diff --git a/scripts/init.d/debian/gogs b/scripts/init.d/debian/gogs
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+#! /bin/sh
+### BEGIN INIT INFO
+# Provides:          gogs
+# Required-Start:    $syslog $network
+# Required-Stop:     $syslog
+# Default-Start:     2 3 4 5
+# Default-Stop:      0 1 6
+# Short-Description: A self-hosted Git service written in Go.
+# Description:       A self-hosted Git service written in Go.
+### END INIT INFO
+
+# Author: Danny Boisvert
+
+# Do NOT "set -e"
+
+# PATH should only include /usr/* if it runs after the mountnfs.sh script
+PATH=/sbin:/usr/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin
+DESC="A self-hosted Git service written in Go"
+NAME=gogs
+PIDFILE=/var/run/$NAME.pid
+SCRIPTNAME=/etc/init.d/$NAME
+WORKINGDIR=/home/git/gogs
+DAEMON=$WORKINGDIR/$NAME
+DAEMON_ARGS="web"
+USER=git
+
+# Read configuration variable file if it is present
+[ -r /etc/default/$NAME ] && . /etc/default/$NAME
+
+# Exit if the package is not installed
+[ -x "$DAEMON" ] || exit 0
+
+# Prepare the starting daemon command depending on available non-madatory variables
+STARTDEAMONEVALOPTS=""
+[ ! -z "$USER" ] && STARTDEAMONEVALOPTS="$STARTDEAMONEVALOPTS --chuid $USER "
+[ ! -z "$WORKINGDIR" ] && STARTDEAMONEVALOPTS="$STARTDEAMONEVALOPTS --chdir \"$WORKINGDIR\" "
+
+# Load the VERBOSE setting and other rcS variables
+. /lib/init/vars.sh
+
+# Define LSB log_* functions.
+# Depend on lsb-base (>= 3.2-14) to ensure that this file is present
+# and status_of_proc is working.
+. /lib/lsb/init-functions
+
+#
+# Function that starts the daemon/service
+#
+do_start()
+{
+    # Return
+    #   0 if daemon has been started
+    #   1 if daemon was already running
+    #   2 if daemon could not be started
+    sh -c "start-stop-daemon --start --quiet --pidfile $PIDFILE --make-pidfile \\
+            $STARTDEAMONEVALOPTS --exec $DAEMON -- $DAEMON_ARGS --test > /dev/null \\
+            || return 1"
+    sh -c "start-stop-daemon --start --quiet --pidfile $PIDFILE --make-pidfile \\
+            $STARTDEAMONEVALOPTS --background --exec $DAEMON -- $DAEMON_ARGS \\
+            || return 2"
+}
+
+#
+# Function that stops the daemon/service
+#
+do_stop()
+{
+    # Return
+    #   0 if daemon has been stopped
+    #   1 if daemon was already stopped
+    #   2 if daemon could not be stopped
+    #   other if a failure occurred
+    start-stop-daemon --stop --quiet --retry=TERM/10/KILL/5 --pidfile $PIDFILE --name $NAME
+    RETVAL="$?"
+    [ "$RETVAL" = 2 ] && return 2
+    start-stop-daemon --stop --quiet --oknodo --retry=0/10/KILL/5 --exec $DAEMON
+    [ "$?" = 2 ] && return 2
+    # Many daemons don't delete their pidfiles when they exit.
+    rm -f $PIDFILE
+    return "$RETVAL"
+}
+
+
+case "$1" in
+  start)
+    [ "$VERBOSE" != no ] && log_daemon_msg "Starting $DESC" "$NAME"
+    do_start
+    case "$?" in
+        0|1) [ "$VERBOSE" != no ] && log_end_msg 0 ;;
+        2) [ "$VERBOSE" != no ] && log_end_msg 1 ;;
+    esac
+    ;;
+  stop)
+    [ "$VERBOSE" != no ] && log_daemon_msg "Stopping $DESC" "$NAME"
+    do_stop
+    case "$?" in
+        0|1) [ "$VERBOSE" != no ] && log_end_msg 0 ;;
+        2) [ "$VERBOSE" != no ] && log_end_msg 1 ;;
+    esac
+    ;;
+  status)
+    status_of_proc "$DAEMON" "$NAME" && exit 0 || exit $?
+    ;;
+  restart|force-reload)
+    log_daemon_msg "Restarting $DESC" "$NAME"
+    do_stop
+    case "$?" in
+      0|1)
+        do_start
+        case "$?" in
+            0) log_end_msg 0 ;;
+            1) log_end_msg 1 ;; # Old process is still running
+            *) log_end_msg 1 ;; # Failed to start
+        esac
+        ;;
+      *)
+        # Failed to stop
+        log_end_msg 1
+        ;;
+        esac
+    ;;
+  *)
+        echo "Usage: $SCRIPTNAME {start|stop|status|restart|force-reload}" >&2
+        exit 3
+        ;;
+esac
+
+: