Here’s a simple command you can run in your terminal to transfer all the issues from one Github repository to another!
Pre-requisites:
- Make sure you have Github CLI installed:
# MAC
brew install gh
2. Make sure you are “authenticated” through Github CLI:
# start interactive setup
gh auth login
3. Make sure that the repository you’re transferring from & to have the same labels, fields, etc.
NOTE: I didn't actually test step #3 above... maybe it's not a problem.
Just test it first if you're worried and LMK in the comments if it matters!
Now you’re ready to run to bulk transfer your issues!
- Open your terminal & run the command below
Just make sure to replace the `organization/repository` name syntax with the ones that you want.
In my example, those are:
- devinschumacher/repository-a
- devinschumacher/repository-b -R devinschumacher/repository-a
gh issue list -s all -L 500 --json number -R devinschumacher/repository-a | \
jq -r '.[] | .number' | \
while read issue; do
gh issue transfer "$issue" devinschumacher/repository-b -R devinschumacher/repository-a
sleep 2
done
That’s it!