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How to move a private #Git repository
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Step 1: Create Github repository

First, create a new private repository on Github.com. It’s important to keep the repository empty, e.g. don’t check option Initialize this repository with a README when creating the repository.

Step 2: Move existing content

Next, we need to fill the Github repository with the content from our Bitbucket repository:

  1. Check out the existing repository from Bitbucket:
$ git clone https://USER@bitbucket.org/USER/PROJECT.git
  1. Add the new Github repository as upstream remote of the repository checked out from Bitbucket:
$ cd PROJECT
$ git remote add upstream https://github.com:USER/PROJECT.git
  1. Push all branches (below: just master) and tags to the Github repository:
$ git push upstream master
$ git push --tags upstream
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