Project import and export Rake tasks

GitLab provides Rake tasks for project import and export.

You can only import from a compatible GitLab instance.

Import large projects

The Rake task is used for importing large GitLab project exports.

As part of this task, we also disable direct upload. This avoids uploading a huge archive to GCS, which can cause idle transaction timeouts.

We can run this task from the terminal:

Parameters:

Attribute	Type	Required	Description
`username`	string	yes	User name
`namespace_path`	string	yes	Namespace path
`project_path`	string	yes	Project path
`archive_path`	string	yes	Path to the exported project tarball you want to import

gitlab-rake "gitlab:import_export:import[root, group/subgroup, testingprojectimport, /path/to/file.tar.gz]"

bundle exec rake "gitlab:import_export:import[root, group/subgroup, testingprojectimport, /path/to/file.tar.gz]" RAILS_ENV=production

You can use a Rake task to export large project.

Parameters:

Attribute	Type	Required	Description
`username`	string	yes	User name
`namespace_path`	string	yes	Namespace path
`project_path`	string	yes	Project name
`archive_path`	string	yes	Path to file to store the export project tarball

gitlab-rake "gitlab:import_export:export[username, namespace_path, project_path, archive_path]"

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