Git migrated to Forgejo

As part of the server migration the git hosting at git.srcbox.net now also changed places but not only that. In addition to running on a new machine the software for this service also changed from Gitea to Forgejo.

The decision whether to stick with Gitea (and upgrade to a newer version) or to switch to Forgejo took several months as well as some migration experiments in a local VM but in the end the hassle-free migration to Forgejo made me do the switch. With the Fedora project also migrating to Forgejo I’m more confident that the Forgejo project will have enough traction to keep up with the ever-changing requirements. I still remember hosting git using gitolite and cgit which was nice at the time but lacks features that one takes for granted since GitHub and GitLab are around.

For anyone with an account it might be good to know that the SSH server keys changed and as such also their key fingerprints. So if anybody is wondering why git/ssh complains loudly, here are the new fingerprints to expect when pulling or pushing something:

    SHA256:Zi870aVBh8yLX9NUOhudHN+jB2GMhA+0gUMRe90IKY8 (Ed25519)
    SHA256:PrzmonFEwHn0ZLC/mtmf5HN0PN4u/HR/sdXee+BMQxY (RSA)

The SSH server key fingerprints are also shown on the front page at git.srcbox.net but the “home” page is only shown when not being logged in so existing users may not notice.