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Move files out of sub-directory in git.
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git-remove-subdir.sh
git filter-branch --index-filter \
'git ls-files -s | sed -r "s-(\t\"*)DIRNAME/(.*)-\1\2-" | \
GIT_INDEX_FILE=$GIT_INDEX_FILE.new \
git update-index --index-info &&
mv "$GIT_INDEX_FILE.new" "$GIT_INDEX_FILE"' HEAD
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