Can one transfer repositories from GitLab to GitHub if the need be If so how exactly can I go about doing the same Also are there any pitfalls in doing so or precautionary measures that I need to keep in mind before doing so given that I may decide to eventually move them to GitHub as it has more features at the moment that I might find handy for my project

If you want to migrate the repo including the wiki and all issues and milestones you can use node-gitlab-2-github and GitLab to GitHub migration

With default Github repository import it is possible but just make sure the two factor authentication is not enabled in Gitlab Thanks

You can transfer those simply by adding a remote to a GitHub repo and by pushing them create an empty repo on GitHub git remote add github https yourLogin github com yourLogin yourRepoName git git push --mirror github The history will be the same But you will loose the access control teams defined in GitLab with specific access rights on your repo If you facing any issue with the https URL of the GitHub repo The requested URL returned an error 403 All you need to do is to enter your GitHub password but the OP suggests Then you might need to push it the ssh way You can read more on how to do it here See Pushing to Git returning Error Code 403 fatal HTTP request failed

This is very easy by import repository feature Login to github com Side of profile picture you will find button click on that then there will be option to import repository you will find page like this Your old repository s clone URL is required which is gitlab repo url in your case then select Owner and then type name for this repo and click to begin import button

I had the opposite problem and finally had to create my own bash shell script for the company to migrate the hundred of repos from Github to Gitlab due to a change in the company policy The script use the Gitlab API to remotely create a repo and push the Github repo into it There is no README md file yet but the sh is well documented The same thing can be done opposite way I imagine Hope this could help https github com mahmalsami migrate-github-gitlab blob master migrate sh

If you have MFA enabled on GitLab you should go to Repository Settings Repository - Deploy Keys and create one then use it as login while importing repo on GitHub

[git] Transfer git repositories from GitLab to GitHub - can we, how to and pitfalls (if any)?

For anyone still looking for a simpler method to transfer repos from Gitlab to Github while preserving all history.

Step 1. Login to Github, create a private repo with the exact same name as the repo you would like to transfer.

Step 2. Under "push an existing repository from the command" copy the link of the new repo, it will look something like this:

[email protected]:your-name/name-of-repo.git

Step 3. Open up your local project and look for the folder .git typically this will be a hidden folder. Inside the .git folder open up config.

The config file will contain something like:

[remote "origin"]
url = [email protected]:your-name/name-of-repo.git
fetch = +refs/heads/:refs/remotes/origin/

Under [remote "origin"], change the URL to the one that you copied on Github.

Step 4. Open your project folder in the terminal and run: git push --all. This will push your code to Github as well as all the commit history.

Step 5. To make sure everything is working as expected, make changes, commit, push and new commits should appear on the newly created Github repo.

Step 6. As a last step, you can now archive your Gitlab repo or set it to read only.

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