Commit 81cd903d authored by Achilleas Pipinellis's avatar Achilleas Pipinellis

Refactor GitHub importer documentation

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# Import your project from GitHub to GitLab
It takes just a couple of steps to import your existing GitHub projects to GitLab. Keep in mind that it is possible only if
GitHub support is enabled on your GitLab instance. You can read more about GitHub support [here](http://doc.gitlab.com/ce/integration/github.html)
_**Note:** In order to enable the GitHub import setting, you should first
enable the [GitHub integration][gh-import] in your GitLab instance._
If you want to import from a GitHub Enterprise instance, you need to use GitLab Enterprise; please see the [EE docs for the GitHub integration](http://doc.gitlab.com/ee/integration/github.html).
At its current state, GitHub importer can import:
* Sign in to GitLab.com and go to your dashboard.
* To get to the importer page, you need to go to the "New project" page.
- the repository description
- the git repository data
- the issues
- the pull requests
- the wiki pages
![New project page](github_importer/new_project_page.png)
The importer page is visible when you [create a new project][new-project].
Click on the **GitHub** link and you will be redirected to GitHub for
permission to access your projects. After accepting, you'll be automatically
redirected to the importer.
* Click on the "Import project from GitHub" link and you will be redirected to GitHub for permission to access your projects. After accepting, you'll be automatically redirected to the importer.
![New project page on GitLab](img/import_projects_from_github_new_project_page.png)
![Importer page](github_importer/importer.png)
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* To import a project, you can simple click "Add". The importer will import your repository, issues, and pull requests. Once the importer is done, a new GitLab project will be created with your imported data.
While at the GitHub importer page, you can see the import statuses of your
GitHub projects. Those that are being imported will show a _started_ status,
those already imported will be green, whereas those that are not yet imported
have an **Import** button on the right side of the table. If you want, you can
import all your GitHub projects in one go by hitting **Import all projects**
in the upper left corner.
![GitHub importer page](img/import_projects_from_github_importer.png)
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The importer will create any new namespaces if they don't exist or in the
case the namespace is taken, the project will be imported on the user's
namespace.
### Note
When you import your projects from GitHub, it is not possible to keep your labels, milestones, and cross-repository pull requests. We are working on improving this in the near future.
When you import your projects from GitHub, it is not possible to keep your
labels, milestones, and cross-repository pull requests. We are working on
improving this in the near future.
[gh-import]: ../../integration/github.md "GitHub integration"
[ee-gh]: http://doc.gitlab.com/ee/integration/github.html "GitHub integration for GitLab EE"
[new-project]: ../../gitlab-basics/create-project.md "How to create a new project in GitLab"
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