Does GEI support migrating autolinks/permalinks when a repo changes orgs?

[thorntonryan]

Question

Does GEI support migrating autolinks/permalinks found in issue/PR comments if a repo is changing orgs?

If not, what approach, if any, is recommended?

Context

I'm trying to understand the implications for various autolinks when migrating a repo to a different organization.

I'm most interested in the following scenarios commonly found in issue or PR comments.

Below is the transform I'm hoping to achieve (somehow):

Cross link reference to issue/PR on other repo within org

-<old>/<repo>#<num>
+<new>/<repo>#<num>

-https://old.instance/<old_org>/<repo>/issues/<num>
+https://new.instance/<new_org>/<repo>/issues/<num>

-https://old.instance/<old_org>/<repo>/pull/<num>
+https://new.instance/<new_org>/<repo>/pull/<num>

Cross reference to commit of other repo within org

-<old>/<repo>@<commit>
+<new>/<repo>@<commit>

-https://old.instance/<old_org>/<repo>/commit/<commit>
+https://new.instance/<new_org>/<repo>/commit/<commit>

Permalinks to code snippet

-https://old.instance/old_org/repo/blob/commit/file#L1234-L1235
+https://new.instance/new_org/repo/blob/commit/file#L1234-L1235

Thanks for your support!

[timrogers]

@thorntonryan Thanks for reaching out! I'm just looking into this with the team, and I'll get back to you soon.

[thorntonryan]

Thanks for looking into this! I had forgotten about the RAW form that also can be turned into short links, so I've updated the my question with a few more patterns.

[timrogers]

@thorntonryan Thanks for your patience on this! The answer to this question is a little complicated, so I'll break it down step by step:

• If you use the "short permalink" style (e.g. org/repo#<num>), and the name of the organization and repo is the same after the migration as it was before the migration, then those links will continue to work.
• If you use the "short permalink" style (e.g. org/repo#<num>) or a full URL and you run an organization-to-organization migration (see the docs, only available when migrating from GitHub.com to GitHub.com), then we will rewrite the URLs to match your new GitHub host, organization and repo name.
• In all other cases, links will not be re-written during a migration.

I hope that helps! If you have any further questions, or if you think I've made any mistakes, then do feel free to let me know.