Update gitea? #4054

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GiteaMirror · 2025-11-02T05:35:49-06:00

GiteaMirror commented

2025-11-02 05:35:49 -06:00

Originally created by @jayjupdhig on GitHub (Oct 3, 2019).

Hi there

"Updating to a new version
You can update to a new version of Gitea by stopping Gitea, replacing the binary at /usr/local/bin/gitea and restarting the instance. The binary file name should not be changed during the update to avoid problems in existing repositories."

(https://docs.gitea.io/en-us/install-from-binary/)

This seems to be only the previos step before updating, to remove the binary file. (This can't be the update process itself??)

So what i have to do AFTER removing that file? (=The update process itself in my opinion)

Can't see any information related to my issue on https://docs.gitea.io/en-us/install-from-binary/

Thank you for your feedbacks.

Best regards, Jan

Originally created by @jayjupdhig on GitHub (Oct 3, 2019). Hi there "**Updating to a new version** You can update to a new version of Gitea by stopping Gitea, replacing the binary at /usr/local/bin/gitea and restarting the instance. The binary file name should not be changed during the update to avoid problems in existing repositories." (https://docs.gitea.io/en-us/install-from-binary/) This seems to be only the previos step before updating, to remove the binary file. (This can't be the update process itself??) So what i have to do AFTER removing that file? (=The update process itself in my opinion) Can't see any information related to my issue on https://docs.gitea.io/en-us/install-from-binary/ Thank you for your feedbacks. Best regards, Jan

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GiteaMirror commented

2025-11-02 05:35:50 -06:00

@6543 commented on GitHub (Oct 3, 2019):

well if i understand ... you are confused that the only step to upgrade gitea is to replace the binary?

@6543 commented on GitHub (Oct 3, 2019): well if i understand ... you are confused that the only step to upgrade gitea is to replace the binary?

GiteaMirror commented

2025-11-02 05:35:50 -06:00

@guillep2k commented on GitHub (Oct 3, 2019):

Gitea contains migration procedures as part of its code. When you run a new Gitea on an older installation all the needed procedures trigger automatically, provided the previous version was not too old. Gitea maintainers put a lot of effort in keeping backward compatibility as much as possible.

As @6543 said, for a vanilla installation you just need to replace the binary. If you have some custom templates or translations, you'd probably need to take a look at those as well.

What you can't do is to run the binary in a different location or with a different name (e.g. gitea-new) as that would break many things.

@guillep2k commented on GitHub (Oct 3, 2019): Gitea contains migration procedures as part of its code. When you run a new Gitea on an older installation all the needed procedures trigger automatically, provided the previous version was not too old. Gitea maintainers put a lot of effort in keeping backward compatibility as much as possible. As @6543 said, for a vanilla installation you just need to replace the binary. If you have some custom templates or translations, you'd probably need to take a look at those as well. What you can't do is to run the binary in a different location or with a different name (e.g. `gitea-new`) as that would break many things.

GiteaMirror commented

2025-11-02 05:35:50 -06:00

@jayjupdhig commented on GitHub (Oct 9, 2019):

thank you very much, will try that.

@jayjupdhig commented on GitHub (Oct 9, 2019): thank you very much, will try that.

GiteaMirror commented

2025-11-02 05:35:51 -06:00

@sapk commented on GitHub (Oct 9, 2019):

@martijintro I think that your question has been answered.
I will close this issue so.
Feel free to re-open it if needed.

@sapk commented on GitHub (Oct 9, 2019): @martijintro I think that your question has been answered. I will close this issue so. Feel free to re-open it if needed.

GiteaMirror referenced this issue

2025-11-02 12:29:46 -06:00

[PR #4054] [MERGED] Added deletion of an empty line at the end of the file (#4050) #17216

GiteaMirror referenced this issue

2025-11-02 12:30:16 -06:00

[PR #4074] [MERGED] Added deletion of an empty line at the end of the file (#4054) #17228

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