How to migrate a Git Repo from GitHub to Azure Repos? | Migrate a Code from GitHub to Azure Repos including Full History | Import Project from GitHub into Azure Repo

How to migrate a Git Repo from GitHub to Azure Repos including all history?

Pre-requisites:

1. GitHub repo setup in GitHub

2. Azure DevOps account setup and project dashboard created.

Steps to migrate an existing repo from GitHub to Azure Repos

There are many ways to migrate from one Git repo to another Git repo. We will learn how to migrate using UI.

Using import option
You can easily migrate or import a Repo from GitHub into Azure Repos using import option. This will include importing all the branches and history.

1. Login to Azure Repos first. Create a target repo. You will be importing a GitHub Repo into this Repo.

2. Do not check Add a README file option, click on Create

3. Click on import repo

4. Enter source repo details like GitHub Repo url, and select Requires authentication checkbox.

enter username and Personal Access Token or password.

5. Click Import

6. Now you will see GitHub repo fully imported here including history + all the branches.

How to set up SSH keys in Azure Repos | Setup Java Web App in Azure Git in Azure DevOps using Maven

How to set up SSH keys in Azure Repos and Setup WebApp in Azure Repo

Pre-requisites:

• Git client installed on your source or local machine.

Steps:

Go to your visual studio home page. You should be able to go by clicking on the below URL.
https://dev.azure.com/

Create a new project by clicking on New project and enter project details like below. This will create a project dashboard.

Once project is created, Click on Repos.

 Click on initialize link to add README.

Click on clone link on the top right hand side.
Click on SSH link
Click Manage SSH keys

Click Add

Go to any virtual machine you had setup that has both Java and Maven installed. If you would like to know how to create a Virtual Machine in Azure Cloud, click here to do so.

Login to your VM

Create the SSH keys by executing the below command:
(If you already have keys generated, you can overwrite it or skip to next step to copy keys)
ssh-keygen

execute the below command to copy the keys:

cat ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub

Add the public keys.
Once keys added into Azure DevOps, go to Repos, copy the SSH clone url

Go to your machine where you have installed Java, Maven, preferably your EC2. Execute this command:
git clone <ssh_url>

This should download the empty repo from Azure DevOps to local machine(or ec2).
now after cloning, it will create a folder with repo name..

type 

ls -al to see the folder name after you cloned.

go inside that folder by
cd reponame

Install Maven

sudo apt install maven -y 

Now create the maven project executing the below command:
mvn archetype:generate -DgroupId=com.cf -DartifactId=MyAwesomeApp -DarchetypeArtifactId=maven-archetype-webapp -DinteractiveMode=false

type git status --> to see the newly created project
git add *
git status

git commit -m "my first project check-in to Azure Git"
git push

Now go to Azure DevOps, Select the Repos —> Files —> you should see the project uploaded here.

 

Please watch the above steps on YouTube video: