Add option to disable version checking (#520)

Fixes "Only signed in user is allowed to call APIs." as the
/api/v1/version returns a 403 when running a gitea where
REQUIRE_SIGNIN_VIEW is enabled

Co-authored-by: Wim <wim@42.be>
Reviewed-on: https://gitea.com/gitea/tea/pulls/520
Reviewed-by: 6543 <6543@obermui.de>
Reviewed-by: Lunny Xiao <xiaolunwen@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: Wim <42wim@noreply.gitea.io>
Co-committed-by: Wim <42wim@noreply.gitea.io>

cmd/login/add.go

@@ -30,6 +30,11 @@ var CmdLoginAdd = cli.Command{
 			EnvVars: []string{"GITEA_SERVER_URL"},
 			Usage:   "Server URL",
 		},
+		&cli.BoolFlag{
+			Name:    "no-version-check",
+			Aliases: []string{"nv"},
+			Usage:   "Do not check version of Gitea instance",
+		},
 		&cli.StringFlag{
 			Name:    "token",
 			Aliases: []string{"t"},
@@ -96,5 +101,6 @@ func runLoginAdd(ctx *cli.Context) error {
 		ctx.String("ssh-agent-principal"),
 		ctx.String("ssh-agent-key"),
 		ctx.Bool("insecure"),
-		sshAgent)
+		sshAgent,
+		!ctx.Bool("no-version-check"))
 }

modules/config/login.go

@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ type Login struct {
 	SSHAgent          bool   `yaml:"ssh_agent"`
 	SSHKeyFingerprint string `yaml:"ssh_key_agent_pub"`
 	SSHPassphrase     string `yaml:"-"`
+	VersionCheck      bool   `yaml:"version_check"`
 	// User is username from gitea
 	User string `yaml:"user"`
 	// Created is auto created unix timestamp
@@ -182,6 +183,11 @@ func (l *Login) Client(options ...gitea.ClientOption) *gitea.Client {
 		}
 	}
 
+	// versioncheck must be prepended in options to make sure we don't hit any version checks in the sdk
+	if !l.VersionCheck {
+		options = append([]gitea.ClientOption{gitea.SetGiteaVersion("")}, options...)
+	}
+
 	options = append(options, gitea.SetToken(l.Token), gitea.SetHTTPClient(httpClient))
 
 	if ok, err := utils.IsKeyEncrypted(l.SSHKey); ok && err == nil && l.SSHPassphrase == "" {

modules/interact/login.go

@@ -16,9 +16,12 @@ import (
 
 // CreateLogin create an login interactive
 func CreateLogin() error {
-	var name, token, user, passwd, sshKey, giteaURL, sshCertPrincipal, sshKeyFingerprint string
-	var insecure = false
-	var sshAgent = false
+	var (
+		name, token, user, passwd, sshKey, giteaURL, sshCertPrincipal, sshKeyFingerprint string
+		insecure, sshAgent, versionCheck                                                 bool
+	)
+
+	versionCheck = true
 
 	promptI := &survey.Input{Message: "URL of Gitea instance: "}
 	if err := survey.AskOne(promptI, &giteaURL, survey.WithValidator(survey.Required)); err != nil {
@@ -128,7 +131,16 @@ func CreateLogin() error {
 		if err = survey.AskOne(promptYN, &insecure); err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
+
+		promptYN = &survey.Confirm{
+			Message: "Check version of Gitea instance: ",
+			Default: true,
+		}
+		if err = survey.AskOne(promptYN, &versionCheck); err != nil {
+			return err
 		}
 
-	return task.CreateLogin(name, token, user, passwd, sshKey, giteaURL, sshCertPrincipal, sshKeyFingerprint, insecure, sshAgent)
+	}
+
+	return task.CreateLogin(name, token, user, passwd, sshKey, giteaURL, sshCertPrincipal, sshKeyFingerprint, insecure, sshAgent, versionCheck)
 }

modules/task/login_create.go

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 // CreateLogin create a login to be stored in config
-func CreateLogin(name, token, user, passwd, sshKey, giteaURL, sshCertPrincipal, sshKeyFingerprint string, insecure, sshAgent bool) error {
+func CreateLogin(name, token, user, passwd, sshKey, giteaURL, sshCertPrincipal, sshKeyFingerprint string, insecure, sshAgent, versionCheck bool) error {
 	// checks ...
 	// ... if we have a url
 	if len(giteaURL) == 0 {
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ func CreateLogin(name, token, user, passwd, sshKey, giteaURL, sshCertPrincipal,
 		SSHKeyFingerprint: sshKeyFingerprint,
 		SSHAgent:          sshAgent,
 		Created:           time.Now().Unix(),
+		VersionCheck:      versionCheck,
 	}
 
 	if len(token) == 0 && sshCertPrincipal == "" && !sshAgent && sshKey == "" {