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From: "Mikhail T." <mi+thun@aldan.algebra.com>
Subject: How to fork a file (git cp ?)
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I need to add a new thing to our project. The thing will be similar to what 
already exists. I'd like to "derive" the new files from the existing ones -- 
without altering them and by preserving the change-history.

This is not a separate branch -- the "forked" files will co-exist. I'd call this 
git-cp (analogous to git-mv), but it does not exist...

Any ideas? Thanks!

    -mi