Migrating repos from Github to Codeberg causes issues with release files #2061

ReubenUKGB commented 2025年08月02日 12:21:28 +02:00

Problem:
When migrating a repo from Github to Codeberg (account linked and secret key with appropriate permissions provided), any release file downloads that were also migrated become corrupted (enabled releases after migration) and can't be used (in this case it was .zip and .bat files).

Opening any of these files results in a dialog box complaining about the file type being invalid and when explicitly opening the file in a text editor it reveals a download link to the file that was supposed to be transferred.

Workaround:
Manually deleting migrated release file downloads and reuploading them from a local drive doesn't result in file corruption.

**Problem:** When migrating a repo from Github to Codeberg (account linked and secret key with appropriate permissions provided), any release file downloads that were also migrated become corrupted (enabled releases after migration) and can't be used (in this case it was .zip and .bat files). Opening any of these files results in a dialog box complaining about the file type being invalid and when explicitly opening the file in a text editor it reveals a download link to the file that was supposed to be transferred. **Workaround:** Manually deleting migrated release file downloads and reuploading them from a local drive doesn't result in file corruption.

Gusted commented 2025年08月03日 01:33:03 +02:00

Hi, could you please link what the original Github repository was that you used for this migration?

Hi, could you please link what the original Github repository was that you used for this migration?

ReubenUKGB commented 2025年08月03日 14:06:44 +02:00

@Gusted wrote in #2061 (comment):

Hi, could you please link what the original Github repository was that you used for this migration?

Certainly!

Here is the original repository on Github which presents the bug in the OP, I was also able to reproduce the bug again by migrating the original repository into a test repository on Codeberg.

I've also included the migrated release files in this reply, as you can see, they only contain the download links to the release files on Github and not the actual contents of the release files themselves.

Hope this helps!

@Gusted wrote in https://codeberg.org/Codeberg/Community/issues/2061#issuecomment-6107740: > Hi, could you please link what the original Github repository was that you used for this migration? Certainly! Here is the [original repository](https://github.com/ReubenUKGB/black-ops-one-zombies-main-quest-ee-patches) on Github which presents the bug in the OP, I was also able to reproduce the bug again by migrating the original repository into a [test repository](https://codeberg.org/ReubenUKGB/test/releases) on Codeberg. I've also included the migrated release files in this reply, as you can see, they only contain the download links to the release files on Github and not the actual contents of the release files themselves. Hope this helps!

Gusted commented 2025年08月03日 21:01:33 +02:00

Thank you! I think I found the bug :)

Thank you! I think I found the bug :)

ReubenUKGB commented 2025年08月03日 21:25:43 +02:00

No problem, I'm glad that I was able to bring attention to this matter.

No problem, I'm glad that I was able to bring attention to this matter.