Organization name cannot end with dash (-) symbol #14924

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GiteaMirror · 2025-11-02T11:25:56-06:00

GiteaMirror commented

2025-11-02 11:25:56 -06:00

Originally created by @canfoderiskii on GitHub (Sep 5, 2025).

Description

I'm trying to mirror some repositories from Github. I want to create a new org with same name to represent the original owner name without creating any new user which may conflict with the locally registered user in Gitea instance.

When I was trying to mirror https://github.com/kuba--/zip, I encountered this issue:
when trying to create a new organization with a name ends with dash symbol, system pops up an error.

The same org cannot be created via HTTP API as well, the Curl response shows:

{"message":"[UserName]: invalid username","url":"http://git-mirror.lab.com/api/swagger"}

Is there any chance that to loosen or delete the It cannot begin or end with non-alphanumeric chars limit?

Gitea Version

1.24.5

Can you reproduce the bug on the Gitea demo site?

Yes

Log Gist

No response

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No response

Git Version

No response

Operating System

Ubuntu 22.04

How are you running Gitea?

Official Docker Image with recommended docker-compose configuration.

Database

SQLite

Originally created by @canfoderiskii on GitHub (Sep 5, 2025). ### Description I'm trying to mirror some repositories from Github. I want to create a new org with same name to represent the original owner name without creating any new user which may conflict with the locally registered user in Gitea instance. When I was trying to mirror <https://github.com/kuba--/zip>, I encountered this issue: when trying to create a new organization with a name ends with dash symbol, system pops up an error. <img width="807" height="403" alt="Image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/02960b03-989e-49bd-855f-dbbb85a78298" /> The same org cannot be created via HTTP API as well, the Curl response shows: ```text {"message":"[UserName]: invalid username","url":"http://git-mirror.lab.com/api/swagger"} ``` Is there any chance that to loosen or delete the `It cannot begin or end with non-alphanumeric chars` limit? ### Gitea Version 1.24.5 ### Can you reproduce the bug on the Gitea demo site? Yes ### Log Gist _No response_ ### Screenshots _No response_ ### Git Version _No response_ ### Operating System Ubuntu 22.04 ### How are you running Gitea? Official Docker Image with recommended docker-compose configuration. ### Database SQLite

GiteaMirror added the type/proposal label 2025-11-02 11:25:56 -06:00

GiteaMirror commented

2025-11-02 11:25:56 -06:00

@silverwind commented on GitHub (Sep 5, 2025):

Also see https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/issues/4150 on some research on what is allowed for user/org/repo names. More testing is needed, and then we should update these validations to match GitHub.

@silverwind commented on GitHub (Sep 5, 2025): Also see https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/issues/4150 on some research on what is allowed for user/org/repo names. More testing is needed, and then we should update these validations to match GitHub.

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Reference: github-starred/gitea#14924

Organization name cannot end with dash (-) symbol #14924

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Organization name cannot end with dash (`-`) symbol #14924