--- layout: default title: Moving a repo description: How to move a repo from one account to another categories: repos --- This guide details the process of moving a repo to another account. Direct move ----------- If you wish to move a repo between users or organizations, please [contact support](http://support.github.com/) with details. Make sure that there is not a repo with the same name on the destination account, and that the destination account has unused private repos available if the repo being moved is private. Existing forks -------------- If a fork of the repo you wish to move already exists on the target account, you can [contact support](http://support.github.com/) to have the roots switched. Note that deleting the root repo will either delete all forks if the repo is private, or automatically pick a new root if the repo is public. You cannot pick which repo will become the root, so please contact support if you want a specific repo to become the new root. Note that if the repo is private the new owner will need a paid plan to support the repo. Issues, wikis, pages, commits comments and non-repo downloads **will not** be transferred to the new root. Make sure you do not delete your old repo if you have any of these you wish to keep. Manual clone and push --------------------- If you have a repo on an external server that you wish to move to GitHub, you can move it with a special clone and push. This method will create an exact mirror of the repo into the new repo. First, create a new repo on the target account. Next, create a mirror that includes all branches and tags. To do this you need to do a bare-clone followed by a mirror-push: 
git clone --bare url/for/my-old-repo.git
cd my-old-repo
git push --mirror git@github.com:mycompany/my-new-repo.git
cd ..
rm -rf my-old-repo