Add flag to always authenticate when cloning public repositories (#760)

As a developer using an custom git server (e.g. Github Enterprise) I would like to be able to authenticate 
the user on repositories which are marked as public.

See issue: https://github.com/woodpecker-ci/woodpecker/issues/473

Ref: https://github.com/woodpecker-ci/woodpecker/pull/693#issuecomment-1025771162

cmd/server/flags.go

@@ -91,6 +91,11 @@ var flags = []cli.Flag{
 		Name:    "open",
 		Usage:   "enable open user registration",
 	},
+	&cli.BoolFlag{
+		EnvVars: []string{"WOODPECKER_AUTHENTICATE_PUBLIC_REPOS"},
+		Name:    "authenticate-public-repos",
+		Usage:   "Always use authentication to clone repositories even if they are public. Needed if the SCM requires to always authenticate as used by many companies.",
+	},
 	&cli.StringFlag{
 		EnvVars: []string{"WOODPECKER_DOCS"},
 		Name:    "docs",

cmd/server/server.go

@@ -271,6 +271,9 @@ func setupEvilGlobals(c *cli.Context, v store.Store, r remote.Remote) {
 		server.Config.Services.Senders = sender.NewRemote(endpoint)
 	}
 
+	// authentication
+	server.Config.Pipeline.AuthenticatePublicRepos = c.Bool("authenticate-public-repos")
+
 	// limits
 	server.Config.Pipeline.Limits.MemSwapLimit = c.Int64("limit-mem-swap")
 	server.Config.Pipeline.Limits.MemLimit = c.Int64("limit-mem")

docs/docs/30-administration/10-server-config.md

@@ -159,6 +159,11 @@ Enable to allow user registration.
 
 Link to documentation in the UI.
 
+### `WOODPECKER_AUTHENTICATE_PUBLIC_REPOS`
+> Default: `false`
+
+Always use authentication to clone repositories even if they are public. Needed if the SCM requires to always authenticate as used by many companies.
+
 ### `WOODPECKER_SESSION_EXPIRES`
 > Default: `72h`
 

server/config.go

@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ var Config = struct {
 		AuthToken string
 	}
 	Pipeline struct {
+		AuthenticatePublicRepos bool
 		Limits                  model.ResourceLimit
 		Volumes                 []string
 		Networks                []string

server/shared/procBuilder.go

@@ -244,7 +244,7 @@ func (b *ProcBuilder) toInternalRepresentation(parsed *yaml.Config, environ map[
 				b.Netrc.Password,
 				b.Netrc.Machine,
 			),
-			b.Repo.IsSCMPrivate,
+			b.Repo.IsSCMPrivate || server.Config.Pipeline.AuthenticatePublicRepos,
 		),
 		compiler.WithRegistry(registries...),
 		compiler.WithSecret(secrets...),