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Aadamkhorbilli
Aadamkhorbilli

Reputation: 77

Is there a way to migrate a project board in GitHub to project (beta)?

I have an existing project that uses project boards on GitHub. I want to move all issues (open and closed) to projects (beta) on GitHub. Is there a way to do that automatically? Right now, I only know how to add issues manually to projects (beta).

Upvotes: 2

Views: 1681

Answers (3)

FearlessHyena
FearlessHyena

Reputation: 4105

You can now do this by enabling the Project migration feature in feature preview

Once you enable it you should see a Start migration button when you go to your Classic (not beta) Project Board

Here are the official docs on how to do it

Upvotes: 1

DoiDor
DoiDor

Reputation: 46

I implemented python script that helps you migrate your project (similar to @galargh's solution) which uses the GraphQL api for the old projects too (might be more future proof) and also allows you to map column names and migrate PRs.

https://github.com/doidor/gh-projects-migration

Upvotes: 0

galargh
galargh

Reputation: 31

As far as I know, there is currently no official guide on how to migrate to GitHub Projects (beta). You might want to follow this discussion on the topic: https://github.com/github/feedback/discussions/6141

However, I created a tutorial on how to migrate from the legacy project boards to the new projects (beta) myself: https://github.com/galargh/projects-migration#how-to-migrate-from-github-projects-to-github-projects-beta

It describes how to migrate cards (including column names) by either running a GitHub Actions workflow or a bash script.

Unfortunately, it does require some manual steps because projects (beta) API is not complete yet - the project itself and the Status field options have to be created manually to be precise.

After the migration, I'm also heavily using this action I created https://github.com/protocol/github-api-action-library/tree/master/add-project-items-by-content-query. I use it to periodically populate my projects based on content search queries (e.g. I automated adding all the issues that mention me - https://github.com/galargh/.github/blob/684c316/.github/workflows/add-project-items.yml).

Upvotes: 3

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