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I just learned that forgejo has a push to create repo feature and it is a gamechanger. Upon first try it didn't work, with just a couple of environment...

Date: May 6, 2026

I just learned that forgejo has a push to create repo feature and it is a gamechanger. Upon first try it didn’t work, with just a couple of environment variables I was up and running ith push to create.

[code]
  notify.wayl.one on  main is 📦 v0.1.62  v3.14.4  NO PYTHON VENV SET  USING SYSTEM NVIM
  ❯ git remote add origin https://git.waylonwalker.com/waylon/notify.wayl.one
  notify.wayl.one on  main is 📦 v0.1.62  v3.14.4  NO PYTHON VENV SET  USING SYSTEM NVIM
  ❯ git push
  remote: Push to create is not enabled for users.
  fatal: unable to access 'https://git.waylonwalker.com/waylon/notify.wayl.one/': The requested URL returned error: 403

So I added the following environment variables.

[code]
  Author: Waylon S. Walker <waylon@waylonwalker.com>
  Date:   Wed May 6 21:56:53 2026 -0500

      enable push to create

  diff --git a/k8s/forgejo/deployment.yaml b/k8s/forgejo/deployment.yaml
  index d77daab..9346763 100644
  --- a/k8s/forgejo/deployment.yaml
  +++ b/k8s/forgejo/deployment.yaml
  @@ -91,6 +91,10 @@ spec:
                 value: "0.0.0.0"
               - name: FORGEJO__server__HTTP_PORT
                 value: "3000"
  +            - name: FORGEJO__repository__ENABLE_PUSH_CREATE_USER
  +              value: "true"
  +            - name: FORGEJO__repository__ENABLE_PUSH_CREATE_ORG
  +              value: "true"
               - name: FORGEJO__database__DB_TYPE
                 value: postgres
               - name: FORGEJO__database__HOST

https://github.com/WaylonWalker/homelab-argo/commit/b2e953bc12

Tried again, and it just worked!

[code]
  notify.wayl.one on  main is 📦 v0.1.62  v3.14.4  NO PYTHON VENV SET  USING SYSTEM NVIM
  ❯ git push
  Enumerating objects: 171, done.
  Counting objects: 100% (171/171), done.
  Delta compression using up to 12 threads
  Compressing objects: 100% (169/169), done.
  Writing objects: 100% (171/171), 176.22 KiB | 16.02 MiB/s, done.
  Total 171 (delta 99), reused 0 (delta 0), pack-reused 0 (from 0)
  remote: Resolving deltas: 100% (99/99), done.
  To https://git.waylonwalker.com/waylon/notify.wayl.one
   * [new branch]      main -> main