GitLab to GitHub Migration Script

For migrating issues and merge requests from GitLab projects to GitHub repositories.

Instructions

1. Create empty repository in GitHub
2. Clone GitLab repository: git clone --mirror <gitlab_repo>
3. Change directory: cd <repo_dir>
4. Push to GitHub repository: git push --mirror --no-verify <github_repo>
5. In GitHub, goto Settings > Branches, then rename default branch to main
6. Download and extract the GitLab project export to a new working directory
7. Edit settings.json
8. Execute gitlab-2-github.py