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+# Copyright (C) 2015  The Software Heritage developers
+# See the AUTHORS file at the top-level directory of this distribution
+# License: GNU General Public License version 3, or any later version
+# See top-level LICENSE file for more information
+
+import datetime
+import os
+
+from swh.core.scheduling import Task
+
+from .loader import BulkLoader
+
+
+class LoadGitRepository(Task):
+    """Import a git repository to Software Heritage"""
+
+    CONFIG_BASE_FILENAME = 'loader/git.ini'
+    ADDITIONAL_CONFIG = {}
+
+    def __init__(self):
+        self.config = BulkLoader.parse_config_file(
+            base_filename=self.CONFIG_BASE_FILENAME,
+            additional_configs=[self.ADDITIONAL_CONFIG],
+        )
+
+    def run(self, repo_path, origin_url, authority_id, validity):
+        """Import a git repository"""
+        loader = BulkLoader(self.config)
+
+        loader.process(repo_path, origin_url, authority_id, validity)
+
+
+class LoadGitHubRepository(LoadGitRepository):
+    """Import a github repository to Software Heritage"""
+
+    CONFIG_BASE_FILENAME = 'loader/github.ini'
+    ADDITIONAL_CONFIG = {
+        'github_basepath': ('str', '/srv/storage/space/data/github'),
+        'authority_id': ('int', 1),
+        'default_validity': ('str', '1970-01-01 00:00:00+00'),
+    }
+
+    def run(self, repo_fullname):
+        authority_id = self.config['authority_id']
+        validity = self.config['default_validity']
+
+        repo_path = os.path.join(self.config['github_basepath'],
+                                 repo_fullname[0], repo_fullname)
+
+        witness_file = os.path.join(repo_path, 'witness')
+        if os.path.exists(witness_file):
+            validity_timestamp = os.stat(witness_file).st_mtime
+            validity = '%s+00' % datetime.datetime.utcfromtimestamp(
+                validity_timestamp)
+
+        origin_url = 'https://github.com/%s' % repo_fullname
+
+        super().run(repo_path, origin_url, authority_id, validity)