Gitlab fix error import/export Pipeline & protected Branches

clean_gitlab_export.sh

#!/bin/bash
#
#
# Thanks to https://gist.github.com/hilbix/3e7dbe86f4e155a369a67293e8511e73
# Fix Failed to replace pipelines because one or more of the new records could not be saved.
# Fix Failed to replace protected_branches because one or more of the new records could not be saved.


# Usage : ./clean_gitlab_export.sh 2016-09-12_14-09-835_GROUP_project_export.tar.gz 

Project=$1

if [[ -s "$Project" ]]; then
    echo $Project exist
else

  exit 1
fi

tmp_folder=$( mktemp -d )

tar Cxfz "$tmp_folder" "$Project"
test -s "$tmp_folder/VERSION"
test -s "$tmp_folder/project.bundle"
test -s "$tmp_folder/project.json"

python - "$tmp_folder/project.json" <<'EOF'
import json
import sys

with open(sys.argv[1]) as r:
    data = json.load(r)

data['pipelines'] = []
data['protected_branches'] = []

with open(sys.argv[1], 'w') as w:
    json.dump(data, w, separators=(',',':'))
EOF

tar Ccfz "$tmp_folder" "$Project.fixed" .

echo "$Project.fixed written"

Thanks for the shell script. It really help us