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Todd MarimonandMarkus Pesch 7747a001f7 feat: add Gateway API support (#1073)
Add full Gateway API support for exposing Gitea via HTTPRoute, TCPRoute, BackendTLSPolicy, and ClientSettingsPolicy resources.

New templates:
- `httpRoute.yaml` — renders an HTTPRoute with configurable
  parentRefs, hostnames, and rules (defaults to PathPrefix `/`)
- `tcpRoute.yaml` — renders a TCPRoute for SSH traffic
- `backendTLSPolicy.yaml` — renders a BackendTLSPolicy for
  encrypted backend connections with required validation config
- `clientSettingsPolicy.yaml` — renders an NGINX Gateway Fabric
  ClientSettingsPolicy to raise the request body size limit

Infrastructure:
- `gatewayAPI.enabled` global toggle gates all resources
- Resources grouped under `gatewayAPI.core.*` and `gatewayAPI.nginx.*`
- Helper templates extracted into dedicated `_*.tpl` files
- Service name helpers (`gitea.service.http.name`, `gitea.service.ssh.name`)
  extracted into `_services.tpl`; service templates renamed to camelCase
- `ROOT_URL`, `DOMAIN`, and `SSH_DOMAIN` auto-resolve from
  `httpRoute.hostnames[0]`; `httpRoute.tls` switches to `https`

Documentation:
- New `docs/gateway-api.md` with topology examples, BackendTLSPolicy
  setup, sectionName guidance, SSH considerations, and NGINX body
  size limit configuration
- `.github/copilot-instructions.md` with project conventions
- README parameter table auto-generated via `make readme`

Tests:
- Helm unit tests for all four new resource templates
- Config tests for hostname/TLS resolution from Gateway API values

Co-authored-by: Todd Marimon <toddmarimon@gmail.com>
2026-07-19 16:25:28 +00:00

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Gitea Helm Chart — Copilot Instructions

Project Overview

Kubernetes Helm chart for deploying Gitea. Uses Go/Helm templating (templates/), YAML values (values.yaml), and includes sub-charts for PostgreSQL, PostgreSQL-HA, Valkey, and Valkey-cluster.

Build & Test

make readme            # Regenerate README.md parameter table + lint
make unittests-helm    # Run Helm unit tests (helm-unittest plugin required)
make unittests-bash    # Run bash/bats script tests (requires git submodule init)
make unittests         # Both of the above

Always run make readme after changing values.yaml @param annotations. Always run make unittests-helm after changing templates or unit tests.

Conventions

values.yaml

  • Use ## @param path.to.key Description annotations for every user-facing value. These drive the auto-generated README parameter table.
  • Property ordering within a resource block: enabled, annotations, labels first, then type-specific fields.
  • Top-level keys are sorted alphabetically within their section group.
  • Use Helm Values pattern from renovatebot. Ensure that the attributes registry, repository and tag are available as part of the dict image. For example:
image:
  registry: docker.io
  repository: library/busybox
  tag: 0.1.0

Templates

  • Helm templates live in templates/gitea/. Helpers live in templates/_helpers.tpl.
  • Use camelCase for all files and variables (e.g httpRoute, backendTLSPolicy, gatewayAPI, statefulSet).
  • Use include "gitea.fullname" for naming resources.
  • Use fail for required-value validation with clear error messages referencing the full values path.
  • Ensure, that the attributes annotations, labels, name and namespace are alphabetically sorted.
  • Render all attributes, even if they are empty, to prevent drift in Argo CD. For example, labels must be rendered, while annotations are defined as yaml:"annotations,omitempty".
  • Use plural for *.tpl files, because they may contain functions for multiple resources of the same kind (e.g. _services.tpl for httpService.yaml or sshService.yaml, _backendTLSPolicies.tpl for backendTLSPolicy.yaml).

Unit Tests

  • Helm unit tests live in unittests/helm/ mirroring the template structure.
  • Test files are YAML using the helm-unittest format.
  • Each test must set all required values explicitly — do not rely on cross-test state.
  • The values.yaml file must pass yamllint. The configuration is in .yamllint. Use make yamllint to run the linter.

Commits & PRs

  • Follow Conventional Commits for PR titles and commit messages (e.g. feat:, fix:, refactor:, docs:, style:).
  • See CONTRIBUTING.md for full PR requirements.
  • Explain in detail why a change is needed, not just what the change is. Include links to relevant issues, PRs, or external references.
  • Add co-authors for any contributions that are not your own. Use the Co-authored-by: trailer in the commit message.

Documentation

  • docs/ contains topic-specific guides (e.g. gateway-api.md, ha-setup.md).
  • README.md parameter tables are auto-generated — never edit them manually.