diff --git a/gitea.py b/gitea.py
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+import os
+from pathlib import Path
+from configparser import ConfigParser
+
+GITEA_REPOS = ['boxtools']
+
+GITEA_URL = 'https://gitea.psi.ch/linse/%s.git'
+
+GET_GITEA_TOKEN = """#!/bin/bash
+if [ -z "$GITEA_TOKEN" ]; then
+  echo "" 1>&2
+  echo "you try to push without setting GITEA_TOKEN" 1>&2
+  echo "please use 'setuser <initials>' to identify yourself" 1>&2
+  echo "" 1>&2
+  echo quit=1
+else
+  if [ "$1" == "get" ]; then
+    echo "connecting with gitea token for $GIT_AUTHOR_NAME" 1>&2
+  fi
+  echo username=_
+  echo "password=$GITEA_TOKEN"
+fi
+"""
+
+PRE_COMMIT_HOOK = """#!/bin/bash
+if [ "$GIT_AUTHOR_NAME" == "PREVENT_DEFAULT" ]; then
+   echo ''
+   echo 'You tried to commit without specified author'
+   echo "please execute 'setuser <initials>' to identify yourself"
+   echo 'or add the author with:  git commit --author=<your name>'
+   echo ''
+   exit 1
+else
+   echo "Author: $GIT_AUTHOR_NAME<$GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL>"
+fi
+"""
+
+
+def write_when_new(doit, filename, content):
+    if content is None:
+        lines = []
+    else:
+        if not content.endswith('\n'):
+            content += '\n'
+        lines = content.split('\n')
+    try:
+        with open(filename) as fil:
+            old = fil.read()
+    except FileNotFoundError:
+        old = None
+    if old == content:
+        return False
+    if doit:
+        if lines:
+            with open(filename, 'w') as fil:
+                fil.write(content)
+        else:
+            os.remove(filename)
+        return True
+    elif old:
+        print(filename, 'needs an update')
+    else:
+        print(filename, 'is missing')
+
+
+def change_to_gitea(doit, *repos):
+    dirty = False
+    cwd = os.getcwd()
+    try:
+        for repo in repos:
+            os.chdir(Path('~').expanduser() / repo)
+            try:
+                parser = ConfigParser()
+                parser.read('.git/config')
+            except FileNotFoundError:
+                continue
+            if write_when_new(doit, '.git/hooks/get_gitea_token', GET_GITEA_TOKEN):
+                dirty = True
+            if write_when_new(doit, '.git/hooks/pre-commit', PRE_COMMIT_HOOK):
+                dirty = True
+            if doit:
+                dothis = False
+                try:
+                    if parser.get('credential', 'helper') != str(gitdir / hooks / 'get_gitea_token'):
+                        dothis = True
+                        print('need to change gitea credential helper')
+                except Exception:
+                    dothis = True
+                    print('missing gitea credential helper')
+                try:
+                    if parser.get('remote "origin"', 'url') != GITEA_URL % repo:
+                        dothis = True
+                        print('need to change remote url')
+                except Exception:
+                    dothis = True
+                    print('missing remote url')
+                if dothis:
+                    dirty = True
+                    os.system(f'git config credential.helper "{os.getcwd()}/.git/hooks/get_gitea_token"')
+                    os.system(f'git remote set-url origin {GITEA_URL}')
+    finally:
+        os.chdir(cwd)
+    return dirty
+
+
+change_to_gitea(False, *GITEA_REPOS)