Forking Git repository from GitHub to GitLab

Question

Suppose that I would like to implement a fix to a project of someone else. That project resides on GitHub.

I could create a fork on GitHub and implement the fix.

Answer 1

Forking a private github repository is possible.

1. Click new project
2. Select Import
3. Select github
4. OAuth2 used to authenticate and auto create gitlab app
5. Select project to fork

^ I've just done this with a private repo on github, imported successfully (inc branches etc). Imported project is automatically kept private ;)