Create private repo with public mirror

GitHub-private-mirror.md

From: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/7983204/having-a-private-branch-of-a-public-repo-on-github

• Mirror your repo
  • Create a bare clone of the repository

  git clone --bare https://github.com/user/old-repository.git

  • Mirror-push to the new repository (must already in the remote! Create one up front!)

  cd old-repository.git`
  git push --mirror git@github.com:user/new-repository.git

  • Remove the temporary local repository you created earlier

  cd ..
  rm -rf old-repository.git

• Make the mirrored repo a private one on GitHub.
• Clone the private repo to your machine
• Add a remote to your public repo (git remote add public git@github.com:user/old-repository)
• Push branches with commits intended for your public repo to that new public remote.
  • make sure you don't accidentally commit private-only code!
• You can bring in changes to your public repo using 'git fetch public' and then merge them locally and push to your private repo (origin remote)