I really enjoy using this software! I’d like to suggest an enhancement.
Currently, gitea-mirror does not import topics and descriptions. Gitea’s native migration imports topics but does not include descriptions.
I would like to request that gitea-mirror support the import of both topics and descriptions to ensure repository metadata remains complete and organized.
Here's a comparison showing the current results from gitea-mirror and a native migration:
And the source data from GitHub for reference:
Having both fields synchronized would be a great improvement over the native functionality. Thank you for your hard work on this project!
Originally created by @upendedshark on GitHub (Mar 14, 2026).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/RayLabsHQ/gitea-mirror/issues/222
Originally assigned to: @arunavo4 on GitHub.
Hello,
I really enjoy using this software! I’d like to suggest an enhancement.
Currently, gitea-mirror does not import **topics** and **descriptions**. Gitea’s native migration imports **topics** but does not include **descriptions**.
I would like to request that gitea-mirror support the import of **both topics and descriptions** to ensure repository metadata remains complete and organized.
Here's a comparison showing the current results from gitea-mirror and a native migration:
<img width="1599" height="320" alt="Image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/310b86b4-79f5-460b-9686-c45bc08818d5" />
And the source data from GitHub for reference:
<img width="3135" height="1413" alt="Image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/8fef6312-5fa1-48af-857b-7d7184ab9e22" />
Having both fields synchronized would be a great improvement over the native functionality. Thank you for your hard work on this project!
@upendedshark can you help test this PR. ghcr.io/raylabshq/gitea-mirror:pr-224
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@arunavo4 commented on GitHub (Mar 14, 2026):
@upendedshark can you help test this PR. ghcr.io/raylabshq/gitea-mirror:pr-224
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Originally created by @upendedshark on GitHub (Mar 14, 2026).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/RayLabsHQ/gitea-mirror/issues/222
Originally assigned to: @arunavo4 on GitHub.
Hello,
I really enjoy using this software! I’d like to suggest an enhancement.
Currently, gitea-mirror does not import topics and descriptions. Gitea’s native migration imports topics but does not include descriptions.
I would like to request that gitea-mirror support the import of both topics and descriptions to ensure repository metadata remains complete and organized.
Here's a comparison showing the current results from gitea-mirror and a native migration:
And the source data from GitHub for reference:
Having both fields synchronized would be a great improvement over the native functionality. Thank you for your hard work on this project!
@arunavo4 commented on GitHub (Mar 14, 2026):
@upendedshark can you help test this PR. ghcr.io/raylabshq/gitea-mirror:pr-224
@upendedshark commented on GitHub (Mar 17, 2026):
Hey @arunavo4 yep that worked!