diff --git a/migrate-gitlab-gitea.sh b/bin/migrate-gitlab-gitea.sh
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rename to bin/migrate-gitlab-gitea.sh
diff --git a/bin/update-gitea.sh b/bin/update-gitea.sh
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+#!/bin/sh
+#
+# usage, run as user git:
+#
+# sudo service gitea stop
+# ./update-gitea.sh 1.6.1
+# sudo service gitea start
+#
+# su -c "./update-gitea.sh 1.6.1" -s /bin/sh git
+#
+
+set -e
+
+version=$1
+arch="linux-amd64"
+giteaBinary="/home/git/gitea/gitea"
+
+cd /home/git/gitea-update
+
+wget -O "gitea-${version}-${arch}" "https://dl.gitea.io/gitea/${version}/gitea-${version}-${arch}"
+
+cp "gitea-${version}-${arch}" $giteaBinary
+chmod +x $giteaBinary
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