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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

4. Performance

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:

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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:

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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:

  1. Command-line arguments (highest priority)
  2. Environment variables
  3. Configuration file
  4. Default values (lowest priority)
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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]
        SELENIUM[Selenium Browser]
    end

    SYSTEM --> LOADER
    WINDOWS --> LOADER
    CUSTOM --> LOADER
    CERTIFI --> LOADER
    LOADER --> COMBINER
    COMBINER --> VALIDATOR
    VALIDATOR --> REQUESTS
    VALIDATOR --> SELENIUM

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)

Performance Optimizations

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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

  1. Plugin System: Extensible architecture for custom sync methods
  2. Distributed Caching: Share cache across multiple machines
  3. Webhook Integration: Real-time sync triggers
  4. Multi-repository Support: Sync multiple repos simultaneously
  5. Partial Sync: Sync specific directories or file patterns
  6. 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.