Google code comes to an end; learn how to export codes to github

The Google Code hosting project by Google, is closing. According to Google's Open Source Blog, the company realized that feature is simply no longer necessary and will therefore be disabled. Who owns projects hosted there, should use the Google tool to migrate to GitHub, another important open source project store.

Launched in 2006 for open source host projects, Google Code has existed under the shadow of GitHub for the past few years. Google claims that it is doing this because many of the designs that have migrated to this repository and lately, the administrative burden of its service consisted almost exclusively of spam and abuse management.

According to company hours, in August of this year, the site will become read-only. That means no one can update your project, but access for viewing and reading source code, questions and wikis will remain active.

After this first step, exactly on January 25, 2016, the service will end. After that, you will be able to download compressed files with the content of the projects, this function is only available until the end of 2016.

The resource is very simple: you simply enter the project address in a text box and click the "Export" button. For those who are already browsing their favorite Google Code project, it is even easier, just click on the same button in the header bar.

The process is very careful and you export the repository of a code project, "themes" and wikis. Then, with the appropriate credentials from GitHub, in a short time your project is already in the new service.

It should be remembered that only public affairs will be exported to the GitHub and that although projects hosted in Google Code can use Subversion, Mercurial or Git in GitHub, only Git is available. So Mercurial subversion and repositories will be converted to Git as part of the export.

The most important thing about this end of the Google Code is that he did his part to contribute to the projects, which at that time had no place to stay. Now it is time for your users to make the change, if you have not yet moved.