Detect when MR has a description that is too long

Author: mschoettle

src/githubHelper.ts

@@ -566,6 +566,10 @@ export class GithubHelper {
     issue: IssueImport,
     comments: CommentImport[]
   ): Promise<number | null> {
+    // see: https://github.com/orgs/community/discussions/27190
+    if (issue.body.length > 65536) {
+      throw `${issue.title} has a body longer than 65536 characters. Please shorten it.`;
+    }
     // create the GitHub issue from the GitLab issue
     let pending = await this.githubApi.request(
       `POST /repos/${settings.github.owner}/${settings.github.repo}/import/issues`,

src/index.ts

@@ -589,6 +589,8 @@ async function transferMergeRequests() {
           'Could not create pull request: !' + mr.iid + ' - ' + mr.title
         );
         console.error(err);
+        // Stop execution to be able to correct issue
+        process.exit(1);
       }
     } else {
       if (githubRequest) {