Convert a Private Project on bitbucket.com to a github Public Project

1. Create a public repo on github, you can add README or License files on the master branch, suppose the url is:

   https://github.com/leetschau/don4.git

2. Get the private repo:

   $ git clone https://leechau@bitbucket.org/leechau/donno.git $ cd donno $ git branch -v -a (list all remote branches for checkout) $ git checkout -b develop origin/develop (copy remote branch to local repo and update working directory)

3. Publish to github, you have 2 choices:

   i. Publish selected branches:

   $ git remote add don4 https://github.com/leetschau/don4.git
   $ git push -u don4 master
   $ git push -u don4 develop
   

   or you can push your "master" branch to remote as "init" branch for avoid confliction with master branch created on github:

   $ git push don4 master:init
   

   i. Publish all branches:

   $ git push --mirror https://github.com/leetschau/don4.git
   

   In this case you can't create README or License files when creating github project, to avoid conflict on master branch.