Transfer repo from Bitbucket to Github

Update remote repo

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

$ 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

If you're using bitbucket make sure the login is whatever it says in your https://bitbucket.org/account (not your email address) and generate an app password, that worked for me.

Thanks for the tip. it worked for me!

It worked for me, thank you @mandiwise :)

If you're using bitbucket make sure the login is whatever it says in your https://bitbucket.org/account (not your email address) and generate an app password, that worked for me.

Promote this man! This was my problem :)

According to github importer documenation, the following is NOT imported:

• Personal repositories owned by users
• Branch permissions
• Commit comments
• Repository settings
• CI pipelines

This makes the import tool a non-starter for me, my bitbucket repos are all private and I very much want the commit comments.

BTW, this thread may see more activity for awhile.. Atlassian in its wisdom has terminated support for Bitbucket Server effective 5-MAR-2024 (2 weeks from now).

+1 for GitHub import tool. It's easier.

Also, in my case, I needed to create an App password in my Bitbucket account settings, and use my Bitbucket username and the created token as credentials when importing. (Read & Write)

Finally, just reset the remote url locally git remote set-url origin git@github.com:username/repo-name.git.

FWIW, Atlassian now tells me that this was a false alarm. Once they figured out how to let me update the expiration date of my credit card, all was fine with my current Bitbucket product. I'm not going to even try to hazard a guess as to its name. The Atlassian site is among the worst I've ever tried to navigate.