gitcos

git-filter-repo is a tool that makes it easy to select subsets of commits in a Git repository and rewrite their paths,
which makes it easy to move folders between repos while preserving their commit histories.
https://github.com/newren/git-filter-repo

It is a single-file python script which can be installed with pip or brew; for more installation info, see the documentation.

# Splitting a subdirectory into a separate repo

Scenario: You want to take subdirectory some_project/ out of repo orgname/oldrepo and create a new repo orgname/some_project.

gitcos

Keybase proof

I hereby claim:

• I am gitcos on github.
• I am cos_ (https://keybase.io/cos_) on keybase.
• I have a public key ASDrrLAmNy4cGoRS3JgXsS_gVUFes3R3k0nTJ60OFYiewwo

To claim this, I am signing this object: