Am 06.04.2014 23:18, schrieb Michal Sojka: > On Sun, Apr 06 2014, Jens Lehmann wrote: >> Am 02.04.2014 23:52, schrieb Michal Sojka: >>> Hello, >>> >>> I needed to convert a subdirectory of a repo to a submodule and have the >>> histories of both repos linked together. I found that this was discussed >>> few years back [1], but the code seemed quite complicated and was not >>> merged. >>> >>> [1]: http://git.661346.n2.nabble.com/RFC-What-s-the-best-UI-for-git-submodule-split-tp2318127.html >>> >>> Now, the situation is better, because git subtree can already do most of >>> the work. Below is a script that I used to split a submodule from my >>> repo. It basically consist of a call to 'git subtree split' followed by >>> 'git filter-branch' to link the histories together. >>> >>> I'd like to get some initial feedback on it before attempting to >>> integrate it with git sources (i.e. writing tests and doc). What do you >>> think? >> >> Why do want to rewrite the whole history of the superproject, >> wouldn't it suffice to turn a directory into a submodule with >> the same content in a simple commit? > > I wanted to publish a project including its history but a part of that > project could not be made public due to legal reasons. Putting that part > into submodule seemed like best idea. Yep, that makes lots of sense. I'm not sure yet if this functionality is needed often enough to put the script under contrib, but I won't object as long as you'd be willing to maintain it (and help people on this list when they report any issues). -- 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