How to migrate SVN to GitLab with few commands

Bala Venkatesh

Jun 11, 2018·1 min read

1. First we should install git

$ sudo apt-get install git

2. Then you should install git-svn

$ sudo apt-get install git-svn

3. Clone your repository by git-svn command

$ git svn clone YOUR_SVN_URL

4. Add your Gitlab url in same directory.

$ git remote add gitlab YOUR_GITLAB_URL

5.Finally push your SVN repository to Gitlab.

$ git push — set-upstream gitlab master

That’s all, See your GitLab in web view you can see all SVN code in GitLab with commit status and all old history.

$……………….……………… Happy coding………………………………….$