How do I move an issue on github to another repo?

Question

It happens every now and then. Some library depends on another and a user opens an issue that belongs to the wrong repo. Can I move the issue to the other repo?

You could argue that the issue could be seen as being both repos' issue because one depends on the other and as long as one doesn't work properly both don't. But I'd rather talk about solutions to the issue in the repo it belongs in.

Answer 1

No, officialy you can't move issues between repositories.

There is a hack though, github-issues-import, kind of a plugin, to import issues from a repository to another.

Answer 2

See the GitHub docs on transferring issues.

Transferring an open issue to another repository

On GitHub, navigate to the main page of the repository.

Under your repository name, click Issues.

In the list of issues, click the issue you'd like to transfer.

In the right sidebar, click Transfer this issue.