How we migrated from GitHub to Gitlab and keeping our workflow

Описание и применение

Перенос репозиториев и процессов с GitHub на GitLab с сохранением всех функций и взаимодействия с сообществом.

Задача

Migrating a large open‑source project from GitHub to GitLab while preserving existing workflow and community engagement.

Результат

Successful migration with preserved issues, PRs, and CI pipelines, minimal downtime, and maintained community engagement.

Рабочий процесс

• 1. Created new GitLab projects mirroring GitHub repos. 2. Migrated source code, tags, and branches. 3. Transferred issues, pull requests, and comments via GitLab’s import tool. 4. Re‑configured CI/CD pipelines to GitLab CI. 5. Updated webhooks and integrations. 6. Communicated changes to contributors and provided migration guides. 7. Decommissioned GitHub repositories after verification.

Доказательства

We used GitLab’s import tool to bring over issues and pull requests.

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