Introduction
This page will be revised periodically as we continue to improve. Please familiarise yourself with this metadata information. It is an exact breakdown of what we can backup and restore for GitHub.
IMPORTANT
Unfortunately, some metadata items simply cannot be supported currently due to API limitations set by GitHub. We will continue to develop if the API is due to change.
Visibilities
Repositories
- Private status (backup/restore)
- Public status (backup/restore)
Gists
- Private status (backup/restore)
- Public status (backup/restore)
Repository metadata
Commits (backup/restore)
Branches (backup/restore)
Tags (backup/restore)
Code (backup/restore)
Attachments (backup/restore)
Wikis: (backup/restore) Must be restored manually. *See Notes
Labels: (backup/restore)
Comments: (backup/restore)
Collaborators: (backup/restore) Must be restored manually. *See Notes
Releases: (backup/restore)
Milestones: (backup/restore)
- Status open/closed (backup/restore)
- Description (backup/restore)
- Due Date (backup/restore)
Comments to issues: (backup/restore)
- Comment text (backup/restore)
- Creation date (backup/restore) Must be restored manually. *See Notes
- Creator (backup/restore)
- Status open/closed (backup/restore) Only if it is related to Issue status
Issues: (backup/restore)
- Description (backup/restore)
- Status open/closed (backup/restore)
- Comments (backup/restore)
- Assignee (backup/restore) Must be restored manually. *See Notes
- Assigned labels (backup/restore)
- Assigned milestones (backup/restore)
- Creation date (backup/restore) Must be restored manually. *See Notes
- Creator (backup/restore) Must be restored manually. *See Notes
Pull Requests: (backup/restore) Can only be restored as an "Issue"
- Description (backup/restore) Can only be restored as an "Issue"
- Status open/closed (backup/restore) Only “Open” status will be restored
- Creation date (backup/restore) Must be restored manually. *See Notes
- Creator (backup/restore) Must be restored manually. *See Notes
- Assignee (backup/restore) Must be restored manually. *See Note
- Assigned labels (backup/restore)
- Assigned milestones (backup/restore)
- Comments (backup/restore)
Gists metadata
Description (backup/restore)
Filename (backup/restore)
Add file (includes multiple entries) (backup/restore)
IMPORTANT
For items marked “restored manually”, you must review the JSON files in the backup zip file.