GitHub Issue Cloning Tool

Overview

This tool is designed to clone GitHub issues from one repository to another. It copies issues along with their comments and other details, allowing you to replicate issue tracking between repositories.

Features

• Clone issues from one repository to another
• Copy issue comments and labels
• Supports both open and closed issues

Prerequisites

Before you begin, ensure you have the following:

• Python 3.x installed
• requests library installed (pip3 install requests)
• dotenv library installed (pip3 install python-dotenv)
• A GitHub personal access token with the repo scope

How to Use this Tool

1. Install and Clone the Repository

   git clone https://github.com/yourusername/issue-cloning-tool.git
   cd issue-cloning-tool

2. Create PAT Create a github personal access token by going to profile > settings > developer settings > tokens > create create an .env file with ```bash touch .env

   GITHUB_TOKEN=your_personal_access_token

3. Enter Repo Names Add source and destination repos to the .env file

   SOURCE_REPO=owner_name/your_source_repo
   DEST_REPO=owner_name/your_destination_repo

4. Run the Script Run with python3 cloner.py