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Gitea Actions variables

Actions variables on a Gitea repository, read back in plaintext and written per variable.

Actions variables on a Gitea repository, read back in plaintext and written per variable.

The connection

WhatThis provider
VendorGitea
Keygitea-actions-variables
Availabilityavailable. You can connect it today.
Credential penv holdsgitea-token
Values read backyes
Activationimmediate

What it moves

DirectionWhat it does
importReads names and values out of the store into penv.
exportWrites names and values from penv into the store.

When a written value goes live

immediate. The running app sees a new value at once.

What happens to a name that exists

DirectionPolicies you can pick
importskip_existing, new_version, fail
exportcreate_only, overwrite, overwrite_and_prune

How syncs work says what each one does.

How you connect

You paste a credential you already hold. penv seals it and never shows it again.

FieldLabelKindRequiredWhat it is
tokenAccess tokensecret, masked here and sealedyesA personal access token with write:repository. Gitea takes it with the token scheme rather than Bearer.

What the connection asks for

Fixed when you connect, and shared by every mapping on it.

FieldLabelKindRequiredAdvancedWhat it is
hostServer URLtextyesyesGitea, Codeberg or your own server. Must be reachable from the internet. Starts at https://gitea.com.

What a mapping asks for

Answered once per environment you map.

FieldLabelKindRequiredAdvancedWhat it is
ownerOwnertextyesnoThe account or organization that owns the repository.
repositoryRepositorytextyesnoThe repository this sync writes to.

Permissions it needs

penv probes for these when it verifies the connection.

PermissionDirectionsBlockingWithout it
read:repositoryevery directionyesPreview cannot list the repository's variables.
write:repositoryexportyesExport cannot write anything.