Incremental backup of gitea #4784

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GiteaMirror · 2025-11-02T06:02:46-06:00

GiteaMirror commented

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

Originally created by @jackTheStark on GitHub (Feb 4, 2020).

Gitea version (or commit ref):
Git version: 1.10
Operating system: docker - linux
Database (use [x]):
- PostgreSQL
- MySQL
- MSSQL
- SQLite

Description

I am trying to do a daily backup of gitea. But the problem is that i have to backup the whole gitea everyday which is waste of storage.

Is there a possible way to progressively track and update the backup.

Originally created by @jackTheStark on GitHub (Feb 4, 2020).   - Gitea version (or commit ref): - Git version: 1.10 - Operating system: docker - linux - Database (use `[x]`): - [ ] PostgreSQL - [x] MySQL - [ ] MSSQL - [ ] SQLite ## Description I am trying to do a daily backup of gitea. But the problem is that i have to backup the whole gitea everyday which is waste of storage. Is there a possible way to progressively track and update the backup.

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GiteaMirror commented

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@stale[bot] commented on GitHub (Apr 4, 2020):

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GiteaMirror commented

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@stale[bot] commented on GitHub (Apr 18, 2020):

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GiteaMirror commented

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@wxiaoguang commented on GitHub (May 3, 2022):

TBH, I think this proposal is out of the goal of Gitea.

Gitea can not do everything for users, and the backup methods for different systems vary a lot. The same question to MySQL, do you see MySQL provides the automatic incremental backup and restore? If MySQL doesn't, then Gitea can't.

I would suggest users to use ZFS with snapshot, it's a more general method to do backup & restore, with incremental support.

@wxiaoguang commented on GitHub (May 3, 2022): TBH, I think this proposal is out of the goal of Gitea. Gitea can not do everything for users, and the backup methods for different systems vary a lot. The same question to MySQL, do you see MySQL provides the automatic incremental backup and restore? If MySQL doesn't, then Gitea can't. I would suggest users to use ZFS with snapshot, it's a more general method to do backup & restore, with incremental support.

GiteaMirror commented

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@wxiaoguang commented on GitHub (May 3, 2022):

I would close this issue due to the discussion in #17931