Comments on Geek with an attitude: Splitting a git repo

@Benjamin I'm glad you found it useful

2012-01-03T13:34:17.995+05:30

@Benjamin I'm glad you found it useful

Thanks for posting this! I was trying to sort out ...

2012-01-03T06:48:25.897+05:30

Thanks for posting this! I was trying to sort out exactly which combination of StackOverflow posts I needed to follow. Having the explicit commands and brief explanation was just what I needed!

I have a git repository containing several modules...

2010-07-10T08:14:22.284+05:30

I have a git repository containing several modules, each in their own sub folder, and I'd like to split them into independent repositories, ideally preserving as much of their individual histories as possible. Is there a canonical way of doing this?

Thanks Lakshan. Didn't know you could do that ...

2010-02-08T21:07:37.286+05:30

Thanks Lakshan. Didn't know you could do that with git :) But my requirement was to split and yes its due to early architectural decisions. You start something small as part of one project and then realize you want to spin that part off as a separate project without loosing commit history.

I assume you needed to split bar.repo from the mai...

2010-02-08T20:55:54.020+05:30

I assume you needed to split bar.repo from the main foo.repo as a project architectural decision.

In case, if you only wanted to manage bar.repo as a separate repo from the main repo you could've achieved it using Git Submodules.

Thanx. Yes I've kept putting this off myself b...

2010-02-08T17:35:00.609+05:30

Thanx. Yes I've kept putting this off myself but was compelled to finally do this. Documented it so I can find it in the future.

When I started Git, I had to lookup for instructio...

2010-02-08T17:29:18.385+05:30

When I started Git, I had to lookup for instructions for this several times. A very useful guide to a new Git user.