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git: move a folder with all histories rewritten
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git-mv-all.sh
#!/bin/sh
FROM=$1
TO=$2
TEMP=$(mktemp -d)
echo Moving "$FROM" to "$TO"
git filter-branch -f --tree-filter "if [[ -e '$FROM' ]]; then mkdir -p "$(dirname $TO)"; mv '$FROM/' '$TEMP'; mv '$TEMP/' '$TO/'; fi" --tag-name-filter cat --prune-empty -- --all
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