GT-REPO-SYNC(1) gitea-cli Manual GT-REPO-SYNC(1)

gt-repo-sync - Sync a branch with its remote or its fork's parent

gt repo sync [<repository>] [flags]

Fast-forward a local branch (default: the repository's default branch) to the same branch on the repository's Git remote, without switching branches. Diverged branches are left unchanged.

Given a repository without a Git remote here, sync updates it on the server instead: a fork fast-forwards to its parent, and a pull mirror fetches its source. Gitea updates a mirror as a whole and in the background, so --branch is refused for a mirror, and the JSON result names only the source, as remote.

A repository can be supplied as NAME (one of yours), OWNER/NAME, HOST/OWNER/NAME or a URL.
Without an argument, the repository of the current Git clone is used.

branch, commit, previous, remote

-b, --branch="" Branch to sync (default: the repository's default branch)

-h, --help[=false] help for sync

--csv[=""] Output CSV with the specified comma-separated fields, or all fields

--cwd="" Working directory for repository discovery

--debug[=false] Log the method, URL, status, and duration of each HTTP request to stderr

--host="" Gitea instance URL, including any base path

--interactive[=false] Allow prompts with machine output

-q, --jq="" Filter JSON output using a jq expression; implies --json

--json[=""] Output JSON with the specified comma-separated fields, or all fields

--no-input[=false] Disable prompts and implicit editor/browser interactions

--remote="" Git remote used for repository discovery

-R, --repo="" Select a repository as OWNER/REPO or URL

--sudo="" Perform API requests as this user (requires an administrator account)

--template="" Format JSON output using a Go template; implies --json (see gt help formatting)

--user="" Account name on the selected instance

# Fast-forward the default branch from the repository's remote
$ gt repo sync
# Fast-forward another branch
$ gt repo sync --branch release/1.0
# Update a fork on the server from its parent
$ gt repo sync bob/project

gt-repo(1)

Nov 2026 gitea-cli