{"id":8040,"date":"2021-06-30T16:43:35","date_gmt":"2021-06-30T21:43:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rushworth.us\/lisa\/?p=8040"},"modified":"2021-06-30T16:47:19","modified_gmt":"2021-06-30T21:47:19","slug":"ado-migrating-a-repository-to-azure-repos-and-keeping-your-commit-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rushworth.us\/lisa\/?p=8040","title":{"rendered":"ADO – Migrating a Repository to Azure Repos (and keeping your commit history)"},"content":{"rendered":"

The most direct way to migrate a repo into Azure Repos is to create a new, blank repository. This may mean making a new project. From the organization\u2019s main page, click \u201cNew project\u201d<\/p>\n

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Or it may mean making a new repo in an existing project. From an existing repo, click the drown-down next to the repo name and select \u201cNew repository\u201d<\/p>\n

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Name the repository but don\u2019t<\/em> add a README. We want a blank repo<\/p>\n

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Note the URL to the repository \u2013 in this case, it\u2019s https:\/\/ado0255@dev.azure.com\/ado0255\/History%20Test\/_git\/Another%20History%20Test<\/a><\/p>\n

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Find the URL for your existing Git repo \u2013 if you cd into the project\u2019s folder and run \u201cgit remote -v\u201d, you will get a list of the repos. Make a new folder somewhere \u2013 this is a temporary staging area to move the data from your existing repo over to the new Azure Repo. Change directories into your new folder. Run git clone \u2013mirror <\/em>URLToOldRepo<\/em> <\/strong><\/p>\n

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You will see data being downloaded from your git server.<\/p>\n

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Change directories into the folder that just got downloaded. You won\u2019t see your code like you normally do when you clone a git repo. You\u2019re looking at the underlying git stuff<\/em> that makes up the repo. You\u2019re code is all in there, as are all of the branches and commit history.<\/p>\n

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Now add the new Azure Repo as a remote \u2013 in this case, I\u2019m naming the remote \u201cado\u201d. Then run \u201cgit push ado \u2013all\u201d to push everything up to the new Azure Repo.<\/p>\n

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Stuff will transfer \u2013 you may be prompted to log into your ADO repository first. Eventually, you\u2019ll see new branches being created on the remote and the process will complete.<\/p>\n

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Refreshing the Azure Repo, you\u2019ll now see the files.<\/p>\n

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Selecting \u201cCommits\u201d will display the commit history.<\/p>\n

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Anyone else using the repo will need to add the new remote. Use “git remote rm origin” to remove the existing origin, then use “git remote add origin url<\/em>” to add the new Azure Repo as origin.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The most direct way to migrate a repo into Azure Repos is to create a new, blank repository. This may mean making a new project. From the organization\u2019s main page, click \u201cNew project\u201d Or it may mean making a new repo in an existing project. From an existing repo, click the drown-down next to the …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[1091,1092],"class_list":["post-8040","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-coding","tag-ado","tag-azure-devops"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rushworth.us\/lisa\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8040","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rushworth.us\/lisa\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rushworth.us\/lisa\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rushworth.us\/lisa\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rushworth.us\/lisa\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8040"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.rushworth.us\/lisa\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8040\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8054,"href":"https:\/\/www.rushworth.us\/lisa\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8040\/revisions\/8054"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rushworth.us\/lisa\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8040"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rushworth.us\/lisa\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8040"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rushworth.us\/lisa\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8040"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}