Gogs is a self-hosted git server that describes itself as:
Gogs a painless self-hosted git service
How to Migrate a Git Repo to Gogs
To migrate a git repo to gogs – the process is to clone the repo in mirror mode and then push it to gogs in mirror mode. This method will work no matter if you are using: vanilla bare git repos, github, gitlab or another self-hosted solution.
Mirror mode is: --mirror create a mirror repository (implies bare)
- Create the new repo in gogs under the organisation or user you want it to appear as.
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Copy the cloning url
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Clone the orginal repo in mirror mode to a machine somewhere
git clone --mirror git@: .git -
Change directory
cd.git -
Push to new gogs repo from the mirrored clone repo
git push --mirror git@.git