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Move/rename any file and keep git commit history
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git_move_file_keep_history.sh
# Move/rename any file and keep git history
git filter-branch --index-filter 'git ls-files -s | sed "s|[old_path]|[new_path]|g" |
GIT_INDEX_FILE=$GIT_INDEX_FILE.new \
git update-index --index-info &&
mv "$GIT_INDEX_FILE.new" "$GIT_INDEX_FILE"' [first_commit_hash]..HEAD
# Example
git filter-branch --index-filter 'git ls-files -s | sed "s|packages/web-app|packages/web-app-new|g" |
GIT_INDEX_FILE=$GIT_INDEX_FILE.new \
git update-index --index-info &&
mv "$GIT_INDEX_FILE.new" "$GIT_INDEX_FILE"' fceab398..HEAD
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