.autocrate.yaml

@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-version:
+---
-  !cargo
 changelog:
   enable: true
   git-log: true
@@ -15,16 +14,15 @@ uses:
 api:
   github:
     type: github
-    repository: autocrate
+    endpoint: https://github.com
     auth:
       user: PlexSheep
       pass:
-        !env TOKEN_GH
+        env: TOKEN_GH
   cscherr:
     type: forgejo
     endpoint: https://git.cscherr.de
-    repository: autocrate
     auth:
       user: PlexSheep
       pass:
-        !env TOKEN_CSCHERR
+        env: TOKEN_CSCHERR

.gitea/workflows/cargo.yaml

@@ -31,13 +31,13 @@ jobs:
           echo 'index = "https://git.cscherr.de/PlexSheep/_cargo-index.git"' >> ~/.cargo/config.toml
           cat ~/.cargo/config.toml
       - name: cargo clippy check
-        run: cargo clippy --all-features --all-targets --workspace
+        run: cargo clippy --all-features --all-targets
       - name: cargo clippy fix
-        run: cargo clippy --fix --all-features --all-targets --workspace
+        run: cargo clippy --fix --all-features --all-targets
       - name: cargo fmt
         run: cargo fmt --all
       - name: cargo test
-        run: cargo test --all-features --all-targets --workspace
+        run: cargo test --all-features --all-targets
       - name: commit back to repository
         uses: https://github.com/stefanzweifel/git-auto-commit-action@v5
         with:

.github/workflows/cargo.yaml

@@ -32,13 +32,13 @@ jobs:
           echo 'index = "https://git.cscherr.de/PlexSheep/_cargo-index.git"' >> ~/.cargo/config.toml
           cat ~/.cargo/config.toml
       - name: cargo clippy check
-        run: cargo clippy --all-features --all-targets --workspace
+        run: cargo clippy --all-features --all-targets
       - name: cargo clippy fix
-        run: cargo clippy --fix --all-features --all-targets --workspace
+        run: cargo clippy --fix --all-features --all-targets
       - name: cargo fmt
         run: cargo fmt --all
       - name: cargo test
-        run: cargo test --all-features --all-targets --workspace
+        run: cargo test --all-features --all-targets
       - name: commit back to repository
         uses: stefanzweifel/git-auto-commit-action@v5
         with:

.gitignore

@@ -19,4 +19,3 @@ Cargo.lock
 # Added by cargo
 
 /target
-.env

Cargo.toml

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "autocrate"
-version = "0.1.0-prealpha.5"
+version = "0.1.0-prealpha.3"
 edition = "2021"
 publish = true
 authors = ["Christoph J. Scherr <software@cscherr.de>"]
@@ -25,14 +25,10 @@ async-trait = "0.1.77"
 # cargo = "0.76.0"
 clap = { version = "4.4.18", features = ["derive", "help"] }
 clap-verbosity-flag = "2.1.2"
-forgejo-api = "0.1.0"
-futures = "0.3.30"
 git2 = "0.18.1"
-libpt = { version = "0.4.2", features = ["log"] }
+libpt = { version = "0.3.11", features = ["log"] }
-octocrab = "0.38.0"
 reqwest = "0.11.24"
 serde = { version = "1.0.195", features = ["derive"] }
-serde_json = "1.0.116"
 serde_yaml = "0.9.30"
 tempfile = "3.9.0"
 thiserror = "1.0.56"

README.md

@@ -8,65 +8,47 @@
 
 ![logo](data/media/autocrate.jpeg)
 
+**Disclaimer**: I've generated the Readme and logo with the help of so called AI
+tools and modified them afterwards.
+
 Autocrate simplifies the creation and maintenance of releases for your Rust
-projects hosted on fancy git servers. By providing functionalities
+projects hosted on Gitea servers. By providing essential functionalities
-like creating releases uploading artifacts, publishing crates, and managing changelogs,
+like uploading artifacts, publishing crates, and managing changelogs,
-Autocrate tries to streamline the release process. Although initially built for Forgejo,
+Autocrate streamlines the release process, allowing developers to focus on
-I plan to extend support to other platforms such as GitHub and GitLab.
+their work. Although initially built for Gitea, we plan to extend support
-
+for additional platforms such as GitHub and GitLab.
-Autocrate can then be used in CI/CD, or in projects without
-continuous integration to release software.
-
-The software is built in Rust, and offers integration for Rust Projects with Cargo.
-In the future, using other tools and specifying custom scripts will become possible.
 
 * [Original Repository](https://git.cscherr.de/PlexSheep/Autocrate)
-* [Codeberg Mirror](https://codeberg.org/PlexSheep/autocrate)
 * [GitHub Mirror](https://github.com/PlexSheep/Autocrate)
 * [crates.io](https://crates.io/crates/autocrate)
 * [docs.rs](https://docs.rs/crate/autocrate/)
 
 Take a look at the [scripts](./scripts) directory! [publish.sh](scripts/publish.sh)
-and [release.sh](scripts/release.sh) are what I'm trying to get rid of.
+and [release.sh](scripts/release.sh) are exactly what I'm trying to get rid of.
 
 ## Features
 
-* Create and update releases on your Git platform
+* Create and update releases on your Gitea server
-* Publish crates to crates.io or other repositories
+* Publish crates to Cargo.rs
-* Upload artifacts, including binaries and signatures alongside your releases
+or other repositories directly from your Rust projects
-* Generate changelogs and release notes
+* Upload artifacts, including documentation and binaries, alongside your releases
-* Configure with a simple yaml file
+* Generate and maintain changelogs and release notes.
 
 ### Upcoming Features
 
-Autocrate is still in pre-alpha, so the features listed above are still being
+My goal is to continuously enhance Autocrate to better serve the developer
-worked on. For the future, the following Features are planned:
+community. Some planned improvements include supporting other popular hosting
-
+platforms, enabling even greater flexibility and convenience.
-* Support for platforms other than Forgejo
-* Custom artifact build scripts
-* Version bumping
-* Interactive and scriptable CLI interface
-* Publish a cargo workspace (that depends on it's own crates)
 
 ## Getting Started
 
 Before getting started with Autocrate, make sure you have the necessary
 prerequisites covered:
 
-You can use `autocrate init` to set your workspace up with a basic
+* **A Rust Environment**: Install the latest stable Rust compiler and
-`.autocrate.yaml`.
+associated tools via the official website: <https://www.rust-lang.org/>
-
+* **Access to a Gitea Server** (such as [git.cscherr.de](https://git.cscherr.de)
-* **Access to a supported Git Server** (such as [git.cscherr.de](https://git.cscherr.de)
+and [codeberg.org](https://codeberg.org) (strictly speaking, uses a Gitea fork)
-and [codeberg.org](https://codeberg.org))
-
-### Pre-requisites
-
-* Git
-
-#### If you want to compile it yourself
-
-Install Rust, the officially recommended way is through [rustup.rs](https://rustup.rs/).
-Your distribution may offer a Rust distribution in your package manager as an alternative
 
 ### Installing
 
@@ -140,11 +122,7 @@ with itself, so you can take a look at this repositories
 
 ## Using Autocrate
 
-After you have your workspace with a `.autocrate.yaml` file, you can:
+TBD
-
-* `autocrapte release` to create a release on your git server(s), optionally publishing too
-* `autocrate publish` to publish your crate to the specified registries(s) (default is crates.io)
-* `autocrate changelog` to generate a changelog since the last tag
 
 ## Licensing
 
@@ -155,23 +133,13 @@ License. Please refer to [`LICENSE`](./LICENSE) for complete licensing details.
 
 ## Project status
 
-The project has started recently and is currently in pre-alpha. Many features
+The project has started recently and is currently in pre-alpha.
-are still missing or experimental
 
 ## Contributing
 
 I'd be very happy to get contributions! Although the master repository is on
-my self hosted git server, you're free to create issues, PRs and so on
+my self hosted git server, you're free to create issues, PRs and so on on
-GitHub. If enough activity comes around, moving to GitHub Codeberg might be a
+GitHub. If enough activity comes around, moving to GitHub might be a good idea.
-good idea.
 
 If you have any questions, use issues and discussions tabs or write me an email
 to [software@cscherr.de](mailto:software@cscherr.de)
-
-## Security
-
-If you find a security issue with this repository, it would be best if you sent
-me a mail to [software@cscherr.de](mailto:software@cscherr.de) or reported it on
-GitHub.
-
-See [`SECURITY`](SECURITY.md).

SECURITY.md

@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-# Security Policy
-
-## Supported Versions
-
-Only the latest release is currently supported.
-
-## Reporting a Vulnerability
-
-It would be best if you reported any found security vulnerabilities on the GitHub mirror. 
-
-If you want to send something encrypted, use [this](https://static.cscherr.de/keys/software@cscherr.de.asc) key.
-You can always reach me on [software@cscherr.de](mailto:software@cscherr.de), but sadly, I'm struggeling with PGP
-encryption in my mail client. I use protonmail to host my EMail services, so if you send me something from protonmail,
-it will be end to end encrypted.

src/changelog/mod.rs

@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ impl Changelog {
         Ok(Changelog { git_log })
     }
 
-    // TODO: use libgit2 instead of the cli interface
     fn make_git_log(cfg: &Config) -> Result<Option<String>> {
         if !cfg.yaml.changelog.enable {
             return Ok(None);
@@ -36,6 +35,7 @@ impl Changelog {
             return Err(ChangelogError::GitBadStatus(out.status, buf).into());
         }
 
+        dbg!(&buf);
         Ok(Some(buf))
     }
 

src/config/cli.rs

@@ -62,11 +62,9 @@ pub enum Commands {
         message: Option<Vec<String>>,
 
         /// generate and add a changelog
-        #[arg(short, long)]
         changelog: bool,
 
         /// publish after releasing
-        #[arg(short, long)]
         publish: bool,
     },
     /// Publish to a package registry
@@ -110,10 +108,10 @@ impl Cli {
             }
         };
         if cli.meta {
-            Logger::build(None, Some(ll), true).expect("could not initialize Logger");
+            Logger::init(None, Some(ll), true).expect("could not initialize Logger");
         } else {
             // less verbose version
-            Logger::build_mini(Some(ll)).expect("could not initialize Logger");
+            Logger::init_mini(Some(ll)).expect("could not initialize Logger");
         }
         cli
     }

src/config/mod.rs

@@ -1,11 +1,8 @@
-use std::str::FromStr;
+use std::{collections::HashMap, fmt::Debug, fs::File, io::BufReader, path::PathBuf};
-use std::{
-    collections::HashMap, fmt::Debug, fs::File, io::BufReader, path::PathBuf, process::Command,
-};
 
 use git2;
 use libpt::log::{debug, error, trace};
-use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
+use serde::Deserialize;
 use url::Url;
 
 use crate::error::*;
@@ -18,7 +15,7 @@ pub trait YamlConfigSection: Debug + Clone + for<'a> Deserialize<'a> {
     fn check(&self) -> Result<()>;
 }
 
-#[derive(Debug, Clone, Deserialize, Serialize)]
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Deserialize)]
 pub struct Changelog {
     pub enable: bool,
     #[serde(alias = "git-log")]
@@ -30,7 +27,7 @@ impl YamlConfigSection for Changelog {
     }
 }
 
-#[derive(Debug, Clone, Deserialize, Serialize)]
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Deserialize)]
 pub struct UseCargo {
     pub publish: bool,
     pub registries: Vec<String>,
@@ -41,7 +38,7 @@ impl YamlConfigSection for UseCargo {
     }
 }
 
-#[derive(Debug, Clone, Deserialize, Serialize)]
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Deserialize)]
 pub struct Uses {
     cargo: UseCargo,
 }
@@ -52,17 +49,13 @@ impl YamlConfigSection for Uses {
     }
 }
 
-#[derive(Debug, Clone, Deserialize, Serialize)]
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Deserialize)]
-#[serde(rename_all = "snake_case")]
 pub enum Pass {
     /// pass specified as plainext
-    #[serde(alias = "pass_text")]
     Text(String),
     /// pass to be loaded from an env var
-    #[serde(alias = "pass_env")]
     Env(String),
     /// pass to be loaded from a file
-    #[serde(alias = "pass_file")]
     File(PathBuf),
 }
 impl Pass {
@@ -95,7 +88,7 @@ impl YamlConfigSection for Pass {
         Ok(())
     }
 }
-#[derive(Debug, Clone, Deserialize, Serialize)]
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Deserialize)]
 pub struct ApiAuth {
     pub user: String,
     pub pass: Pass,
@@ -107,45 +100,20 @@ impl YamlConfigSection for ApiAuth {
     }
 }
 
-#[derive(Debug, Clone, Deserialize, Serialize)]
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Deserialize)]
 pub struct Api {
-    #[serde(alias = "type")]
     pub server_type: ApiType,
-    /// May be left empty if the [ApiType] is [Github](ApiType::Github).
+    pub endpoint: Url,
-    pub endpoint: Option<Url>,
     /// May be left empty if the Api does not need auth or the auth is part of the
     /// [endpoint](Api::endpoint) [Url].
     pub auth: Option<ApiAuth>,
-    /// Name of the repository on the Git server, as git itself has no concept of repository name
-    pub repository: String,
-}
-impl std::fmt::Display for Api {
-    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut std::fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> std::fmt::Result {
-        match self.server_type {
-            ApiType::Github => write!(
-                f,
-                "{}",
-                self.server_type
-                    .default_endpoint()
-                    .expect("no default endpoint set for github")
-            ),
-            _ => write!(f, "{}", self.endpoint.clone().expect("no endpoint set")),
-        }
-    }
 }
 impl YamlConfigSection for Api {
     fn check(&self) -> Result<()> {
         self.server_type.check()?;
-        if self.server_type != ApiType::Github {
+        match self.endpoint.socket_addrs(|| None) {
-            if self.auth.is_none() {
+            Ok(_) => (),
-                return Err(ConfigError::NoEndpointSet.into());
+            Err(err) => return Err(err.into()),
-            }
-            match self.endpoint.clone().unwrap().socket_addrs(|| None) {
-                Ok(_) => (),
-                Err(err) => return Err(err.into()),
-            }
-        } else if let Some(_url) = &self.endpoint {
-            return Err(ConfigError::EndpointSetButNotNeeded.into());
         }
         if self.auth.is_some() {
             self.auth.clone().unwrap().check()?;
@@ -154,7 +122,7 @@ impl YamlConfigSection for Api {
     }
 }
 
-#[derive(Debug, Clone, Deserialize, Serialize, PartialEq, Eq)]
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Deserialize)]
 pub enum ApiType {
     #[serde(alias = "gitea")]
     Gitea,
@@ -165,97 +133,22 @@ pub enum ApiType {
     #[serde(alias = "forgejo")]
     Forgejo,
 }
-impl ApiType {
-    pub fn default_endpoint(&self) -> Option<Url> {
-        match self {
-            Self::Github => Some(Url::from_str("https://github.com").unwrap()),
-            _ => None,
-        }
-    }
-}
-
 impl YamlConfigSection for ApiType {
     fn check(&self) -> Result<()> {
         Ok(())
     }
 }
 
-#[derive(Debug, Clone, Deserialize, Serialize)]
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Deserialize)]
-#[serde(rename_all = "snake_case")]
-pub enum Version {
-    Text(String),
-    Cmd(String),
-    Cargo,
-}
-
-impl Version {
-    pub fn get_version(&self) -> String {
-        // TODO: Error handling
-        match self {
-            Self::Text(ver) => ver.clone(),
-            Self::Cmd(shell_command) => {
-                match Command::new("/bin/bash")
-                    .arg("-c")
-                    .arg(shell_command)
-                    .output()
-                {
-                    Ok(output) => {
-                        // TODO: check status
-                        String::from_utf8(output.stdout).unwrap()
-                    }
-                    Err(err) => {
-                        panic!("{err:?}");
-                    }
-                }
-            }
-            Self::Cargo => {
-                match Command::new("/bin/bash")
-                    .arg("-c")
-                    .arg(r#"cat Cargo.toml | rg '^\s*version\s*=\s*"([^"]*)"\s*$' -or '$1'"#)
-                    .output()
-                {
-                    Ok(output) => {
-                        // TODO: check status
-                        String::from_utf8(output.stdout).unwrap().trim().to_owned()
-                    }
-                    Err(err) => {
-                        panic!("{err:?}");
-                    }
-                }
-            }
-        }
-    }
-}
-
-impl YamlConfigSection for Version {
-    fn check(&self) -> Result<()> {
-        match self {
-            Self::Text(_) => (),
-            Self::Cmd(_cmd) => {
-                // TODO: get the version with a command
-                todo!("verion from cmd not implemented")
-            }
-            Self::Cargo => {
-                // TODO: get the version as specified in a Cargo.toml
-                todo!("verion from cargo not implemented")
-            }
-        }
-        Ok(())
-    }
-}
-
-#[derive(Debug, Clone, Deserialize, Serialize)]
 pub struct YamlConfig {
     pub changelog: Changelog,
     pub uses: Uses,
     pub api: HashMap<String, Api>,
-    pub version: Version,
 }
 impl YamlConfigSection for YamlConfig {
     fn check(&self) -> Result<()> {
         self.changelog.check()?;
         self.uses.check()?;
-        self.version.check()?;
         for api in self.api.values() {
             api.check()?;
         }
@@ -273,10 +166,10 @@ impl YamlConfig {
     }
 }
 
-#[derive(Clone)]
 pub struct Config {
     pub yaml: YamlConfig,
     pub cli: Cli,
+    pub repo: git2::Repository,
     pub path: PathBuf,
 }
 
@@ -333,6 +226,7 @@ impl Config {
 
         Ok(Config {
             yaml,
+            repo,
             path,
             cli: cli.clone(),
         })

src/error.rs

@@ -32,10 +32,6 @@ pub enum ServerApiError {
     InvalidHeaderValue(#[from] reqwest::header::InvalidHeaderValue),
     #[error(transparent)]
     ReqwestErr(#[from] reqwest::Error),
-    #[error(transparent)]
-    ForgejoApiError(#[from] forgejo_api::ForgejoError),
-    #[error(transparent)]
-    GithubApiError(#[from] octocrab::Error),
 }
 
 #[derive(Error, Debug)]
@@ -65,8 +61,4 @@ pub enum ConfigError {
     EnvNotSet(String),
     #[error("Bad value for environment variable: {0}")]
     BadEnv(#[from] VarError),
-    #[error("An endpoint was set for an ApiType that does not require one")]
-    EndpointSetButNotNeeded,
-    #[error("No endpoint was set for an ApiType that requires one")]
-    NoEndpointSet,
 }

src/git/mod.rs

@@ -1,66 +0,0 @@
-use std::process::Command;
-
-use git2;
-use libpt::log::error;
-
-use crate::error::ConfigError;
-use crate::{config::Config, error::Result};
-
-pub(crate) fn get_repo() -> Result<git2::Repository> {
-    let repo = match git2::Repository::open_from_env() {
-        Ok(repo) => repo,
-        Err(_err) => {
-            let err = ConfigError::GitRepoNotFound.into();
-            error!("{err}");
-            return Err(err);
-        }
-    };
-    Ok(repo)
-}
-
-pub async fn tag<'repo>(
-    repo: &'repo mut git2::Repository,
-    cfg: &Config,
-) -> Result<git2::Tag<'repo>> {
-    // TODO: error handling
-    // TODO: allow force
-    // TODO: allow setting a message
-    // TODO: maybe using git as cmd is fancier?
-    let target = repo
-        .find_object(
-            repo.head().unwrap().target().unwrap(),
-            Some(git2::ObjectType::Commit),
-        )
-        .unwrap();
-    let tagger = repo.signature().expect("could not get signature");
-    let message = String::new();
-    let force = true;
-    let tag = repo
-        .tag(
-            &cfg.yaml.version.get_version(),
-            // "importantversion",
-            &target,
-            &tagger,
-            &message,
-            force,
-        )
-        .unwrap();
-    let tag: git2::Tag = repo.find_tag(tag).unwrap();
-    Ok(tag)
-}
-
-pub async fn push(_cfg: &Config) -> Result<()> {
-    // TODO: error handling
-    // TODO: maybe using git as lib is fancier?
-    Command::new("git").arg("push").status().unwrap();
-    Ok(())
-}
-
-pub async fn get_commit_sig<'repo>(repo: &'repo git2::Repository) -> Result<String> {
-    // TODO: error handling
-    // TODO: maybe using git as cmd is fancier?
-    let target = repo
-        .find_commit(repo.head().unwrap().target().unwrap())
-        .unwrap();
-    Ok(target.id().to_string())
-}

src/lib.rs

@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 pub mod changelog;
 pub mod config;
 pub mod error;
-pub mod git;
 pub mod publish;
 pub mod release;
 pub mod serverapi;

src/main.rs

@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-use std::error::Error as _;
-
 use autocrate::{
     changelog::*,
     config::{
@@ -9,39 +7,24 @@ use autocrate::{
     error::*,
     publish::publish,
     release::release,
-    serverapi::ApiCollection,
+    serverapi::init_servers,
 };
-use libpt::log::{debug, error};
 
 #[tokio::main]
 async fn main() -> Result<()> {
     let cli = Cli::cli_parse();
     let cfg = Config::load(&cli)?;
 
-    let status: Option<Error> = match cli.command {
+    match cli.command {
         Commands::Changelog { .. } => {
-            let chlog = Changelog::build(&cfg);
+            println!("{}", Changelog::build(&cfg)?);
-            if chlog.is_ok() {
-                println!("{}", chlog.unwrap());
-                None
-            } else {
-                Some(chlog.unwrap_err())
-            }
         }
         Commands::Release { .. } => {
-            // TODO: check if repo is dirty and create a commit with a given option
+            let mut apis = init_servers(&cfg).await?;
-            let mut apis = ApiCollection::build(&cfg).await?;
+            release(&cfg, &mut apis).await?;
-            match release(&cfg, &mut apis).await {
-                Ok(_) => None,
-                Err(err) => Some(err),
-            }
         }
         Commands::Publish { .. } => {
-            // TODO: check if repo is dirty and create a commit with a given option
+            publish(&cfg).await?;
-            match publish(&cfg).await {
-                Ok(_) => None,
-                Err(err) => Some(err),
-            }
         }
         Commands::Version {} => {
             // TODO: version bump
@@ -54,9 +37,5 @@ async fn main() -> Result<()> {
             todo!()
         }
     };
-    if let Some(err) = status {
-        error!("{err}");
-        debug!("{:#?}", err.source());
-    }
     Ok(())
 }

src/release/mod.rs

@@ -1,14 +1,5 @@
-use crate::{
+use crate::{config::Config, error::*, serverapi::ApiCollection};
-    config::Config,
-    error::*,
-    git::{self, get_commit_sig, push, tag},
-    serverapi::ApiCollection,
-};
 
-use futures::{self, stream::FuturesUnordered, StreamExt};
-use libpt::log::info;
-
-#[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Hash)]
 pub struct ReleaseContext {
     pub draft: bool,
     pub prerelease: bool,
@@ -19,43 +10,13 @@ pub struct ReleaseContext {
     pub commit_sig: String,
 }
 
-pub async fn release(cfg: &Config, apis: &mut ApiCollection) -> Result<()> {
+pub async fn release(cfg: &Config, _apis: &mut ApiCollection) -> Result<()> {
-    // TODO: Error handling
+    // TODO: git tag
-    let _changelog = crate::changelog::Changelog::build(cfg)?.to_string();
+    // TODO: push to each server
-    let mut repo = git::get_repo()?;
-    let tag = tag(&mut repo, cfg).await?.name().unwrap().to_string();
-    let commit_sig = get_commit_sig(&repo).await?;
-    push(cfg).await?; // we assume that we only need to push the current branch to the singular
-                      // remote, expecting that the repositories are somehow mirrored
-                      // TODO: push to multiple remotes?
 
-    let mut results = FuturesUnordered::new();
+    // TODO: release to each server
-    for api in apis.iter_mut() {
+    tag(cfg).await?;
-        // TODO: check that auth exists
+    todo!();
-        let specific_rc = ReleaseContext {
-            draft: true,
-            prerelease: true,
-            username: api
-                .get_inner()
-                .clone()
-                .auth
-                .expect("no auth but trying to publish")
-                .user,
-            repository: api.get_inner().repository.clone(),
-            text: crate::changelog::Changelog::build(cfg)?.to_string(),
-            tag: tag.clone(),
-            commit_sig: commit_sig.clone(),
-        };
-        info!("pushing release for {}", api.get_inner());
-        results.push(api.push_release(specific_rc));
-    }
-
-    // wait for the release requests to finish
-    while let Some(result) = results.next().await {
-        if result.is_err() {
-            return Err(result.unwrap_err());
-        }
-    }
 
     // TODO: check that the release is made
     // TODO: generate artifacts
@@ -64,3 +25,7 @@ pub async fn release(cfg: &Config, apis: &mut ApiCollection) -> Result<()> {
 
     Ok(())
 }
+
+async fn tag(_cfg: &Config) -> Result<()> {
+    todo!()
+}

src/serverapi/forgejo.rs

@@ -4,54 +4,80 @@ use crate::{
     serverapi::{PublishContext, ReleaseContext, ServerApi},
 };
 use async_trait::async_trait;
-use forgejo_api;
+use reqwest::{
+    header::{HeaderMap, HeaderValue},
+    Client, Url,
+};
 
 pub struct Forgejo {
-    api: Api,
+    cfg: Api,
-    cfg: Config,
+    client: Client,
-    api_wrapper: forgejo_api::Forgejo,
 }
 
 impl Forgejo {
-    pub async fn build(api: &Api, cfg: &Config) -> Result<Self> {
+    pub async fn build(api: &Api) -> Result<Self> {
-        let api_wrapper: forgejo_api::Forgejo = forgejo_api::Forgejo::new(
+        let mut headers: HeaderMap = HeaderMap::new();
-            forgejo_api::Auth::Token(&api.auth.clone().unwrap().pass.get_pass()?),
+        // may be left empty if we only do reads from publically accessible urls
-            api.endpoint.clone().unwrap(),
+        if api.auth.is_some() {
-        )
+            let _ = headers.insert(
-        .map_err(ServerApiError::from)?;
+                "Authorization",
+                HeaderValue::from_str(api.auth.clone().unwrap().pass.get_pass()?.as_str())
+                    .map_err(ServerApiError::from)?,
+            );
+        }
+        let client = super::client_builder()
+            .default_headers(headers)
+            .build()
+            .map_err(ServerApiError::from)?;
         Ok(Self {
-            api: api.clone(),
+            cfg: api.clone(),
-            cfg: cfg.clone(),
+            client,
-            api_wrapper,
         })
     }
 }
 
 #[async_trait]
 impl ServerApi for Forgejo {
-    async fn push_release(&mut self, rc: ReleaseContext) -> Result<()> {
+    async fn init(&mut self, _cfg: &Config) -> Result<()> {
-        let body: forgejo_api::structs::CreateReleaseOption =
+        todo!()
-            forgejo_api::structs::CreateReleaseOption {
+    }
-                body: Some(rc.text),
+    async fn push_release(&mut self, rc: &ReleaseContext) -> Result<()> {
-                draft: Some(rc.draft),
+        let raw_url = format!(
-                name: Some(rc.tag.clone()),
+            "{}/api/v1/repos/{}/{}/releases",
-                prerelease: Some(rc.prerelease),
+            self.cfg.endpoint, rc.username, rc.repository
-                tag_name: rc.tag,
+        );
-                target_commitish: Some(rc.commit_sig),
+        let url = Url::parse(&raw_url).map_err(ServerApiError::from)?;
-            };
+        let body = format!(
-        self.api_wrapper
+            r#"
-            .repo_create_release(&rc.username, &rc.repository, body)
+        {{
+            "body": "{}",
+            "draft": {},
+            "name": "{}",
+            "prerelease": {},
+            "tag_name": "{}",
+            "target_commitish": "{}"
+        }}
+        "#,
+            rc.text, rc.draft, rc.tag, rc.prerelease, rc.tag, rc.commit_sig
+        );
+
+        let request = self
+            .client
+            .post(url)
+            .body(body)
+            .build()
+            .map_err(ServerApiError::from)?;
+        let _response = self
+            .client
+            .execute(request)
             .await
             .map_err(ServerApiError::from)?;
         Ok(())
     }
-    async fn push_release_artifact(&mut self, _rc: ReleaseContext) -> Result<()> {
+    async fn push_release_artifact(&mut self, _rc: &ReleaseContext) -> Result<()> {
         todo!()
     }
-    async fn push_pkg(&mut self, _pc: PublishContext) -> Result<()> {
+    async fn push_pkg(&mut self, _pc: &PublishContext) -> Result<()> {
         todo!()
     }
-    fn get_inner(&self) -> &Api {
-        &self.api
-    }
 }

src/serverapi/gitea.rs

@@ -6,27 +6,27 @@ use crate::{
     error::*,
 };
 pub struct Gitea {
-    api: Api,
+    cfg: Api,
 }
 
 #[async_trait]
 impl ServerApi for Gitea {
-    async fn push_release(&mut self, _rc: ReleaseContext) -> Result<()> {
+    async fn init(&mut self, _cfg: &Config) -> Result<()> {
         todo!()
     }
-    async fn push_release_artifact(&mut self, _rc: ReleaseContext) -> Result<()> {
+    async fn push_release(&mut self, _rc: &ReleaseContext) -> Result<()> {
         todo!()
     }
-    async fn push_pkg(&mut self, _pc: PublishContext) -> Result<()> {
+    async fn push_release_artifact(&mut self, _rc: &ReleaseContext) -> Result<()> {
         todo!()
     }
-    fn get_inner(&self) -> &Api {
+    async fn push_pkg(&mut self, _pc: &PublishContext) -> Result<()> {
-        &self.api
+        todo!()
     }
 }
 
 impl Gitea {
-    pub async fn build(api: &Api, _cfg: &Config) -> Result<Self> {
+    pub async fn build(api: &Api) -> Result<Self> {
-        Ok(Self { api: api.clone() })
+        Ok(Self { cfg: api.clone() })
     }
 }

src/serverapi/github.rs

@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 use async_trait::async_trait;
-use octocrab;
 
 use super::{PublishContext, ReleaseContext, ServerApi};
 use crate::{
@@ -7,41 +6,27 @@ use crate::{
     error::*,
 };
 pub struct Github {
-    api: Api,
+    cfg: Api,
-}
-
-impl Github {
-    pub async fn build(api: &Api, _cfg: &Config) -> Result<Self> {
-        Ok(Self {
-            api: api.to_owned(),
-        })
-    }
 }
 
 #[async_trait]
 impl ServerApi for Github {
-    async fn push_release(&mut self, rc: ReleaseContext) -> Result<()> {
+    async fn init(&mut self, _cfg: &Config) -> Result<()> {
-        let _response = octocrab::instance()
-            .repos(rc.username, rc.repository)
-            .releases()
-            .create(&rc.tag)
-            .target_commitish(&rc.commit_sig)
-            .name(&rc.tag)
-            .body(&rc.text)
-            .draft(rc.draft)
-            .prerelease(rc.prerelease)
-            .send()
-            .await
-            .map_err(ServerApiError::from)?;
-        Ok(())
-    }
-    async fn push_release_artifact(&mut self, _rc: ReleaseContext) -> Result<()> {
         todo!()
     }
-    async fn push_pkg(&mut self, _pc: PublishContext) -> Result<()> {
+    async fn push_release(&mut self, _rc: &ReleaseContext) -> Result<()> {
         todo!()
     }
-    fn get_inner(&self) -> &Api {
+    async fn push_release_artifact(&mut self, _rc: &ReleaseContext) -> Result<()> {
-        &self.api
+        todo!()
+    }
+    async fn push_pkg(&mut self, _pc: &PublishContext) -> Result<()> {
+        todo!()
+    }
+}
+
+impl Github {
+    pub async fn build(api: &Api) -> Result<Self> {
+        Ok(Self { cfg: api.clone() })
     }
 }

src/serverapi/gitlab.rs

@@ -6,27 +6,27 @@ use crate::{
     error::*,
 };
 pub struct Gitlab {
-    api: Api,
+    cfg: Api,
 }
 
 #[async_trait]
 impl ServerApi for Gitlab {
-    async fn push_release(&mut self, _rc: ReleaseContext) -> Result<()> {
+    async fn init(&mut self, _cfg: &Config) -> Result<()> {
         todo!()
     }
-    async fn push_release_artifact(&mut self, _rc: ReleaseContext) -> Result<()> {
+    async fn push_release(&mut self, _rc: &ReleaseContext) -> Result<()> {
         todo!()
     }
-    async fn push_pkg(&mut self, _pc: PublishContext) -> Result<()> {
+    async fn push_release_artifact(&mut self, _rc: &ReleaseContext) -> Result<()> {
         todo!()
     }
-    fn get_inner(&self) -> &Api {
+    async fn push_pkg(&mut self, _pc: &PublishContext) -> Result<()> {
-        &self.api
+        todo!()
     }
 }
 
 impl Gitlab {
-    pub async fn build(api: &Api, _cfg: &Config) -> Result<Self> {
+    pub async fn build(api: &Api) -> Result<Self> {
-        Ok(Self { api: api.clone() })
+        Ok(Self { cfg: api.clone() })
     }
 }

src/serverapi/mod.rs

@@ -1,10 +1,8 @@
-use std::ops::{Deref, DerefMut};
-
 use async_trait::async_trait;
 use reqwest::ClientBuilder;
 
 use crate::{
-    config::{self, ApiType, Config},
+    config::{ApiType, Config},
     error::*,
     publish::PublishContext,
     release::ReleaseContext,
@@ -20,77 +18,43 @@ use github::*;
 use gitlab::*;
 
 pub static USER_AGENT: &str = concat!(env!("CARGO_PKG_NAME"), "/", env!("CARGO_PKG_VERSION"),);
+pub type ApiCollection = Vec<Box<dyn ServerApi>>;
 
 // NOTE: in stable rust, traits can normally not contain async methods,
 // see [here](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/65921581/how-can-i-define-an-async-method-in-a-trait).
 // The `async_trait` crate can be used to work around this limitation.
 #[async_trait]
 pub trait ServerApi {
-    async fn push_release(&mut self, rc: ReleaseContext) -> Result<()>;
+    async fn init(&mut self, cfg: &Config) -> Result<()>;
-    async fn push_release_artifact(&mut self, rc: ReleaseContext) -> Result<()>;
+    async fn push_release(&mut self, rc: &ReleaseContext) -> Result<()>;
-    async fn push_pkg(&mut self, pc: PublishContext) -> Result<()>;
+    async fn push_release_artifact(&mut self, rc: &ReleaseContext) -> Result<()>;
-    fn get_inner(&self) -> &config::Api;
+    async fn push_pkg(&mut self, pc: &PublishContext) -> Result<()>;
-}
-
-pub(crate) type ApiCollectionInner = Vec<Box<dyn ServerApi>>;
-
-pub struct ApiCollection {
-    collection: ApiCollectionInner,
-}
-
-impl ApiCollection {
-    pub async fn build(cfg: &Config) -> Result<Self> {
-        let mut collection: ApiCollectionInner = ApiCollectionInner::new();
-        for api in &cfg.yaml.api {
-            match api.1.server_type {
-                ApiType::Gitea => {
-                    collection.push(Box::new(Gitea::build(api.1, cfg).await?));
-                }
-                ApiType::Gitlab => {
-                    collection.push(Box::new(Gitlab::build(api.1, cfg).await?));
-                }
-                ApiType::Github => {
-                    collection.push(Box::new(Github::build(api.1, cfg).await?));
-                }
-                ApiType::Forgejo => {
-                    collection.push(Box::new(Forgejo::build(api.1, cfg).await?));
-                }
-            }
-        }
-        Ok(ApiCollection { collection })
-    }
-
-    pub fn collection(&self) -> &ApiCollectionInner {
-        self.collection.as_ref()
-    }
-
-    pub fn collection_mut(&mut self) -> &mut ApiCollectionInner {
-        self.collection.as_mut()
-    }
 }
 
 pub fn client_builder() -> ClientBuilder {
     ClientBuilder::new().user_agent(USER_AGENT)
 }
 
-// trait iimplementations for easy use of ApiCollection follow
+pub async fn init_servers(cfg: &Config) -> Result<ApiCollection> {
-impl IntoIterator for ApiCollection {
+    let mut collection: ApiCollection = ApiCollection::new();
-    fn into_iter(self) -> Self::IntoIter {
+    for api in &cfg.yaml.api {
-        self.collection.into_iter()
+        match api.1.server_type {
+            ApiType::Gitea => {
+                collection.push(Box::new(Gitea::build(api.1).await?));
+            }
+            ApiType::Gitlab => {
+                collection.push(Box::new(Gitlab::build(api.1).await?));
+            }
+            ApiType::Github => {
+                collection.push(Box::new(Github::build(api.1).await?));
+            }
+            ApiType::Forgejo => {
+                collection.push(Box::new(Forgejo::build(api.1).await?));
+            }
+        }
     }
-    type Item = Box<dyn ServerApi>;
+    for api in collection.iter_mut() {
-    type IntoIter = std::vec::IntoIter<Self::Item>;
+        api.init(cfg).await?;
-}
-
-impl Deref for ApiCollection {
-    type Target = [Box<dyn ServerApi>];
-    fn deref(&self) -> &Self::Target {
-        &self.collection[..]
-    }
-}
-
-impl DerefMut for ApiCollection {
-    fn deref_mut(&mut self) -> &mut Self::Target {
-        &mut self.collection[..]
     }
+    Ok(collection)
 }