GEANT / gitlab-to-forgejo

Gitlab to Fogejo migration script

Gitlab to Forgejo migration script

Preamble

These scripts are inspired by gitlab-to-gitea script

I already tried the original script and it did not work with Forgejo, hence the second part of the script needs to be rewritten, and a different library should be used, among one of the followings: api-client-libraries

Description of the tool

This script uses the APIs from both systems to migrate all data from Gitlab to Gitea.

This script support migrating the following data:

• Repositories & Wiki (fork status is lost)
• Milestones
• Labels
• Issues (no comments)
• Users (no profile pictures)
• Groups
• Public SSH keys

Tested with Gitlab Version 13.0.6 and Gitea Version 1.11.6.

Usage

Change items in the config section of the script.

Install all dependencies via python -m pip install -r requirements.txt and use python3 to execute the script.

How to use with venv

To keep your local system clean, it might be helpful to store all Python dependencies in one folder. Python provides a virtual environment package which can be used to accomplish this task.

python3 -m venv migration-env
source migration-env/bin/activate
python3 -m pip install -r requirements.txt

Then start the migration script python3 migrate.py