From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-5.8 required=3.0 tests=DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,MENTIONS_GIT_HOSTING, SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A3C4BC3815B for ; Wed, 15 Apr 2020 15:49:59 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 80DD7208E4 for ; Wed, 15 Apr 2020 15:49:59 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=ttaylorr-com.20150623.gappssmtp.com header.i=@ttaylorr-com.20150623.gappssmtp.com header.b="SB1WVZAB" Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S2404236AbgDOPt4 (ORCPT ); Wed, 15 Apr 2020 11:49:56 -0400 Received: from lindbergh.monkeyblade.net ([23.128.96.19]:51316 "EHLO lindbergh.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-FAIL-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S2394205AbgDOPtr (ORCPT ); Wed, 15 Apr 2020 11:49:47 -0400 Received: from mail-pg1-x536.google.com (mail-pg1-x536.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4864:20::536]) by lindbergh.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 57282C061A0C for ; Wed, 15 Apr 2020 08:49:47 -0700 (PDT) Received: by mail-pg1-x536.google.com with SMTP id h69so90553pgc.8 for ; Wed, 15 Apr 2020 08:49:47 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=ttaylorr-com.20150623.gappssmtp.com; s=20150623; h=from:date:to:cc:subject:message-id:references:mime-version :content-disposition:in-reply-to; bh=XBO85Sgs19xdj6xEwtQD7ywAGqa01voccDaN8ekAS2g=; b=SB1WVZABd6KoYnJJHCA4thbBinQvDXJprjmuV7EB1jwnS8WMfEcbiPO4GUuArW9qm+ 8Dgr03Yxr8FHYadalIhiXlOXXzsRGDL9UMv0jnpiJF5qZ6EC+TvIn3iIllSFF85b2Rom dID3iDu4n4KvMMtwhfNPUXJvffm+BZnWWaW72ofi/zdC+aYrdUJqEw+ejbqqY5jkoBNs quXIg+Lcpx9s3eYWm9Y5tuUKh1XuH96dt6/S1O/0tj/aOvuHemsBNKqWnUBT92e/D1/8 2pNjPJW1m2sRgY5XOIQeoRGmDQKmyTaxn06yMgc+/dJHsWseicE+oNQYeooo0wYX+PmE zfGQ== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:from:date:to:cc:subject:message-id:references :mime-version:content-disposition:in-reply-to; bh=XBO85Sgs19xdj6xEwtQD7ywAGqa01voccDaN8ekAS2g=; b=B/SjIa7z2uLMEC9v2BWbXW/X4G2fBZ+YbIX/6wbo+tRupQx8nGq+8ruFle1wVW8s5u Ul/MQ2rsFgNrWYp8LFgxJ8Id7SrIH8hlqKxcsU45BbXDuUmzAbV8hfvSaERL9eDnx0dr nZ7orKDTKpBCEqzm/RnotoLahIFQ8vRedmnGLgLciT+PAKvFFR+aA3VHQX0zwel264+z ww9e+pvzIBJgiiaTqqf1cH/zGF5HzBwnvGLafvpDvQeHiX0JmJ716FW1pfEnjReVdHJa SfdJ5saIHYtxVD4f1MByGdA6rbRLQc1CPTJK6UNRViAurIDCZYlbTBVRX9eyc9CI1729 +blQ== X-Gm-Message-State: AGi0PuZh5u2DSHtdCOugJGtROiFoVVhN1I/DvipSBdMX92bGmT5tRQ1S VvQE4mh/F8oDFiiuIDfeq9u6vg== X-Google-Smtp-Source: APiQypKv13lkPWTCqUaWBI+eKMkL34aPqSdx9RxsD1ZPPkN+rkbuhON9gfNCUGCfVdxggI6muSRFoQ== X-Received: by 2002:a62:6dc6:: with SMTP id i189mr29076326pfc.30.1586965786350; Wed, 15 Apr 2020 08:49:46 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost ([8.44.146.30]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id j10sm3033844pfa.57.2020.04.15.08.49.45 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 bits=256/256); Wed, 15 Apr 2020 08:49:45 -0700 (PDT) From: Taylor Blau X-Google-Original-From: Taylor Blau Date: Wed, 15 Apr 2020 09:49:44 -0600 To: Jeff King Cc: "Kerry, Richard" , "git@vger.kernel.org" , newren@gmail.com Subject: Re: Move some files, with all history, from one project into a new one Message-ID: <20200415154944.GA22823@syl.local> References: <20200415151128.GA2464307@coredump.intra.peff.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20200415151128.GA2464307@coredump.intra.peff.net> Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org On Wed, Apr 15, 2020 at 11:11:28AM -0400, Jeff King wrote: > On Wed, Apr 15, 2020 at 08:31:35AM +0000, Kerry, Richard wrote: > > > I would like to move some files, from the project in which they have > > always resided into a new project. I would like to keep all their > > history. I don't want to waste space by also moving the rest of the > > old project's history, or historical file contents. > > Try git-filter-branch's --subdirectory repository, which is designed to > do exactly this. > > Or the much newer (and faster) git-filter-repo: > > https://github.com/newren/git-filter-repo For what it's worth, Elijah has provided some excellent documentation on how to use git-filter-repo to do exactly this here: https://github.com/newren/git-filter-repo#solving-this-with-filter-repo Thanks, Taylor