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Import your project from GitHub to GitLab

Note: In order to enable the GitHub import setting, you should first enable the GitHub integration in your GitLab instance.

At its current state, GitHub importer can import:

  • the repository description (introduced in GitLab 7.7)
  • the git repository data (introduced in GitLab 7.7)
  • the issues (introduced in GitLab 7.7)
  • the pull requests (introduced in GitLab 8.4)
  • the wiki pages (introduced in GitLab 8.4)
  • the milestones (introduced in GitLab 8.7)
  • the labels (introduced in GitLab 8.7)

With GitLab 8.7+, references to pull requests and issues are preserved.

It is not yet possible to import your cross-repository pull requests (those from forks). We are working on improving this in the near future.

The importer page is visible when you create a new project. Click on the GitHub link and you will be redirected to GitHub for permission to access your projects. After accepting, you'll be automatically redirected to the importer.

New project page on GitLab

While at the GitHub importer page, you can see the import statuses of your GitHub projects. Those that are being imported will show a started status, those already imported will be green, whereas those that are not yet imported have an Import button on the right side of the table. If you want, you can import all your GitHub projects in one go by hitting Import all projects in the upper left corner.

GitHub importer page

The importer will create any new namespaces if they don't exist or in the case the namespace is taken, the project will be imported on the user's namespace.