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From: Jens Lehmann <Jens.Lehmann@web.de>
To: Guillermo Gonzalez <guillermog@tricuspide.com>
Cc: git@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Creating a submodule and bringing history from the main project
Date: Mon, 23 Aug 2010 18:30:55 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4C72A23F.4030600@web.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <AANLkTimoTN10EfeiE3Viim_x1Y3jRG89ANzRd69ah7jz@mail.gmail.com>

Am 22.08.2010 19:24, schrieb Guillermo Gonzalez:
> Is it possible to somehow export the history of say lib/componentX
> into a new repository componentX.git?

Sounds like you want to use "git filter-branch", see:
http://progit.org/book/ch6-4.html#making_a_subdirectory_the_new_root

      reply	other threads:[~2010-08-23 16:31 UTC|newest]

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2010-08-22 17:24 ` Creating a submodule and bringing history from the main project Guillermo Gonzalez
2010-08-23 16:30   ` Jens Lehmann [this message]

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