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From: Alex Riesen <raa.lkml@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: How to change a submodue as a subdirectory?
Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2007 21:26:51 +0100
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Ping Yin, Wed, Nov 14, 2007 15:37:57 +0100:
> I have a super project superA, and a submodue subB. Now i decide to
> switch subB from submodule to sub directory. Any good way to do that
> and not losing any history?

$ mv subB sub
$ git add sub
$ git update-index --force-remove subB
$ git commit

Which history were you afraid of losing?