Introduction

The github-issue-import-ng repository is to import issues and pull requests from one repository to another; works even for private repositories, and if the two repositories are not related to each other in any way.

It is forked as a next generation github issue importer from the below websites to transfer issues and pull requests between github and github (or github enterprise) repository.

• Original website - mokorenkov/tools.
• Forked website - IQAndreas/github-issues-import.

The goal of this repository is as following:

• Support a stability by fixing bugs that people report
• Keep a maintenance to review and merge pull requests
• Add a new features that are proposed via a pull request process by contributors
• Support a issue migration between github enterprise and github community as well as github communities

Getting Started

To quickly get started, rename config.ini.sample to config.ini, and edit the fields to match your login info and repository info. If you want to store config.ini file in a different folder, use the --config <file> option to specify which config file to load in.

$ cp ./config.ini.sample ./config.ini
$ vi ./config.ini
$ vi ./run-all-issue.sh
$ ./run-all-issue.sh

Advanced

The statement below show options of gh-issues-import-ng.py script.

$ ./gh-issues-import-ng.py  --help
usage: gh-issues-import-ng.py [-h] [--config CONFIG | --no-config]
                              [-u USERNAME] [-p PASSWORD] [-s SOURCE]
                              [-t TARGET] [--ignore-comments]
                              [--ignore-milestone] [--ignore-labels]
                              [--ignore-pull-requests]
                              [--issue-template ISSUE_TEMPLATE]
                              [--comment-template COMMENT_TEMPLATE]
                              [--pull-request-template PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE]
                              (--all | --open | --closed | -i ISSUES [ISSUES ...])

Import issues from one GitHub repository into another.

optional arguments:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  --config CONFIG       The location of the config file (either absolute, or
                        relative to the current working directory). Defaults
                        to `config.ini` found in the same folder as this
                        script.
  --no-config           No config file will be used, and the default
                        `config.ini` will be ignored. Instead, all settings
                        are either passed as arguments, or (where possible)
                        requested from the user as a prompt.
  -u USERNAME, --username USERNAME
                        The username of the account that will create the new
                        issues. The username will not be stored anywhere if
                        passed in as an argument.
  -p PASSWORD, --password PASSWORD
                        The password (in plaintext) of the account that will
                        create the new issues. The password will not be stored
                        anywhere if passed in as an argument.
  -s SOURCE, --source SOURCE
                        The source repository which the issues should be
                        copied from. Should be in the format
                        `user/repository`.
  -t TARGET, --target TARGET
                        The destination repository which the issues should be
                        copied to. Should be in the format `user/repository`.
  --ignore-comments     Do not import comments in the issue.
  --ignore-milestone    Do not import the milestone attached to the issue.
  --ignore-labels       Do not import labels attached to the issue.
  --ignore-pull-requests
                        Do not import pull requests.
  --issue-template ISSUE_TEMPLATE
                        Specify a template file for use with issues.
  --comment-template COMMENT_TEMPLATE
                        Specify a template file for use with comments.
  --pull-request-template PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE
                        Specify a template file for use with pull requests.
  --all                 Import all issues, regardless of state.
  --open                Import only open issues.
  --closed              Import only closed issues.
  -i ISSUES [ISSUES ...], --issues ISSUES [ISSUES ...]
                        The list of issues to import.

Run the script with the following command to import all open issues into the repository defined in the config:

 $ python3 gh-issues-import-ng.py --open

If you want to import all issues including the closed ones, use --all instead of --open. Closed issues will be automatically closed in the target repository, but titles will begin with [ISSUE][CLOSED] and [PR][CLOSE].

Or to only import specific issues, run the script and include the issue numbers of all issues you wish to import.

 $ python3 gh-issues-import.py --issues 25 26 29

Every issue imported will create a new issue in the target repository. Remember that the ID of the issue in the new repository will most likely not be the same as the ID of the original issue.

If the issue is a pull request, this will be indicated on the issue, and a link to the code will be provided. However, it will be treated as a new issue in the target repository, and not a pull request. Pulling in the suggested code into the repository will need to be done manually.

Any comments on the issue will be imported, however, the author of all imported comments will be the account specified in the config.ini file. Instead, a link and header is provided for each comment indicating who the original author was and the original date and time of the comment. Any subsequent comments added to the issue after it has been imported into the target repository will not be included.

Labels and milestones attached to the issue will be imported and added to the target repository if they do not already exist there. If the label or milestone with the same name already exists, the issue will point to the existing one, and any difference in the description or other details will be ignored.

If allowed by GitHub's policies, it may be a good idea to use a token key instead of a password of a "neutral" account to import the issues and issue comments.

• https://developer.github.com/apps/building-github-apps/understanding-rate-limits-for-github-apps/
• https://developer.github.com/v3/rate_limit/

Evaluation

• Example issue (with label) (original)
• Example pull request (original)
• Example issue with comments (original)
• Example issue with milestone (original)