(Sorry for the botched previous post - fat fingers) Am 04.05.2011 19:56, schrieb Mikhail T.: > I need to add a new thing to our project. The thing will be similar to > what already exists. I'd like to "derive" the new files from the > existing ones -- without altering them and by preserving the > change-history. You cannot. Git does not have such a thing as "copy-with-preserved-history". You just cp the file and git add it. But you will not be able to follow a history of the file. -- Hannes -- 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