Move a github repo to gitlab

github-to-gitlab.txt

To move a repo to gitlab from github:

	1. create ssh keys for gitlab if needed.
		very good instructions for this step are on the gitlab site.  See:
		https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/user/ssh.html

	2. tell ssh how to access those keys if they're in a different directory.
		eval $(ssh-agent -s)
		ssh-add /home/azureuser/.ssh/gitlab/id_ed25519 // the path to your gitlab ssh keys
		
		to make the above permanent, use the command: "nano ~/.ssh/config" to add the ssh key information to .ssh/config file like:
			Host gitlab.com
				HostName gitlab.com
				User git
				IdentityFile ~/.ssh/gitlab/id_ed25519
				
		after creating/editing the config file make sure its permissions are 600 with the command:
			chmod 600 ~/.ssh/config
			
	3. within gitlab, create an empty gitlab repo with the same name as the old github repo.

	4. clone that repo to a new directory on the same system that has the old github repo.
		git clone [email protected]:yourGitlabAcct/yourNewOldRepo.git

	5. copy the contents of the old repo to the newly cloned directory.
		cp -rf /home/user/github/some-repo/* /home/user/gitlab/some-repo/*
		
	6. enter the new directory and set some basic user information.
		git config --global user.name "My Name" // gitlab user name
		git config --global user.email "[email protected]" // associated gitlab user email address

	7. add, commit, and push the newly copied files to your gitlab repo.
		git add .
		git commit -m "initial commit"
		git push

Note: this will create the repo on gitlab as if it were a brand new repo, with none of the history.