On Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 5:01 PM, Daed Lee <daed@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi, I'm wondering if git can handle the following use. I have a > project that started as private experiment, but has morphed into > something I'd like to release publicly. I want to give others access > to the repository, but only to commits after a certain cutoff date. > Commits prior to that date have things like hardcoded file paths, > emails, etc. that I'd like to keep private. > > I suppose the easiest thing to do would be to create a new repository, > add the project files to it, and make that public, however I'd like to > keep my private commit history along with the public commit history > going forward in a single repository if possible. Is there a way to do > this with git? You should probably split your history into two pieces: the "before" and "after" parts. To split out the "after" part, you could use git-filter-branch (http://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/v1.6.0.6/git-filter-branch.html). Then, in your private copy of the repo, you could reattach the "before" part of the history using git grafts. Have fun, Avery -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html