Instructions to Migrate GitLab repo to GHE

This method will migrate and preserve all history including commits, branches, tags…

Assumptions

• The GitLab repo exists in GHE (but empty, of course)
• User has a GHE account with access to GHE and repos

Prep

• Backup local GitLab repo (and rename that folder "*-gitlab")

Setup GitLab/GHE link

1. Open Git Bash in the parent folder of GitLab repo

• E.G.: if GitLab repo is in “c:/code/bcps”
• Navigate to “c:/code” in Git Bash

2. Create the link to GitLab repo by executing:

   git clone --mirror [email protected]:did-it/cf_bcps.git
   

   This will create “c:/code/cf_bcps” with peculiar files

3. Create and populate GHE as follows:

   cd cf_bcps.git
   git push --no-verify --mirror [email protected]:USCIS/DIDIT-CF-HQK_BCPS.git
   

   • Verify that the repo has been populated in GHE
   • After verification, this folder can be removed now or in the future

Setup local GHE repo

1. Bring down GHE repo (Dev and TEST) that was just created by:

   git -c http.sslVerify=false clone [email protected]:USCIS/DIDIT-CF-HQK_BCPS.git
   

2. Rename directory as needed

• E.G.., bcps

Get to work!

• Subsequent updates to this repo is now all pushed to GHE repo and NOT GitLab repo