Mylyn/Gitea Tasks Connector Update Site

This is the update site for the Mylyn/Gitea Tasks Connector (https://forge.chapril.org/gitea/mylyn-gitea/ ).

Copyrights and License

(c) 2021 F.Terrot

The Mylyn/Gitea Tasks Connector is provided under the MIT License you may find a copy here https://teilginn.github.io/mylyn-gitea-updatesite/LICENSE

Usage

1. Install the plug-in obviously you can either the Eclipse market place https://marketplace.eclipse.org/content/mylyngitea-tasks-connector either use the https://teilginn.github.io/mylyn-gitea-updatesite/ as update site)
2. Add a new Tasks Repository, using the new Gitea Issues repository type.
3. Enter the project URL (something like http(s)://my-gitea-instance.org/myname_or_organisation/my_repository(.git)) (the connector will disguard the .git if present)
4. Enter the API key token you have created via your Gitea’s web interface: Settings | Applications | Generate New Token.
   It's also possible to use usename/password.
5. Do not forget to check the "Save Password" checkbox. I don't know how to create a password prompt...
6. Use the Validate Settings... button to verify your settings and Close
7. You can now create queries and issues

If you use https instead of http (and you absolutely should use https), be sure you have a valid certificate. That means it is signed by a trusted CA. If you don't have a valid certificate (like a self signed certificate), the plugin will refuse to connect. If you want to add your CA certificate to the java keystore, you have to:

1. Find the keystore which is used by your JVM (on my machine it is /etc/ssl/certs/java/cacerts)
2. find out the password for the keystore (the default is "changeit")
3. add the CA certificate to this keystore
4. On Linux, Mac OS X, or Unix systems, use keytool -import -alias A-UNIQUE-ALIAS -file YOUR-CA.crt -keystore $PATH_TO_YOUR_KEYSTORE (root permissions may be necessary)
5. On Windows, in an Administrator Command Prompt use "%PROGRAMFILES%\java\jre7\bin\keytool" -import -alias A-UNIQUE-ALIAS -file YOUR-CA.cer -keystore "%PROGRAMFILES%\Java\jre7\lib\security\cacerts"

What versions are supported

The Mylyn/Gitea Tasks connector is developed under Linux (XUbuntu 20.04) using:

• Eclipse 2019-12 (4.14.0 Build 20191212-1212)
• Mylyn 3.24
• Java JDK 11
• Java Gitea API 1.13

It is tested in front of Gitea 1.13 Instance. It's highly recommended to keep your Gitea's instance up to date. You can use the Gitea Auto Update script to do it for You.

The plug-ins is configured to be compliant with Java 1.8 and Mylyn 3.8.0 as minimal versions.

What time zone is used in the task editor?

The times that appear in the Gitea issue editor (ie. created, modified) are in your local machine’s time zone.

Known issues/Limitations

• Mylyn/Gitea Tasks Connector is using the Gitea's instance Swagger API. It's obvious but it can only communicate with the Gitea's instance only if the Swagger API is activate. This feature is active by default, so contact your Gitea's instance administrator if it has been disabled.
• List of Eclipse versions plugins is compliant with, is to be defined. It will be test with the version of Eclipse I'm using (Linux/Windows) in front of an always up to date gitea instance.
• If you create a new milestone or add a new member via the web interface, you have to update the repository configuration, so that the connector reloads the project members and milestones. Right click on the Gitea repository in the Task repositories view and click on "Update Repository Configuration".
• Offline mode is not supported.
• Out of the box support for valid certificates only.
• Supports only token and user/password as authentication scheme.

Won't be implemented

The goal of this connector is not to replaced the Gitea web interface. So everything which is not Issue related or not link with what may help a developer in his day-to-day issue management like Team/Repository management and milestone management will not be implemented.