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how to migrate git to gitlab migration with history (existing branches and tags)

I setup the new fresh GitLab server and i want to migrate my git repositories to gitlab server. I am following below steps but i am getting the error.

git clone --mirror Git repo URL  
git remote add NEW-REMOTE Git Lab repo URL  
git push  NEW-REMOTE --mirror

finally it through an error

remote: fatal: Error in object

error: pack-objects died of signal 13

any help would be appreciated.

Solution

  • I believe gitlab has it's own git import tool built into the interface. When creating a new project you can import an existing git repo with it. Any history and branches will be included.

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