Migrating Personal Projects to git.nrw

Step 1: Prerequisites

This short guide describes the recommended way to import your GitLab private (or a single group-) project to git.nrw via Repository URL import. Be aware that there are more ways possible to import projects into git.nrw: GitLab Import . You can’t import GitLab issues and merge requests this way. For this case we recommend to move your projects into a group and use Direct transfer . Be aware your GitLab administrators may need to adjust GitLab settings on the source GitLab: Pre-Transfer requirements for GitLab administrators

Pre-Transfer Requirements (Users)

1. User Account Setup (User)

• You need to be able to login to git.nrw in order to migrate projects

Step 2: Import Process

1. Setup Access Token

• Create an access token in your project on your GitLab instance (not git.nrw).
• The token needs at least api and read_repository scopes
• To set them up open your Project and go to Settings -> Access tokens

2. Initiate Import

• Create a new project and choose Import project:

  

• Choose Repository by URL:

  

Give your:

• Git repository URL [1] — This is the same URL you would use for an HTTPS cloning process
• Source GitLab username [2]
• Project access token as Password [3]
• Project name [4] — Must not match the original project name from your source GitLab
• Group or namespace [5] — You can either move the project into your personal git.nrw namespace or pick a group if you want to share it
• Project slug [6] — As the identifier in the URL (automatically set to your project name)
• Visibility level [7] — Can differ from the source GitLab
• Then hit Create project [8] to start importing: