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).
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.gitgit 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)
The OP boddhisattva reports having an issue with the https url of the GitHub repo:
The requested URL returned 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 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
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
来源：https://stackoverflow.com/questions/22265837/transfer-git-repositories-from-gitlab-to-github-can-we-how-to-and-pitfalls-i