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Repository migration question

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Description

Hi,

I am planning to use pygit2 to automate the migration of our Gerrit repositories to GitLab

I have read the part https://www.pygit2.org/recipes/git-clone-mirror.html

I am looking for the counter part of the calls required to push everything to the new repository

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Research direction

Start with the pygit2 git-clone-mirror recipe linked in the issue and identify the corresponding operations for pushing a complete repository to GitLab. Done means documenting the required pygit2 calls or pointing to existing guidance for the migration workflow.

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Assessment

Tech stack
git, python
Domain
documentation
Issue type
Documentation
Difficulty
2/5
Estimated time
1-3 hours
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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