How to Clone Your GitLab Repositories

What you need to do

  • To begin with, you will need to choose and register with an alternative Git service (like GitHub, GitLab, etc.) in case you'd like to push a copy of code to another remote.
  • If you only want to clone the repositories locally on your machine, you can ignore the other steps in this guide.
  • This process would involve the following steps-
    1. Clone the repository locally.
    2. Create a new repository on the destination platform.
    3. Update repository configuration.
    4. Push to the new repository.
    5. Verify migration and update places where You've been using this repository.
  • Here are the example commands you can follow to accomplish the aforementioned steps.
# Clone the repository from GitLab
git clone <your-git-repo-uri>
cd your-repo

# Create the repository in the new location using the Service Website

# Set the new remote repository URL (if migrating to a new platform)
git remote rename origin old-origin
git remote add origin <your-new-git-remote-repo-uri>

# Push all branches to the new remote
git push --set-upstream origin --all

# Push all tags to the new remote
git push --set-upstream origin --tags
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