A handy script to shift GitHub repos from one place to another

migrate-repos.sh

#!/bin/bash

# Make sure you change this script chmod to executable 

# Set your GitHub username and access token
USERNAME={REPLACE_ME}
ACCESS_TOKEN={REPLACE_ME}

# Set the path to the directory where you want to store your repositories
LOCAL_REPO_DIR=/path/to/your/local/repo/directory

# Set the URL of the new server where you want to push the code
NEW_SERVER_URL=git@example.com:newrepo.git

# Iterate through each repository in your GitHub account
for REPO_NAME in $(curl -s -u ${USERNAME}:${ACCESS_TOKEN} https://api.github.com/user/repos\?per_page\=1000 | grep -o '"clone_url":"[^"]*' | sed 's/"clone_url":"//');
do
    REPO_DIR=${LOCAL_REPO_DIR}/${REPO_NAME##*/}
    
    # Clone the repository to your local machine
    git clone $REPO_NAME $REPO_DIR
    
    # Print a message indicating that the repository has been cloned
    echo "Cloned ${REPO_NAME##*/} to $REPO_DIR"
    
    # Change the remote origin to the new server URL
    cd $REPO_DIR
    git remote set-url origin $NEW_SERVER_URL
    
    # Push the code to the new server
    git push --all
    git push --tags
    
    # Print a message indicating that the code has been pushed to the new server
    echo "Pushed code to $NEW_SERVER_URL"
done

About this script

Note: Use it at your own risk

Things to consider:

• This scripts migrates from GitHub.com to Any git hosting solution.
• It uses the GitHub public API, so tecnically you can repropuse to use on any vendor.
• Make sure you understand the GitHub API rate Limit
• We only shifting bytes from point A to point B ( Code + commit history and tags) If you need more than that, you can reach out to the GitHub Expert services team.