Copy Bitbucket repo to GitHub

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Copy Bitbucket repo to GitHub

Whenever possible, use GH's "Import repository" feature.

The import feature doesn't always work, though. In my experience, I tried to import a repo and it failed with a generic message. I had to contact GH support to ask for help. They told me my repo had a large file (>100MB), which couldn't be added to GH directly. I had to either remove the file or store it in GH LFS. In this case, one of the CLI methods below are needed:

CLI: Copy the master branch only (OK)

• See: http://www.blackdogfoundry.com/blog/moving-repository-from-bitbucket-to-github/
• See also: http://www.paulund.co.uk/change-url-of-git-repository

⚠️ Caution: This method only copies the master branch, not others and not tags.

$ cd $HOME/Code/repo-directory
$ git remote rename origin bitbucket
$ git remote add origin https://github.com/mandiwise/awesome-new-repo.git
$ git push origin master
$ git remote rm bitbucket

CLI: Copy more than master (Better)

$ # create a new public repo "tarfu/fubar" on Github
$ git clone https://bitbucket.org/tarfu/fubar.git
$ cd fubar
$ git remote add https://github.com/tarfu/fubar.git
$ git push upstream master; git push upstream develop; # add more branch pushes as necessary
$ git push --tags upstream

CLI: Copy everything (Best)

• See: https://github.com/aiidateam/aiida_core/wiki/How-to-migrate-from-BitBucket-to-GitHub

ℹ️ Note: This method uses --mirror to copy all branches, tags, etc.

$ git clone --mirror https://bitbucket.org/aiida_team/aiida_core.git
$ cd aiida_core.git
$ git remote set-url --push origin git@github.com:giovannipizzi/aiida_core_test.git
$ git push --mirror

Also helpful: Copy issues

• See: https://github.com/jeffwidman/bitbucket-issue-migration

Do these imports maintain issues, commit history, etc.?

Great work

yes, that's a bulletproof way, repository after copy contains commit history, tags, branches, etc..

@vineeshvs: It includes all commit history. It doesn't include issues. See the last section of my document for a link about doing that.

@aivarasgo: Thanks! 🙂

Note to self: Revise this to make the examples more general.