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git extract directory into it's own repo
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split_repo.bash
#!/bin/bash
FROM=$1 #/cygdrive/c/temp/oldrepo
TO=$2 #/cygdrive/c/temp/newrepo
echo "Spliting '$TO' from '$FROM'"
git clone --no-hardlinks $FROM $TO
cd $TO
git filter-branch --subdirectory-filter $TO HEAD -- --all
git reset --hard
git gc --aggressive
git prune
git remote rm origin
echo "DONE!"
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