@@ -29,15 +29,14 @@ If you only need to migrate Git repos, you can [import each project by URL](repo
If you want to retain all metadata like issues and merge requests, you can use
the [import/export feature](../settings/import_export.md) to export projects from self-managed GitLab and import those projects into GitLab.com.
NOTE: **Note:**
This approach assumes all users from the self-managed instance have already been migrated.
If the users haven't been migrated yet, the user conducting the import
will take the place of all references to the missing user(s).
All GitLab user associations (such as comment author) will be changed to the user importing the project. For more information, please see [the import notes](../settings/import_export.md#important-notes).
If you need to migrate all data over, you can leverage our [API](../../../api/README.md) to migrate from self-managed to GitLab.com.
The order of assets to migrate from a self-managed instance to GitLab.com is the following:
1.[Users](../../../api/users.md)
NOTE: **Note:**
When migrating to GitLab.com, users would need to be manually created unless [SCIM](../../../user/group/saml_sso/scim_setup.md) is going to be used. Creating users with the API is limited to self-hosted instances as it requires administrator access.