Transfer GitHub Issues

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Transferring an issue to another repository https://docs.github.com/en/issues/tracking-your-work-with-issues/administering-issues/transferring-an-issue-to-another-repository?tool=cli

You can only transfer issues between repositories owned by the same user or organization account. A private repository issue cannot be transferred to a public repository.

There are a few ways to circumstance the limitation.

1. You write you own command-line application to read an issue and open a new one in another repository.

2. You can create intermediate GitHub repository. Let’s says that you want transfer issues from a private repository entity1/repo1 to a public repository entity2/repo2.

• Create a private repository entity1/repo3.

• Transfer issues from entity1/repo1 to entity1/repo3.

• Transfer ownership of entity1/repo3 to entity2, that it transfer it to entity2/repo3.

• Make entity2/repo3 public.

• Transfer issues from the public repository entity2/repo3 to the public repository entity2/repo2.