[Clone a GitLab repo to Bitbucket] #sysadmin #git

migrate_to_bitbucket.md

From a question on Stackoverflow: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/44106103/how-to-import-gitlab-repository-to-bitbucket-repository

1. Create a Bitbucket repo from web UI
2. Clone source GitLab repo with --bare option

git clone --bare GITLAB-URL

3. Add Bitbucket remote

cd REPO-NAME
git remote add bitbucket BITBUCKET-URL

4. Push all commits, branches and tags to Bitbucket

git push --all bitbucket
git push --tags bitbucket

5. Remove the temp repo

cd ..
rm -rf REPO-NAME