The Convert-Issues.ps1-script copies issues and milestones from a GitHub repository into work items and iterations in a TFS/VSTS team project. It uses the GitHub REST API to get the information it needs, and creates iterations and work items through the TFS/VSTS REST API.
The following data is copied from milestones to iterations:
| Milestone | Iteration | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| Title | Name | Not allowed characters are removed |
| Descripion | - | This field is ignored |
| Due Date | End Date | |
| Created Date | Start Date | Start Date will never be set to a value after End Date |
The following data is copied from issues to work items:
| Issue | Work Item | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| Title | Title | |
| Body | Description | Markdown is converted into HTML |
| State | State | |
| Labels | Tags | |
| Milestone name | Iteration Path | |
| Url | Hyperlink | For historical purpose |
| User Login | Created/Changed By | User do not need to be present in TFS/VSTS |
| Assignee Login | Assigned To | User do not need to be present in TFS/VSTS |
| Comment Bodies | History Description | Markdown is converted into HTML |
Example of how to invoke:
./Convert-Issues `
-GitHubIssuesUrl 'https://api.github.com/repos/MyCompany/MyRepo/issues?state=all' `
-GithubUsername 'myusername' `
-GitHubPassword 'abc123' `
-TfsCollectionUrl 'https://myinstancename.visualstudio.com' `
-TfsProject 'MyProject' `
-TfsUsername 'myname@mycompany.se' `
-TfsPersonalAccessToken 'abc123abc123abc123abc123abc123abc123abc123abc123abc1'
- You need to be a member of the TFS "Project Collection Service Accounts" group to be allowed to use the
bypassRulesquery parameter. - I used basic authentication to login on GitHub. If you have an account with activated two factor authentication that method will not work for you.
- Only milestones that have issues relating to them are migrated. Empty milestones are not included.
- The script defaults to create PBIs, but you can set which type of work item to create with the
WorkItemTypeName-parameter.