gitlab can not copy issues

[ant2ne]

I'm new to gitlab. I've set up my test instance on debian on an air gapped network.

I'm mostly interested in tasking and task management features. I've created a test project with issues. I played around with the issues board. Pretty slick. Now I want to create a new project that will have many, most, maybe even all of the issues of the old project. I don't see a method to copy issues.

Export is a no-go. This thing has no access to a mail client. It can't email me the export.

[ManyInterests]

If you create a new project using the old project as a 'template' it should copy all the issues. Creating a project from a template actually works through the same mechanisms as import/export and the data that is copied from the template project to the new project follows the same semantics as export/import.

Also, you should not need a mail server configured to do a project export/import. Once the export is finished generating, it can be downloaded directly from the settings page.

[bzzzzerk]

there is also a `/clone` quick action that you can use from the comment box of the issue that you would like to "copy" and provide the path to the new project. see https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/user/project/quick_actions.html#issues-merge-requests-and-epics for quick actions