2008/10/19 Caleb Cushing <xenoterracide@xxxxxxxxx>: > here's what I've done so far (note: this is a public repo if anyone > wants to take a look) > > git clone git@xxxxxxxxxx:xenoterracide/dot_usr.git sql_iabbr > cd sql_iabbr/ > git checkout db3c5ffb180f10dde8e539a81a6644760e098dcd > git branch -D master > git checkout -b master > git filter-branch --subdirectory-filter vim/ftplugin/ -- --all > > > that leaves me with this > html sgml sh tex vim xhtml xml sql_iabbr.vim xml.vim > > all I want left is sql_iabbr.vim and it's history So you just want the history for a single file? git log -p --reverse --pretty=email -- sql_iabbr.vim That outputs a patch history for sql_iabbr.vim in mbox format, you can import that into an empty repo with git-am. (I had a look at the project, the history is simple with no merges etc, so nothing like --first-parent is needed) Cheers, Baz > > I've used stuff like > git filter-branch --tree-filter 'rm -rf xml.vim' HEAD > > to remove the files... but I notice that leaves the logs. > > I'm thinking I could do that and then remove those commits but I > haven't figured out how to remove the commits, and even then I'm not > sure the repo would be in the state I want. > > can anyone help me get to where I want to be? also is there an easier > way to do what I've done so far? > -- > Caleb Cushing > -- > 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 > -- 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
