ccf8369c9f6ade2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Danilo M." <danix@danix.xyz>
Date: Fri, 8 May 2026 11:06:20 +0200
Subject: feat: add sync-cgit-descs.py to sync repo descriptions from gitolite

Reads /var/lib/gitolite3/repositories/*/description and updates
repo.desc= in /etc/cgitrc for existing repo blocks only. Supports
--dry-run, --cgitrc, and --repo-base overrides.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
---
 sync-cgit-descs.py | 100 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 100 insertions(+)
 create mode 100755 sync-cgit-descs.py

diff --git a/sync-cgit-descs.py b/sync-cgit-descs.py
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..da7ae6d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sync-cgit-descs.py
@@ -0,0 +1,100 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+"""
+sync-cgit-descs.py — update repo.desc= in /etc/cgitrc from gitolite description files.
+
+Only updates existing repo blocks. Never adds new blocks or removes repos.
+Skips repos whose description file is missing or contains the gitolite default.
+"""
+
+import argparse
+import os
+import re
+import sys
+
+CGITRC = "/etc/cgitrc"
+REPO_BASE = "/var/lib/gitolite3/repositories"
+GITOLITE_DEFAULT = "Unnamed repository"
+
+
+def read_description(repo_url):
+    path = os.path.join(REPO_BASE, repo_url + ".git", "description")
+    if not os.path.exists(path):
+        return None
+    desc = open(path).read().strip()
+    if not desc or GITOLITE_DEFAULT in desc:
+        return None
+    return desc
+
+
+def sync(cgitrc_path, dry_run=False):
+    with open(cgitrc_path) as f:
+        lines = f.readlines()
+
+    out = []
+    i = 0
+    changes = 0
+
+    while i < len(lines):
+        line = lines[i]
+        m = re.match(r"^repo\.url=(.+)", line.rstrip())
+        if m:
+            repo_url = m.group(1)
+            desc = read_description(repo_url)
+            out.append(line)
+            i += 1
+            # consume lines until next repo block or EOF, updating repo.desc= if found
+            desc_written = False
+            block = []
+            while i < len(lines):
+                next_line = lines[i]
+                if re.match(r"^repo\.url=", next_line):
+                    break
+                if re.match(r"^#?repo\.desc=", next_line):
+                    if desc:
+                        new_line = f"repo.desc={desc}\n"
+                        if next_line.rstrip() != new_line.rstrip():
+                            print(f"  {repo_url}: '{next_line.rstrip()}' -> '{new_line.rstrip()}'")
+                            changes += 1
+                        block.append(new_line)
+                    else:
+                        block.append(next_line)
+                    desc_written = True
+                else:
+                    block.append(next_line)
+                i += 1
+            # insert repo.desc= after repo.url= if not found in block
+            if not desc_written and desc:
+                block.insert(0, f"repo.desc={desc}\n")
+                print(f"  {repo_url}: inserted repo.desc={desc}")
+                changes += 1
+            out.extend(block)
+        else:
+            out.append(line)
+            i += 1
+
+    if changes == 0:
+        print("No changes.")
+        return
+
+    if dry_run:
+        print(f"\n-- dry run: {changes} change(s), not writing --")
+    else:
+        with open(cgitrc_path, "w") as f:
+            f.writelines(out)
+        print(f"\nWrote {changes} change(s) to {cgitrc_path}")
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description=__doc__)
+    parser.add_argument("--cgitrc", default=CGITRC, help=f"cgitrc path (default: {CGITRC})")
+    parser.add_argument("--repo-base", default=REPO_BASE, help=f"gitolite repos dir (default: {REPO_BASE})")
+    parser.add_argument("--dry-run", action="store_true", help="print changes without writing")
+    args = parser.parse_args()
+
+    REPO_BASE = args.repo_base
+
+    if not os.path.exists(args.cgitrc):
+        print(f"error: {args.cgitrc} not found", file=sys.stderr)
+        sys.exit(1)
+
+    sync(args.cgitrc, dry_run=args.dry_run)
-- 
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