← Back to context Comment by mynewtb 10 years ago You would lose the issues. 6 comments mynewtb Reply albertoleal 10 years ago There are lot of tools to migrate them. Example, github.com/babel/babel has migrated their issues to phabricator.babeljs.io detaro 10 years ago True, but thanks to the API and their relatively simple structure it's reasonably easy to at least copy their contents as well. Linking them correctly to user accounts on a new platform is probably the biggest issue. johnmaguire2013 10 years ago Users with public SSH keys would be easy: https://github.com/JohnMaguire.keysWhen a new user signs up, ask them for their existing Github username and to upload an SSH key that matches. fosk 10 years ago I am pretty sure that a potential competitor will use GitHub's APIs to import issues as well. duncan_bayne 10 years ago +1 twothamendment 10 years ago You say that like it is a bad thing...
albertoleal 10 years ago There are lot of tools to migrate them. Example, github.com/babel/babel has migrated their issues to phabricator.babeljs.io
detaro 10 years ago True, but thanks to the API and their relatively simple structure it's reasonably easy to at least copy their contents as well. Linking them correctly to user accounts on a new platform is probably the biggest issue. johnmaguire2013 10 years ago Users with public SSH keys would be easy: https://github.com/JohnMaguire.keysWhen a new user signs up, ask them for their existing Github username and to upload an SSH key that matches.
johnmaguire2013 10 years ago Users with public SSH keys would be easy: https://github.com/JohnMaguire.keysWhen a new user signs up, ask them for their existing Github username and to upload an SSH key that matches.
fosk 10 years ago I am pretty sure that a potential competitor will use GitHub's APIs to import issues as well.
There are lot of tools to migrate them. Example, github.com/babel/babel has migrated their issues to phabricator.babeljs.io
True, but thanks to the API and their relatively simple structure it's reasonably easy to at least copy their contents as well. Linking them correctly to user accounts on a new platform is probably the biggest issue.
Users with public SSH keys would be easy: https://github.com/JohnMaguire.keys
When a new user signs up, ask them for their existing Github username and to upload an SSH key that matches.
I am pretty sure that a potential competitor will use GitHub's APIs to import issues as well.
+1
You say that like it is a bad thing...