github-to-gitlab-backup

A shell script to retrieve the public repos from a user in GitHub and sync them to a GitLab instance

It will retrieve and sync the following information for each public repo:

• all the branches
• all the tags
• latest 10 releases & assets (asset retention of latest 10 releases, can be disabled in delete_asset function)
• wiki if available

Prerequisites

• GITHUB_TOKEN: the user's GitHub token (to allow higher rate limit)
• GITLAB_URL: the target GitLab instance
• GITLAB_TOKEN: the user's token in the target GitLab instance
• STORAGE_URL: the dufs instance url

Install packages:

sudo apt install curl jq

How to run

Make file executable:

chmod a+x script.sh

Execute:

./script.sh "BitWarden" "418"

or clone specific repositories only:

./script.sh "BitWarden" "418" "server clients"