Confluence space to github markdown pages

Convert a confluence space export in XML format to github markdown pages

Installation Requirements

Requires xsltproc to be installed, e.g. on Debian, Ubuntu or derivatives call with root permissions:

apt install xsltproc

To export a space from confluence

1. In confluence, navigate to Space Tools / Content Tools / Export and choose XML format
2. Download the export zip and unzip
3. Run generate.sh script
4. Review generated content under out/wiki
5. Copy content from out/wiki to your cloned github wiki and add/push

Example of export / import commands

# git clone git@github.com:sjones4/confluence-to-github.git
# cd confluence-to-github
# unzip ~/Downloads/Confluence-export.zip
# ./generate.sh
# rm out/wiki/Services-Team-Space.md  # optionally delete space home page
# cp -pvr out/wiki/* ~/Work/eucalyptus.wiki/
# cd ~/Work/eucalyptus.wiki/
# git add *
# git commmit -m "Confluence services team space import"