From bad58cef4935d8674555150910725571cd4f9d90 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Matt Speer <mwspeer@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 3 Oct 2026 12:35:36 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] updated docker backup directory destination to fix
 permissions error.

---
 gitea_backup.sh | 8 ++++----
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/gitea_backup.sh b/gitea_backup.sh
index 499b3be..9414f32 100644
--- a/gitea_backup.sh
+++ b/gitea_backup.sh
@@ -64,9 +64,9 @@ mkdir -p "$CURRENT_BACKUP_DIR"
 # ==============================================================================
 echo "Starting Gitea backup ($TIMESTAMP)..."
 
-# Step 1: Trigger in-container gitea dump using official documentation command structure
+# Step 1: Ensure staging folder exists and trigger in-container dump
 echo "Executing 'gitea dump' inside container '$CONTAINER_NAME'..."
-docker exec -u git -w /tmp "$CONTAINER_NAME" bash -c '/usr/local/bin/gitea dump -c /data/gitea/conf/app.ini -f /data/gitea-dump.zip'
+docker exec -u git -w /tmp "$CONTAINER_NAME" bash -c 'mkdir -p /data/gitea/tmp && /usr/local/bin/gitea dump -c /data/gitea/conf/app.ini -f /data/gitea/tmp/gitea-dump.zip'
 DUMP_STATUS=$?
 
 if [ $DUMP_STATUS -ne 0 ]; then
@@ -77,10 +77,10 @@ if [ $DUMP_STATUS -ne 0 ]; then
 fi
 
 # Step 2: Verify dump file exists on host data volume
-GITEA_DUMP_FILE="$GITEA_DATA_DIR/gitea-dump.zip"
+GITEA_DUMP_FILE="$GITEA_DATA_DIR/gitea/tmp/gitea-dump.zip"
 
 if [ ! -f "$GITEA_DUMP_FILE" ]; then
-    echo "Error: Could not locate generated 'gitea-dump.zip' in '$GITEA_DATA_DIR'." >&2
+    echo "Error: Could not locate generated 'gitea-dump.zip' in '$GITEA_DATA_DIR/gitea/tmp'." >&2
     curl -H "Authorization: Bearer $NTFY_TOKEN" -d "Error: Gitea backup zip file missing after exec." "$NTFY_SERVER/$NTFY_TOPIC" > /dev/null 2>&1
     rm -rf "$CURRENT_BACKUP_DIR"
     exit 1