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GitHub Enterprise Importer now supports GitLab migrations

infragaengineer
feature announcement

GitHub Enterprise Importer (GEI) migrations from GitLab to GitHub Enterprise Cloud are now generally available, enabling self-serve repository transfers. This allows for single or bulk repository migrations from both gitlab.com and self-managed GitLab instances. Users can choose between GitHub-hosted or their own cloud storage for migration archives.

  • →Migrate repositories from GitLab to GitHub Enterprise Cloud
  • →Self-serve single or bulk repository migrations
  • →Flexible migration archive staging options
  • →Documentation and expert services available
Features (2) ›
  • Migrate repositories from GitLab to GitHub Enterprise Cloud

    GitHub Enterprise Importer (GEI) now supports migrations from gitlab.com and currently maintained versions of GitLab Self-Managed to GitHub Enterprise Cloud. Migrations to GitHub Enterprise Server are not supported.

  • Self-serve single or bulk repository migrations

    Users can now self-serve repository migrations using GEI and the gh gl2gh command-line extension. This supports both single-repository migrations and scripted bulk migrations.

Enhancements (1) ›
  • Flexible migration archive staging options

    Migration archives can be staged in GitHub-owned blob storage or user-provided AWS S3 or Azure Blob storage accounts. This capability is available for migrations into organizations on GitHub Enterprise Cloud on github.com and ghe.com.

Notes (1) ›
  • Documentation and expert services available

    Documentation on migrating from GitLab to GitHub is available, along with an option to contact the Expert Services team for migration planning assistance.

Read the original announcement →

https://github.blog/changelog/2026-08-03-migrate-from-gitlab-to-github-with-github-enterprise-importer

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