Use `push` web hook events for pull mirroring
Many git servers support making a HTTP POST request to an endpoint for each push
event they receive. Rather than polling for pull mirroring, this can be triggered based on a webhook.
Proposal
- Add API endpoint to receive webhook from other GitLab instances, GitHub, Bitbucket etc.
Links / references
Required to improve performance of pull mirroring, which is half of bi-directional sync: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ee/issues/3745
Documentation blurb
Overview
What is it? Why should someone use this feature? What is the underlying (business) problem? How do you use this feature?
Use cases
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Feature checklist
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Added to features.yml
Edited by James Ramsay (ex-GitLab)