Architecture Overview GitBridge is designed with a modular architecture that provides flexibility, reliability, and extensibility. This document provides a comprehensive overview of the system architecture.
System Architecture graph TB
subgraph "User Interface"
CLI[CLI Interface]
CONFIG[Configuration Files]
end
subgraph "Core Components"
FACADE[GitHubAPISync Facade]
API_CLIENT[API Client]
REPO_MGR[Repository Manager]
FILE_SYNC[File Synchronizer]
PROGRESS[Progress Tracker]
BROWSER[Browser Sync Engine]
SESSION[Session Factory]
end
subgraph "Support Modules"
PROXY[PAC Proxy Support]
CERT[Certificate Support]
AUTH[Authentication Providers]
UTILS[Utilities]
INTERFACES[Abstract Interfaces]
end
subgraph "External Services"
GITHUB[GitHub API]
WEB[GitHub Website]
end
subgraph "Local Storage"
FILES[Local Files]
META[Metadata Cache]
end
CLI --> FACADE
CONFIG --> FACADE
FACADE --> API_CLIENT
FACADE --> REPO_MGR
FACADE --> FILE_SYNC
FACADE --> PROGRESS
API_CLIENT --> SESSION
REPO_MGR --> API_CLIENT
FILE_SYNC --> API_CLIENT
SESSION --> PROXY
SESSION --> CERT
SESSION --> AUTH
API_CLIENT --> GITHUB
BROWSER --> WEB
FILE_SYNC --> META
FILE_SYNC --> FILES
BROWSER --> FILES Core Design Principles 1. Modularity Each component has a single, well-defined responsibility:
Sync Engines : Handle the actual synchronization logic Support Modules : Provide cross-cutting concerns (auth, proxy, SSL) Cache Manager : Manages metadata and incremental updates CLI : Provides user interface and orchestration 2. Flexibility GitBridge adapts to various environments:
Dual sync methods : API and browser automation Auto-detection : Proxy and certificate discovery Configuration layers : Files, environment variables, command-line 3. Reliability Built-in resilience and error handling:
Automatic retries : For transient network failures Fallback mechanisms : Browser method when API fails Incremental updates : Resume interrupted syncs Data integrity : SHA verification for all files Optimized for efficiency:
Parallel downloads : Multiple concurrent file transfers Incremental syncing : Only transfer changed files Intelligent caching : Minimize API calls Chunk-based transfers : For large files Component Architecture GitHubAPISync Facade The main facade that coordinates specialized components:
Python class GitHubAPISync :
"""Facade coordinating specialized sync components."""
def __init__ ( self , repo_url : str , local_path : str , token : Optional [ str ] = None ):
self . api_client = GitHubAPIClient ( session_factory , repo_url )
self . repo_manager = RepositoryManager ( self . api_client , repo_url )
self . file_sync = FileSynchronizer ( self . api_client , local_path )
self . progress = ProgressTracker ()
def sync ( self , ref : str = "main" ) -> bool :
"""Coordinate components for complete sync."""
# 1. Test connection
# 2. Resolve reference
# 3. Get repository tree
# 4. Synchronize files
# 5. Report progress
# 6. Return success status
Responsibilities: - Provide simple public interface - Coordinate component interactions - Maintain backward compatibility - Orchestrate sync workflow
Component Architecture API Client Handles low-level GitHub API operations:
Python class GitHubAPIClient :
"""Low-level GitHub API client."""
def __init__ ( self , session_factory , base_url ):
self . session = session_factory . create_session ()
self . base_url = base_url
def make_request ( self , endpoint , ** kwargs ):
"""Generic API request handling."""
# Handle authentication
# Manage rate limits
# Retry on failure
Repository Manager Manages repository metadata and structure:
Python class RepositoryManager :
"""Repository-specific operations."""
def resolve_ref ( self , ref : str ) -> str :
"""Resolve branch/tag/commit to SHA."""
def get_tree ( self , ref : str ) -> List [ FileInfo ]:
"""Get repository file tree."""
File Synchronizer Handles file synchronization logic:
Python class FileSynchronizer :
"""File sync and incremental updates."""
def sync_files ( self , files : List [ FileInfo ]):
"""Synchronize files to local directory."""
# Compare with cache
# Download changed files
# Update local files
# Save metadata
Browser Sync Engine Implements browser automation using Playwright:
Python class GitHubBrowserSync :
"""Playwright-based synchronization engine."""
def sync ( self ) -> bool :
"""Perform browser-based sync."""
# 1. Launch browser with Playwright
# 2. Navigate to repository
# 3. Download ZIP archive
# 4. Extract and compare
# 5. Update changed files
Key Features: - Playwright automation framework - Multi-browser support (Chromium, Firefox, WebKit) - Headless mode operation - Automatic wait strategies - Network interception capabilities
Session Factory Creates configured HTTP sessions:
Python class SessionFactory :
"""Factory for creating configured HTTP sessions."""
def create_session ( self , config : Config ) -> requests . Session :
"""Create session with proxy, SSL, and auth."""
session = requests . Session ()
self . configure_ssl ( session , config )
self . configure_proxy ( session , config )
self . configure_auth ( session , config )
return session
Abstract Interfaces Define contracts for pluggable implementations:
Python class SyncProvider ( ABC ):
"""Interface for sync implementations."""
def sync ( self , ref : str ) -> bool : ...
def test_connection ( self ) -> bool : ...
def get_status ( self ) -> Dict : ...
class ProxyProvider ( ABC ):
"""Interface for proxy configuration."""
def get_proxy_config ( self , url : str ) -> Dict : ...
def detect_proxy ( self ) -> bool : ...
class CertificateProvider ( ABC ):
"""Interface for certificate handling."""
def get_certificates ( self ) -> List : ...
def export_certificates ( self ) -> str : ...
Cache Structure:
JSON {
"version" : "1.0" ,
"repository" : {
"url" : "https://github.com/user/repo" ,
"ref" : "main" ,
"last_commit" : "abc123"
},
"files" : {
"README.md" : {
"sha" : "def456" ,
"size" : 1234 ,
"modified" : "2025-01-15T10:30:00Z"
}
},
"sync" : {
"last_sync" : "2025-01-15T10:30:00Z" ,
"method" : "api"
}
}
Data Flow API Sync Flow sequenceDiagram
participant User
participant CLI
participant APISync
participant Cache
participant GitHub
participant FileSystem
User->>CLI: gitbridge sync
CLI->>APISync: Initialize sync
APISync->>Cache: Load metadata
Cache-->>APISync: Previous sync data
APISync->>GitHub: GET /repos/{owner}/{repo}/git/trees
GitHub-->>APISync: Repository tree
APISync->>APISync: Compare SHAs
APISync->>GitHub: GET /repos/{owner}/{repo}/contents/{path}
GitHub-->>APISync: File content
APISync->>FileSystem: Write file
APISync->>Cache: Update metadata
APISync-->>CLI: Sync complete
CLI-->>User: Success message Browser Sync Flow sequenceDiagram
participant User
participant CLI
participant BrowserSync
participant Browser
participant GitHub
participant FileSystem
User->>CLI: gitbridge sync --method browser
CLI->>BrowserSync: Initialize sync
BrowserSync->>Browser: Launch Chrome
Browser->>GitHub: Navigate to repository
BrowserSync->>Browser: Click "Code" → "Download ZIP"
Browser->>GitHub: Download repository ZIP
GitHub-->>Browser: ZIP file
BrowserSync->>BrowserSync: Extract file list from ZIP
BrowserSync->>FileSystem: Compare with local files
BrowserSync->>Browser: Download changed files
Browser->>GitHub: GET individual files
GitHub-->>Browser: File contents
BrowserSync->>FileSystem: Write files
BrowserSync-->>CLI: Sync complete
CLI-->>User: Success message Configuration Architecture Configuration Layers Configuration is resolved in priority order:
Command-line arguments (highest priority) Environment variables Configuration file Default values (lowest priority) Python class ConfigResolver :
"""Resolves configuration from multiple sources."""
def resolve ( self ) -> Config :
config = self . load_defaults ()
config . merge ( self . load_file ())
config . merge ( self . load_environment ())
config . merge ( self . load_cli_args ())
return config
Configuration Schema YAML # Complete configuration schema
repository :
url : str # Required: GitHub repository URL
ref : str # Branch, tag, or commit (default: main)
local :
path : str # Required: Local directory path
auth :
token : str # GitHub personal access token
username : str # For basic auth (browser method)
password : str # For basic auth (browser method)
sync :
method : enum # api, browser, or auto
incremental : bool # Enable incremental updates
force : bool # Force full sync
parallel_downloads : int
chunk_size : int
retry_count : int
retry_delay : float
ignore_patterns : list
skip_large_files : bool
large_file_size : int
network :
proxy :
http : str
https : str
no_proxy : list
auth :
username : str
password : str
ssl :
verify : bool
ca_bundle : str
cert_file : str
key_file : str
pac :
url : str
file : str
cache : bool
browser :
type : enum # chrome, chromium, edge
path : str # Browser executable path
driver_path : str # ChromeDriver path
headless : bool
window_size : str
timeout : int
download_timeout : int
user_agent : str
cookie_file : str
reuse_session : bool
logging :
level : enum # DEBUG, INFO, WARNING, ERROR
file : str # Log file path
format : str # Log format string
console : bool # Enable console output
Security Architecture Authentication graph LR
subgraph "Authentication Methods"
TOKEN[GitHub Token]
BASIC[Basic Auth]
COOKIE[Browser Cookies]
end
subgraph "Storage"
ENV[Environment Variables]
CONFIG[Config File]
KEYRING[System Keyring]
end
subgraph "Usage"
API_AUTH[API Authentication]
BROWSER_AUTH[Browser Authentication]
end
TOKEN --> ENV
TOKEN --> CONFIG
TOKEN --> KEYRING
BASIC --> CONFIG
COOKIE --> BROWSER_AUTH
ENV --> API_AUTH
CONFIG --> API_AUTH
KEYRING --> API_AUTH Certificate Handling graph TB
subgraph "Certificate Sources"
SYSTEM[System Store]
WINDOWS[Windows Store]
CUSTOM[Custom Bundle]
CERTIFI[Certifi Bundle]
end
subgraph "Certificate Manager"
LOADER[Certificate Loader]
COMBINER[Bundle Combiner]
VALIDATOR[Certificate Validator]
end
subgraph "Usage"
REQUESTS[Requests Library]
PLAYWRIGHT[Playwright Browser]
end
SYSTEM --> LOADER
WINDOWS --> LOADER
CUSTOM --> LOADER
CERTIFI --> LOADER
LOADER --> COMBINER
COMBINER --> VALIDATOR
VALIDATOR --> REQUESTS
VALIDATOR --> PLAYWRIGHT Error Handling Strategy Error Hierarchy Python # Base exceptions
class GitBridgeError ( Exception ):
"""Base exception for all GitBridge errors."""
class ConfigurationError ( GitBridgeError ):
"""Configuration-related errors."""
# Network exceptions
class NetworkError ( GitBridgeError ):
"""Network and connectivity errors."""
class RateLimitError ( NetworkError ):
"""API rate limit exceeded."""
class ProxyError ( NetworkError ):
"""Proxy configuration errors."""
class SSLError ( NetworkError ):
"""SSL/TLS certificate errors."""
# Authentication exceptions
class AuthenticationError ( GitBridgeError ):
"""Authentication and authorization errors."""
class TokenError ( AuthenticationError ):
"""Invalid or expired token."""
# Repository exceptions
class RepositoryError ( GitBridgeError ):
"""Repository access errors."""
class InvalidRefError ( RepositoryError ):
"""Invalid branch, tag, or commit."""
# File system exceptions
class FileSystemError ( GitBridgeError ):
"""Local file system errors."""
class PermissionError ( FileSystemError ):
"""File permission errors."""
# Browser exceptions
class BrowserError ( GitBridgeError ):
"""Browser automation errors."""
class BrowserNotFoundError ( BrowserError ):
"""Browser executable not found."""
Retry Logic Python class RetryHandler :
"""Handles retry logic for transient failures."""
def __init__ ( self , max_retries = 3 , backoff_factor = 2 ):
self . max_retries = max_retries
self . backoff_factor = backoff_factor
def execute_with_retry ( self , func , * args , ** kwargs ):
"""Execute function with exponential backoff retry."""
for attempt in range ( self . max_retries ):
try :
return func ( * args , ** kwargs )
except TransientError as e :
if attempt == self . max_retries - 1 :
raise
delay = self . backoff_factor ** attempt
time . sleep ( delay )
Parallel Downloads Python class ParallelDownloader :
"""Downloads multiple files concurrently."""
def download_files ( self , files : List [ FileInfo ], max_workers = 5 ):
"""Download files in parallel."""
with ThreadPoolExecutor ( max_workers = max_workers ) as executor :
futures = {
executor . submit ( self . download_file , file ): file
for file in files
}
for future in as_completed ( futures ):
file = futures [ future ]
try :
result = future . result ()
yield file , result
except Exception as e :
self . handle_error ( file , e )
Incremental Updates Python class IncrementalSync :
"""Manages incremental synchronization."""
def get_changes ( self , remote_tree , local_cache ):
"""Identify changed files."""
changes = {
'new' : [],
'modified' : [],
'deleted' : [],
'unchanged' : []
}
for remote_file in remote_tree :
local_file = local_cache . get ( remote_file . path )
if not local_file :
changes [ 'new' ] . append ( remote_file )
elif local_file . sha != remote_file . sha :
changes [ 'modified' ] . append ( remote_file )
else :
changes [ 'unchanged' ] . append ( remote_file )
# Check for deleted files
for local_path in local_cache :
if local_path not in remote_tree :
changes [ 'deleted' ] . append ( local_path )
return changes
Extension Points Custom Sync Engines Python class CustomSyncEngine ( BaseSyncEngine ):
"""Template for custom sync engines."""
def sync ( self ) -> SyncResult :
"""Implement custom sync logic."""
raise NotImplementedError
def validate_config ( self ) -> bool :
"""Validate engine-specific configuration."""
raise NotImplementedError
Plugin Architecture Python class PluginManager :
"""Manages GitBridge plugins."""
def load_plugins ( self , plugin_dir : str ):
"""Load plugins from directory."""
for plugin_file in Path ( plugin_dir ) . glob ( "*.py" ):
spec = importlib . util . spec_from_file_location (
plugin_file . stem , plugin_file
)
module = importlib . util . module_from_spec ( spec )
spec . loader . exec_module ( module )
# Register plugin
if hasattr ( module , 'register' ):
module . register ( self )
Monitoring and Telemetry Metrics Collection Python class MetricsCollector :
"""Collects performance metrics."""
def __init__ ( self ):
self . metrics = {
'sync_duration' : [],
'files_processed' : 0 ,
'bytes_transferred' : 0 ,
'api_calls' : 0 ,
'errors' : []
}
def record_sync ( self , duration , files , bytes_transferred ):
"""Record sync metrics."""
self . metrics [ 'sync_duration' ] . append ( duration )
self . metrics [ 'files_processed' ] += files
self . metrics [ 'bytes_transferred' ] += bytes_transferred
Logging Architecture Python class LogManager :
"""Manages logging configuration."""
def setup_logging ( self , config ):
"""Configure logging based on config."""
handlers = []
# Console handler
if config . logging . console :
handlers . append ( logging . StreamHandler ())
# File handler
if config . logging . file :
handlers . append ( logging . FileHandler ( config . logging . file ))
logging . basicConfig (
level = config . logging . level ,
format = config . logging . format ,
handlers = handlers
)
Future Architecture Considerations Planned Enhancements Plugin System : Extensible architecture for custom sync methods Distributed Caching : Share cache across multiple machines Webhook Integration : Real-time sync triggers Multi-repository Support : Sync multiple repos simultaneously Partial Sync : Sync specific directories or file patterns Compression : Compress transfers for bandwidth optimization Scalability Considerations Connection Pooling : Reuse HTTP connections Async Operations : Async/await for I/O operations Memory Management : Stream large files instead of loading Rate Limiting : Respect and adapt to rate limits Caching Strategy : LRU cache for frequently accessed data Conclusion GitBridge's architecture is designed to be:
Flexible : Adapts to various network environments Reliable : Handles failures gracefully Efficient : Optimizes for performance Extensible : Supports future enhancements Maintainable : Clean separation of concerns The modular design allows for easy testing, debugging, and enhancement of individual components without affecting the entire system.