Github Issue Exporter

Do you want a backup of your Github export?

This is your chance to do it!

Installation

Dependencies

Only dependency is the python library requests

Either clone the repo and install with pip install . or wait for me to publish it on pypi.

Local install

1. Clone repo
2. python3 -m virtualenv venv + source venv/bin/activate
3. pip install .

Usage

Use the handy CLI provided by GH Issue Export.

Exporting issues from a Github repository

gh-issue-exporter export <REPO_URL>

ex.

gh-issue-exporter export https://github.com/mal-lang/mal-toolbox/

This creates a JSON file with issues called 'mal-toolbox.json' in the same directory as it was run.

To select outfile name, use the o-flag: -o <outfile>

To export pull requests as well:

gh-issue-exporter export https://github.com/mal-lang/mal-toolbox/ --pull_requests [-p]

Importing issues from an issue file to a repository

Preparation

• For gh-issue-exporter to be able to create issues, you need to use a Github Token.
  • Visit: https://github.com/settings/tokens
  • Click 'Generate New Token'
  • Authenticate if needed
  • Give the token access to the repository you want to import TO
  • Give read and write access to 'Issues'

To import issues from an existing issues file, run:

gh-issue-exporter import <REPO_URL> <ISSUE_FILE> <TOKEN>

ex.

gh-issue-exporter import https://github.com/mrkickling/github-issue-exporter mal-toolbox.json github_[redacted]