diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
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+*~
+.*.sw?
+.sw?
+\#*\#
+DEADJOE
diff --git a/gitea/update_gitea.sh b/gitea/update_gitea.sh
new file mode 100755
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+++ b/gitea/update_gitea.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+PATH="/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin"
+upurl="https://api.github.com/repos/go-gitea/gitea/releases/latest"
+despa="${HOME}/temp/gitea_update"
+exdir="/gitea"
+exdir_update="${exdir}/update"
+expa="${exdir}/gitea"
+reltag=""
+pushovermsg=""
+rtcode=0
+latest_curl=""
+giteaname=""
+giteauser="gitea"
+
+function cleanup() {
+    /bin/rm -rf "${despa}"
+    sudo /bin/rm -f "${exdir_update}/"gitea*linux-amd64* >/dev/null 2>&1
+}
+
+trap cleanup EXIT SIGHUP SIGINT SIGTERM
+
+sendpushover() {
+    /home/suchademon/VersionControl/pushover/pushover.sh -d maindevices -t gitea -A notifyDeamon "$1" &
+}
+
+/bin/mkdir -p ${despa}  >/dev/null 2>&1 || exit 2
+latest_curl=$(/usr/bin/curl -s "${upurl}")
+reltag=$(/usr/bin/jq -r '.name' <<<"${latest_curl}" | sed -e 's/^v//g')
+
+if /usr/bin/sudo ${expa} --version | grep -q "Gitea version ${reltag} " ; then
+    echo "Upstream version same as local binary ${reltag}"
+    exit 0
+fi
+
+giteaname="gitea-${reltag}-linux-amd64"
+dlpath=$(/usr/bin/jq -r '.assets|.[].browser_download_url' <<<"${latest_curl}" | grep -E "linux.amd64.sha256$" )
+if /usr/bin/wget "${dlpath}" --output-document "${despa}/${giteaname}.sha256" >/dev/null 2>&1 ; then
+    echo "downloaded gitea-${reltag} sha256 sum"
+    dlpath=$(/usr/bin/jq -r '.assets|.[].browser_download_url' <<<"${latest_curl}" | grep -E "linux.amd64$" )
+    if /usr/bin/wget "${dlpath}" --output-document "${despa}/${giteaname}" >/dev/null 2>&1 ; then
+        echo "downloaded gitea-${reltag} binary"
+        if [ "$(/bin/cat "${despa}/${giteaname}.sha256" | /usr/bin/awk '{print $1}')" != "$(/usr/bin/sha256sum "${despa}/${giteaname}" | /usr/bin/awk '{print $1}')" ]; then
+            sendpushover "SHA256 of gitea-${reltag} do not match .sha256 file\n-------------------------------------\n$(/bin/cat "${despa}/${giteaname}.sha256")\n$(/usr/bin/sha256sum ""${despa}/${giteaname}"")"
+            exit 1
+        fi
+        echo "new gitea-${reltag} sum checked ok"
+        echo "comparing gitea sum new with running version"
+        if [ "$(/usr/bin/sudo /usr/bin/sha256sum ${expa} | /usr/bin/awk '{print $1}')" != "$(/usr/bin/sha256sum "${despa}/${giteaname}" | /usr/bin/awk '{print $1}')" ]; then
+            echo "new version detected"
+            echo "move gitea-${reltag} to update dir"
+            if sudo /usr/bin/mv "${despa}/${giteaname}.sha256" "${exdir_update}/${giteaname}.sha256" >/dev/null 2>&1 ; then
+                if sudo /usr/bin/mv "${despa}/${giteaname}" "${exdir_update}/${giteaname}" ; then
+                    if sudo /usr/bin/chown ${giteauser}. "${exdir_update}/gitea-${reltag}"* >/dev/null 2>&1 ; then
+                        if ! sudo /usr/bin/chmod 700 ${giteauser} "${exdir_update}/gitea-${reltag}"* >/dev/null 2>&1 ; then
+                            echo "failed to change mod gitea-${reltag} update files"
+                            exit 1
+                        fi
+                    else
+                        echo "failed to chown gitea-${reltag} update files"
+                        exit 1
+                    fi
+                else
+                    echo "failed to move gitea-${reltag} binary to update dir"
+                    exit 1
+                fi
+            else
+                echo "failed to move gitea-${reltag} sha256 to update dir"
+                exit 1
+            fi
+            echo "try to deploy new gitea version"
+            if pushovermsg="$(/usr/bin/sudo ${exdir_update}/update_gitea.sh -p -n "${exdir_update}/${giteaname}")" ; then
+                pushovermsg="gitea ${reltag} available on github (autodeploy) \n${reltag}\n${pushovermsg}\nAutodeploy finished, version live"
+            else
+                pushovermsg="gitea ${reltag} available on github, auto deploy did not work\n-------------------------------------\n${pushovermsg}\nCopied files to gitea-update dir"
+            fi
+        fi
+    else
+        pushovermsg="Could not download ${dlpath}"
+        rtcode=1
+    fi
+else
+    pushovermsg="Could not download ${dlpath}"
+    rtcode=1
+fi
+
+sendpushover "${pushovermsg}"
+exit ${rtcode}