Howard Miller, Tue 2012-02-07 @ 09:38:22+0000: > I have a branch with a particular subdirectory tree. The tree has a > lot of history. However, all the history for that subdirectory is > exclusive to it (no commits changed anything outside it). I now need > to merge that subdirectory into a completely different branch without > loosing any history. I think git-read-tree might have something to do > with it but I don't understand the help file at all. Any help > appreciated. You might find git-subtree [1] useful for this. The `git subtree split` sub-command in particular enables you to factor out the history of a particular subdirectory in your repo into a separate branch, which you could then merge into some other branch as desired. [1] https://github.com/apenwarr/git-subtree
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