add raw notes about project migration

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+#!/bin/sh
+# https://stackoverflow.com/questions/20359936/import-an-existing-git-project-into-gitlab/30483494#30483494
+
+username="bgstack15"
+repo="${1}"
+
+func() {
+   git clone --mirror "https://github.com/${username}/${repo}" "./${repo}"
+   pushd "${repo}"
+   git remote add gitlab "https://gitlab.com/${username}/${repo}.git"
+   git push gitlab --mirror
+   popd
+}
+
+time func ;
+
+#Now if you have a locally cloned repository that you want to keep using with the new remote, just run the following commands* there:
+#
+#git remote remove origin
+#git remote add origin "http://gitlab.example.com/${username}/${repo}.git"
+#git fetch --all
+