From f33bb3fea1978aa71690a0efe1e62106ca9c6307 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: sofisl <55454395+sofisl@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2026 15:21:56 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] chore: Add script to transfer GitHub issues between repos

This script transfers open issues from one GitHub repository to another, optionally assigning them to a specified team.
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 bin/transfer-issues.sh | 44 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 44 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 bin/transfer-issues.sh

diff --git a/bin/transfer-issues.sh b/bin/transfer-issues.sh
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..1d4b35f7daa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/transfer-issues.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Usage: ./transfer_issues.sh source-owner/repo dest-owner/repo team-slug
+SOURCE_REPO=$1
+DEST_REPO=$2
+TEAM=$3 # Optional: e.g., "my-org/engineering-team"
+
+if [ -z "$SOURCE_REPO" ] || [ -z "$DEST_REPO" ]; then
+    echo "Usage: $0 <source-owner/repo> <dest-owner/repo> [team-slug]"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+# Prepare the assignee flag if a team is provided
+ASSIGNEE_FLAG=""
+if [ -n "$TEAM" ]; then
+    ASSIGNEE_FLAG="--assignee $TEAM"
+    echo "Assigning issues to team: $TEAM"
+fi
+
+echo "Fetching issues from $SOURCE_REPO..."
+
+# Get list of open issues (numbers only)
+ISSUE_NUMBERS=$(gh issue list -R "$SOURCE_REPO" --state open --json number --jq '.[].number')
+
+for NUMBER in $ISSUE_NUMBERS; do
+    echo "Processing Issue #$NUMBER..."
+
+    # Extract title and body
+    DATA=$(gh issue view "$NUMBER" -R "$SOURCE_REPO" --json title,body)
+    TITLE=$(echo "$DATA" | jq -r '.title')
+    BODY=$(echo "$DATA" | jq -r '.body')
+
+    ENHANCED_BODY=$(printf "%s\n\n---\n*Originally authored in $SOURCE_REPO as Issue #$NUMBER*")
+
+    # Create the issue with the optional assignee flag
+    gh issue create -R "$DEST_REPO" \
+        --title "$TITLE" \
+        --body "$ENHANCED_BODY" \
+        $ASSIGNEE_FLAG
+    
+    echo "Successfully transferred: $TITLE"
+done
+
+echo "Transfer complete."