How to Bulk Transfer Github Issues from Repository A to Repository B

Here’s a simple command you can run in your terminal to transfer all the issues from one Github repository to another!

Pre-requisites:

1. Make sure you have Github CLI installed:

# MAC
brew install gh

1. Make sure you are “authenticated” through Github CLI:

# start interactive setup

gh auth login

1. Make sure that the repository you’re transferring from & to have the same labels, fields, etc.

NOTE: I didn't actually test step #3 above... maybe it's not a problem.

Just test it first if you're worried and LMK in the comments if it matters!

Now you’re ready to run to bulk transfer your issues!

1. Open your terminal & run the command below

Just make sure to replace the organization/repository name syntax with the ones that you want.

In my example, those are:

devinschumacher/repository-a
devinschumacher/repository-b -R devinschumacher/repository-a

gh issue list -s all -L 500 --json number -R devinschumacher/repository-a | \
    jq -r '.[] | .number' | \
    while read issue; do
        gh issue transfer "$issue" devinschumacher/repository-b -R devinschumacher/repository-a
        sleep 2
    done

That’s it!