codimd-git-sync/README.md

A python webserver that automatically hooks into a mattermost instance, listens for any mentions of codiMD files, downloads them locally and then commits them to a git repo based on a specific metadata block in the codimd file.

**TODO**
- Hook into mattermost to automatically react to new files
- Change gitlab integration to gitea

**Done**
- Webserver that starts a sync when an endpoint is called
- Automatic detection of codimd file links in mattermost message
- Download of codimd files
- Creation of a gitlab pull request for any new files
- Creation of new commits for any new changes to the files. Hereby updating the existing pull request or creating a new one.


## Warning !

When running this in a new folder it will create a lot of mattermost messages because it will find a lot of CodiMD links that are not yet locally cached.

Afterwards all these links are registered in a local `db.json` file so the application knows they have been handled.

## How to run (currently)

    # Start local webserver
    make webserver

    # Curl the webserver to trigger the sync
    make sync

## CodiMD

You need to put the following block somewhere in you CodiMD file.

```markdown
:::spoiler Gitlab sync
- sync-to: path/in/the/drive
:::
```


## Setup

Copy the `config.example.toml` file to `config.toml` and complete the missing values.

## Used tech

- [GitLab CLI Tool](https://glab.readthedocs.io/en/latest/index.html)
- bash
- git
- curl
- python

### References

- [CodiMD source code](https://github.com/hackmdio/codimd/tree/develop/lib). Usefull to find the api endpoints.