Question

What is the best way to migrate multiple Azure DevOps repositories into a single repository?

Organizations often need to consolidate multiple Git repositories into a single repository for better management and streamlined workflows. What are the recommended practices for migrating multiple Azure DevOps repositories into a single repository? What tools or commands can be used to ensure a smooth migration while maintaining the original repository structure?

Answer 1

To combine several Azure DevOps repositories into one, follow these steps:

• Clone the Repositories Locally: Use git clone to clone each repository to your machine.
• Add a remote to each repository: Use git remote add to link the repositories you wish to merge.
• Make Separate Branches: To maintain the History of each repository, make a branch in the destination repository (git checkout -b ).
• Combine repositories: Branch per branch, retrieve and combine each repository's contents into the destination repository (git pull ).
• Keep History Safe: Use git-filter-repo or comparable tools to guarantee that each repository's commit history is preserved.
• The Combined Repository should be pushed: On Azure DevOps, push the merged repository to a single remote repository.

You maintain the commit history by doing these actions.