This is a small command-line tool that can move GitHub issues.
It needs a Personal Access Token from GitHub, which can be created
here. The token (probably) needs
Full control of private repositories (it might be enough with
Access public repositories, depending on the repository).
Comments will be copied, but labels, milestones or assignees will not.
$ github-issue-mover --from=/~https://github.com/rolfbjarne/testApp/issues/10 --to=rolfbjarne/testApp --token=<TOKEN>
✅ Fetching repository info...
Authenticated as: Rolf Bjarne Kvinge (rolfbjarne)
Rate limit: 5000
Remaining: 4847
Reset date: 4/4/2019 9:59:08 AM +00:00
✅ Fetching issue #10 from rolfbjarne/testApp...
✅ Retrieving 1 comments...
✅ Creating new issue in rolfbjarne/testApp...
Copying 1 comment(s)...
✅ Copying comment #1/1...
✅ Copied 1 comment(s) successfully
✅ Adding a comment in the original issue pointing to the new issue...
✅ Closing the original issue...
✅ Completed successfully! New issue: /~https://github.com/rolfbjarne/TestApp/issues/11
There's also a script whose arguments are slightly faster to type (just pass
the source url and the target org/repo combo), and which reads the token from
~/.github-status-pat:
$ ./move-github-issue /~https://github.com/rolfbjarne/testApp/issues/10 rolfbjarne/testApp
✅ Fetching repository info...
Authenticated as: Rolf Bjarne Kvinge (rolfbjarne)
Rate limit: 5000
Remaining: 4847
Reset date: 4/4/2019 9:59:08 AM +00:00
✅ Fetching issue #10 from rolfbjarne/testApp...
✅ Retrieving 1 comments...
✅ Creating new issue in rolfbjarne/testApp...
Copying 1 comment(s)...
✅ Copying comment #1/1...
✅ Copied 1 comment(s) successfully
✅ Adding a comment in the original issue pointing to the new issue...
✅ Closing the original issue...
✅ Completed successfully! New issue: /~https://github.com/rolfbjarne/TestApp/issues/11