BitBucket

BitBucket is another popular code-hosting platform, run by Atlassian, who you may know of for their famous Jira issue tracking and project management software. Thankfully, GitLab can import Git projects directly from BitBucket. Please note that if you run your own GitLab instance (rather than using GitLab.com), you'll need to enable OAuth integration, which is beyond the scope of this chapter, but the GitLab online help can assist you with this. Once you've enabled OAuth integration – or if you're using GitLab.com – you can follow these steps:

  1. From the main screen, click the + icon up the top and then select New Project.
  2. On this page, select the Import project tab.
  3. On this tab, select BitBucket Cloud and you'll be taken to an OAuth2 ...

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