How we migrated from GitHub to Gitlab and keeping our workflow

说明与用途

团队将项目从 GitHub 迁移到 GitLab，保留了所有问题、合并请求和 CI 流水线，使用 API 并转换配置。

问题

The team needed to move their open‑source project from GitHub to GitLab while preserving existing workflow, issues, PRs, and community engagement.

结果

The migration was completed with minimal disruption; all issues, PRs, and CI pipelines functioned on GitLab, preserving the community workflow.

工作流

• 1. Export GitHub data (repos, issues, PRs, labels, milestones) using GitHub API and third‑party tools.
• 2. Import data into GitLab via GitLab’s API and import tools, mapping GitHub entities to GitLab equivalents.
• 3. Recreate issue templates and project boards in GitLab using YAML configuration.
• 4. Migrate CI/CD pipelines by translating GitHub Actions workflows into GitLab CI YAML files.
• 5. Update webhooks and integrations to point to GitLab endpoints.
• 6. Notify contributors of the migration and provide guidance on using GitLab features.
• 7. Verify that all issues, merge requests, and CI jobs run correctly on GitLab.

证据

We migrated our entire project from GitHub to GitLab while keeping our workflow intact.

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