Re: Splitting up a repository

[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]

 



On Fri, Dec 03, 2010 at 11:27:57PM -0600, Evan Driscoll wrote:

> Say I have a repo where there are directories repo/foo, repo/bar,
> repo/baz. 'foo', 'bar', and 'baz' are loosely related -- closely enough
> that I put them together initially, but loosely enough that I now wish I
> could check out just 'repo/foo'. Since Git doesn't support partial
> checkouts (a bit annoying!), I now have to split this repository into
> separate ones. I'd of course like to keep history.
> 
> Is there a better way than making several (recursive) copies of the
> repository, deleting all but one directory in each copy, then moving the
> contents of that directory up a level? (And perhaps setting up a Git
> superproject at the original location. I do know about that.)

Rewrite the history of each directory with git-filter-branch. It even
has a "--subdirectory-filter" option that will do exactly what you want.

-Peff
--
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


[Index of Archives]     [Linux Kernel Development]     [Gcc Help]     [IETF Annouce]     [DCCP]     [Netdev]     [Networking]     [Security]     [V4L]     [Bugtraq]     [Yosemite]     [MIPS Linux]     [ARM Linux]     [Linux Security]     [Linux RAID]     [Linux SCSI]     [Fedora Users]