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From: Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de>
To: Eric Raible <raible@gmail.com>
Cc: git@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: making a branch with just one file and keeping its whole history
Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2008 19:08:57 +0100 (BST)	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <alpine.DEB.1.00.0807211907270.8986@racer> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <loom.20080721T161926-61@post.gmane.org>

Hi,

On Mon, 21 Jul 2008, Eric Raible wrote:

>  <ncrfgs <at> tin.it> writes:
> 
> > I have a working local repository and I'd like to make a branch with 
> > just one file (let's say path2/filename2) and to keep its whole 
> > history.
> 
> http://www.gitcasts.com/posts/empty-branches

Beware!  This is one of the sites that triggered my mail about considering 
teaching plumbing to new users harmful.

In other words, I think that these "git casts" are not really the best way 
to teach Git to new users, but rather confusing.

Which is a pity, because they are nicely done otherwise.

Ciao,
Dscho

  reply	other threads:[~2008-07-21 18:09 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2008-07-21  4:18 making a branch with just one file and keeping its whole history ncrfgs
2008-07-21 16:19 ` Eric Raible
2008-07-21 18:08   ` Johannes Schindelin [this message]
2008-07-21 18:22     ` Eric Raible
2008-07-21 18:39       ` Johannes Schindelin
2008-07-22  2:14         ` extracting the history of a single file as a new project [Was: Re: making a branch with just one file and keeping its whole] ncrfgs
2008-07-22  6:15           ` Sverre Rabbelier

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