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adejones/Create new Mercurial repository from a sub directory of an existing repository.bat

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Create new Mercurial repository from a sub directory of an existing repository.bat
rem cd to the full repo directory
cd path\to\full_repo
rem export tracked files in sub directory by creating a filemap using an intermediary temp file
set SUBDIR=name_of_subdir
hg locate -I "%SUBDIR%" > ..\filemap.tmp
for /f "tokens=*" %A in (..\filemap.tmp) do @echo include %A >> ..\filemap.txt
echo rename "%SUBDIR%" . >> ..\filemap.txt
del ..\filemap.tmp
rem create new repo using filemap
hg convert --filemap ..\filemap.txt . ..\new_repo_name
rem cd to new repo and update to latest head revision, the update is required if you want to see your files
cd ..\new_repo_name
hg update
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