It would be useful to have a first-class import path for existing Git repositories hosted elsewhere.

Use cases:

• Bring an existing GitHub/GitLab/Bitbucket repo into open-git without manual mirror commands.
• Preserve branches and tags by default, with clear handling for default branch selection.
• Trigger normal repository indexing after import so code browsing, issues/PR workflows, CI, and docs work immediately.

A workable first version could be:

1. On New repository, add Import from URL.
2. Accept a source Git URL plus optional username/token for private repos.
3. Create the open-git repo, run a mirror fetch/push server-side, sync it to storage, and enqueue indexing.
4. Show import progress and a useful error if auth, size, or branch discovery fails.

Today the manual workaround is likely: create an empty repo, run git clone --bare , then git push --mirror . That works for Git, but it is not obvious or friendly for people or agents.