GitLab to GitHub Migration

1. Why Modern Teams Choose GitHub

Migrating from GitLab to GitHub represents a strategic shift for many engineering teams. Organizations often move to leverage GitHub’s massive open-source community and superior third-party tool integrations. Moreover, GitHub Actions provides a powerful, modern ecosystem for automating complex developer workflows. Ultimately, this transition simplifies standardization across multiple teams while improving overall project visibility.

2. Prepare Your Migration Strategy

A successful transition requires more than just moving code. You must account for users, CI/CD pipelines, secrets, and governance to avoid data loss. Consequently, a comprehensive plan should cover the following ten phases:

• Repository and Metadata Transfer

• User Access Mapping

• CI/CD Pipeline Conversion

• Security and Secret Management

• Validation and Final Cutover

3. Execute the Repository Transfer

The first step involves migrating your source code, including branches, tags, and full commit history.

• Choose the Right Migration Tool

For straightforward transfers, the GitHub Importer works ...