apify import: turn an existing repository into an Actor #1452

Problem

The CLI has two entry points for a project. apify create starts from nothing, and apify pull starts from an Actor that already exists. There is no path for the case most existing developers arrive with: a repository that already exists, possibly with several packages, that should become an Actor. init only writes actor.json. Nothing binds the directory to an Actor or sets the repo as its Git source, so people wire it in Console by hand (#1425, #1428).

What we want

apify import: run inside an existing repo, bind it to a new or existing Actor, and optionally set the Actor's Git source to the repo, branch, and subdirectory. The reverse of create --source, reusing its provider authorization.

Links

• apify create assumes a greenfield standalone repo — no monorepo or existing-repo path #1425, Make apify push work for monorepo Actors that set dockerContextDir #595 (existing repo and monorepo), No CLI surface for git integrations — --source github dead-ends on an unconnected workspace #1428 (git integrations), feat: turn on automatic builds for a Git-sourced Actor #1377 (auto-build)
• Prior art: vercel link