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    Change structure of project folder with Git

I have this structure:

 project-folder/
     .git
     wp-admin/
     wp-content/
     wp-includes/
    .htaccess
    ...

I want this structure:

 project-folder/
     .git
     public
          wp-admin/
          wp-content/
          wp-includes/
         .htaccess
         ...

The benefits


Keep away from the Internet my .git folder
Wordpress files separated in a sub-folder
Keep Git history changes
Hide from the Internet deployment scripts or project sensitive informations

Move files with git and keep file history


Be sure you don't have files uncommitted, if not commit them before next step.
git status


In project-directory create public subfolder
mkdir public


Move files with git mv except public subfolder to avoid errors
for file in $(ls | grep -v 'public'); do git mv $file public; done;


Move specific files like .htaccess etc...
git mv .htaccess public/


Commit changes
git commit -m 'Moved files to public/'


That's all !
git log -M summary


To see file history of moved files

In Bash:

git log --follow
http://git-scm.com/docs/git-log
In SourceTree:

On logging file(s) you have to check [x] Follow renamed files