Migration from git.rwth to git.nrw

02/06/2026

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As part of the rollout of a central GitLab instance for all universities in North Rhine-Westphalia, the git.rwth-aachen.de instance will be migrated to git.nrw.


The schedule for the migration to git.nrw and the shutdown of git.rwth-aachen.de is as follows:

June 2, 2026: Start of the migration phase for existing projects.

January 4, 2027: Start of the phased shutdown of git.rwth-aachen.de:

  • Creating new projects and new accounts is no longer possible.
  • Editing existing projects is still possible.

June 1, 2027: End of the migration phase:

  • git.rwth-aachen.de in read-only mode: Only read-only access to the projects

July 1, 2027: Final shutdown of git.rwth-aachen.de.


Project managers are responsible for migrating their own projects.

Please refer to the blog post for further information.