GitHub Issue Cloner

A TypeScript Node.js application that clones issues from one GitHub repository to another.

Features

• Clones all open issues from a source repository to a target repository
• Preserves issue titles, bodies, and labels
• Clones comments and attributes them to the original author
• Optionally closes the source issue after cloning
• Securely handles GitHub API tokens using environment variables

Quickstart

1. GitHub Token Setup:

   • Generate a Personal Access Token from GitHub Settings > Developer settings > Personal access tokens
   • Give it repo permissions for private repositories

2. Create a .env file in the root directory:

   • FromRepo: Source repository in format owner/repo-name
   • ToRepo: Target repository in format owner/repo-name
   • DeleteAfterClone: Set to true to close issues in source repo after cloning

   GitHubToken=ghp_yourpersonalaccesstoken
   FromRepo=owner/source-repo
   ToRepo=owner/target-repo
   DeleteAfterClone=false

3. Running the GitHub Issue Cloner

   npm install
   npm run dev

This will execute the issue cloning process using the configuration from .env.