def import_issues()

in importer.py [0:0]


    def import_issues(self, start_from_count):
        """
        Starts the issue import into GitHub:
        First the milestone id is captured for the issue.
        Then JIRA issue relationships are converted into comments.
        After that, the comments are taken out of the issue and 
        references to JIRA issues in comments are replaced with a placeholder    
        """
        print('Importing issues...')

        count = 0

        for issue in self.project.get_issues():
            if start_from_count > count:
                count += 1
                continue

            print("Index = ", count)

            if 'milestone_name' in issue:
                issue['milestone'] = self.project.get_milestones()[
                    issue['milestone_name']]
                del issue['milestone_name']

            self.convert_relationships_to_comments(issue)

            issue_comments = issue['comments']
            del issue['comments']
            comments = []
            for comment in issue_comments:
                comments.append(
                    dict((k, self._replace_jira_with_github_id(v)) for k, v in comment.items()))

            self.import_issue_with_comments(issue, comments)
            count += 1