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Re: Git Repository Migration

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Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason <avarab@gmail.com>
Date
Dec 6, 2017, 14:35 UTC
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On Wed, Dec 6, 2017 at 3:02 PM, Saurabh Dixit <isaurabhdixit@gmail.com> wrote:
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> Hi,
>
> I am new here. I just wondered if the Merge Requests (aka., Pull
> Requests on GitHub) are also imported or cloned while
> cloning/importing a Git repository, say from GitHub to BitBucket.
> While I consider that, it may not be possible because of the URL to a
> remote is already set and cannot be altered while the Import/Clone ( I
> could be wrong at the assumption); I am curious to know what actually
> goes behind the scene.

For Github in particular you can check out the pull refs and push them to your new hosting provider: https://help.github.com/articles/checking-out-pull-requests-locally/

But that's just the refs, you won't get any of the discussion around the pull requests or other "issues" etc.

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  1. Saurabh DixitDec 6, 2017
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